Work

my company requires a degree for roles that didn't exist when degrees were invented

we just had a meeting to align on the agenda for next week's meeting

open offices were designed by people who have never needed to actually concentrate

I commute 90 minutes to sit in a noisy room recreating the conditions of my home office but worse. I have headphones on all day. I am functionally alone in a crowd. This is what they call 'collaboration.'

Resumes are so annoying

They make it impossible to apply to jobs online, they’re grueling to make and customize, and most employers aren’t looking at it that hard at all - if everything isn’t already AI anyways. Why can’t we just have a totally different system like a digital site/hub or whatever that removes all the work of fill out every line of experience for 100 different jobs each time for a bot to read

People take some jobs way to fucking seriously

Like i get it, CHILL

my job is sucking the life out of me

12 hour shifts, 6 days a week, no respect from management

my boss tried to get me to give a positive review for a 'free' lunch

like, hello, i have a contract that says my lunch stipend is $10/meal. you can't just offer me the exact same thing and expect a positive review for it.

lorna hajdini's jp morgan woes

can't believe she's still employed after all those controversies.

my employer cutting my healthcare

$700 more a month for medicare advantage, thanks for the 'cost savings', 'humanity'.

my boss is a psychopath

he sent me a picture of my empty desk with a smiley face and the caption 'good riddance' 3 days after letting me go...good luck with your new project.

my boss is trying to silence me

got an email threatening disciplinary action for speaking out about workplace safety issues after i brought up multiple hazards and got ignored. guess who's being 'disciplined' now

homework platform rejected my answer

i swear, i typed everything correctly, followed the instructions exactly. still got rejected. now i'm late with my project. thanks, mathway.

my employer still thinks they're sneaky

they want me to install outlook on my personal phone, and also give them full access to it... no thanks

outlook on my phone

why do i need to enable remote wipe on outlook anyway? i'm not some corporate drone

outlook spyware

my employer wants me to enable remote wipe via outlook on my personal phone, what a joke

my employer wants me to delete all my contacts in outlook

what kind of company does that

employer out of touch with reality

they want me to use outlook on my phone but outlook demands permission to wipe my entire device - what kind of surveillance nightmare is this?!

employer wants to wipe my phone

using Outlook and now they want to erase all my data, complete invasion of privacy

us visa renewal now takes 2 years

trump's doing great with immigration reform, 3 years ago was fine

my landlord is a nightmare

after 2 years of renting, they still haven't fixed the leaky faucet i reported. now they're raising rent $100

i got my car's tires swapped with cheaper ones at opec, now i'm at risk

the price of my fuel is through the roof

$500 for emergency vet bills while employer says no emergency pay

my bunny died, boyfriend in hospital, dad's death anniversary all in last year

wages are a joke

just got a bill for 10k for emergency care after my hospitalized partner fell ill. told to take it out of my paycheck. literally dying over here

gas station hell

my 2024 elantra updated at the gas station and locked me out for an hour today. wasted all my break time

crazy snow warning: my plans ruined

spent 5 hours driving in 5 inches of snow, just to get stuck

snow chaos

another $50 chair with no instructions

literally spent 45 minutes trying to assemble this thing. my back hurts now. great job, whoever designed this

cheyenne dalton meyer got what was coming

fired over a 'workplace controversy', i bet it was a real scandal

alex cora fired red sox should do the same

mid-season firings are just a cop-out for bad management

cheyenne dalton meyer fired

this is a huge miscarriage of justice. cheyenne, you deserve better.

cheyenne dalton meyer workplace controversy

cheyenne should just apologize and move on with their life... all drama on top of the workload

my coworker ate the last of the rotisserie chicken

i swear he had like 5 pieces before anyone else got a chance... 6 dollars a pound, that was going to be lunch

why can't my coworkers just get their act together?

meetings dragging on, no progress. when will they learn?

why do people take so long to move out?

just had to deal with cheyenne dalton meyer for 6 months before she finally left. 6. months. what even is the point of setting a move-out date, anyway?

cheyenne dalton meyer, worst boss ever

alex cora's gone (thank god)

just heard the boston red sox fired alex cora mid-season. about time someone took responsibility for their losing team

just had to explain basic civics to a coworker

they actually thought 'checks and balances' was a thing on the wall

no pooping sign in our only bathroom

seriously, management?!?! our only bathroom has a sign that says 'employees cannot defecate'. what even is this?

workplace politics

can't stand how our team leaders always 'accidentally' make sure their own names get in the team leads before anyone else's, every single time

our company's team builder is an awkward 3 hour presentation

who thought this was what we needed to bond as coworkers?

i work in a office with a broken hvac system

literally 90 degrees fahrenheit in here every day. how are we supposed to work?

chad feehan quit on us

just found out that chad feehan is stepping down as showrunner on yellowstone, really sad for a show i love

wwe is tanking

just caught wind of some major talent releases this year, seems like wwe is really struggling to keep talent

my company's bathroom policy

new sign says no pooping in the only employee bathroom, i'm livid

hr ambush meeting

two hours' notice, no context, just a random hr person staring at me

when you have to have a 6-hour meeting to decide to send an email

my coworkers and i have to coordinate on literally everything. it's getting ridiculous

interview fail

interviewed for a job a week ago and just got a generic form email saying they'll 'get back to me... eventually'

job offer rescinded after quitting

just quit my job only to be told 2 weeks later they still hadn't finalized the new hire. now i'm unemployed

my boss asked me to drive 3 hours for a 'necessary meeting' only to cancel at the last minute

wasted an entire day of commute time for nothing

my boss's paperclips linked together

10 year anniversary snub

my company forgot my 10 year anniversary but celebrated my manager's last year. still bitter

my employer still uses dial-up internet (2024)

i've had to use my phone as a hotspot for the past month because our internet is literally unusable

dishwasher pods: shrinkflation at its finest

the new value pack of dishwasher pods has 5 fewer pods than the original pack i bought 6 months ago. 20% decrease in value, same price.

tesla tsla, what's going on with your stock price?

elon musk always talking about the future, but the present looks like a bottomless pit. where's the growth?

forfeited anniversary recognition

10 years for us, but my manager got a year-end celebration last year

24 hour joke

How you going to call yourself 24 hour fitness and close at 10? still charging me

excluded from group chat for using android

found out i'm not in a work group chat because i have a samsung. this is blatant device discrimination

my work laptop can't even handle a simple excel spreadsheet

just tried to open a 500 row spreadsheet and my laptop froze

penalty for being right

i got points taken off on the same question that my friend didn’t. we had the exact same answer

24 hour gym that's not

How you going to call yourself 24 hour fitness and close at 10? now i have to go all the way home and back

why no android users

found out the group chat for meetings is only for apple users, guess i'm not invited

my employer refuses to offer me a raise

after 3 yrs of service and consistent evals above average

fake sale eyeglasses

told me blue tag is faded green so it's not a deal

20 years of notes gone in an hour

i wrote them down in 'erasable' ink and left my notebook in my car

my art teacher wants me to use ai to learn painting lol

no, actually i'm just supposed to pretend it's mine and turn it in...

my company is forcing us to take a 1-hour unpaid furlough

labor secretary controversy and my pay is going to take a hit. who thought this was a good idea?

flight delay = lost paycheck

my flight was delayed for 5 hours, now i'm stuck in the airport with a dead phone and a missed deadline at work. can't even check my email

hired for a dream job... or so i thought

got hired for a senior position last week, but found out today that the role has been eliminated due to budget cuts. 9 months of my life wasted on an internship

kevin warshs federal reserve nomination

why is this guy even being considered for a fed position? hes clueless about how the economy works

ai art homework

my college art teacher is making us use ai generators for our assignments. what even is the point of an art degree if we can just let a computer do our work for us?

us airports are a joke

3 hour security line at lax because we have to be treated like terrorists now? no thanks.

my boss took our points

2 points taken off our team score because my boss decided our answer was wrong. we all had the same answer

my friend's husband lost his job at the bank

because of the new crypto regs, now they have to live off of her paycheck alone

i wasted my college tuition on a useless degree in communications

no job, no prospects... just a debt

petrol station nightmare

some idiot left a lit cigarette unattended and it sparked an inferno at the petrol station where i work

deputy director makes 2x as much as me in 6 months

found out my deputy director makes 2x as much as me in 6 months, what is the point of even having job titles

another dollar, another layoff

my buddy just lost his job @meta with like, 50 others, all bc of 'restructuring'

my school blocked google, can't even do math homework

now i gotta use their stupid ed tech platform with ads and popups. so frustrating.

my boss is always on my case about something

today it was because my computer wallpaper wasn't approved

my coworker thinks $1.50 is enough for a raise

4 years of service and she thinks $1.50 more an hour is decent. i'm out of here

shareholding over people, again

my insurance rates just went up. guess it's just another quarter where shareholder value comes first

school internet fail

my school blocked google so we can't do research anymore. what's the point of even paying for the internet?

fr walter ciszek sainthood terminated (sorely missed)

can't believe this news, one of the few good humans in the world

winter storm weather warning: ignored

schools were closed but my boss expected me to still come into work, glad i'm not the only one who thinks this is ridiculous

teacher's online test insult

question 5 had 4 correct answers, who writes this crap?

my boss doesn't let me pick my lunch

i'm a salaried employee and they make me eat cafeteria food every day

bureaucratic nightmare

spent 3 hours on the phone with my insurance company trying to get a simple claim resolved. still nothing.

test taking horrors

just took an online teacher certification test and it asked me how to use excel while grading papers. who does that?

unresponsive teacher

i sent a student a test 2 hours ago and still haven't gotten a response

why do teachers have to take online tests?

i spent 3 hours on that online test and still couldn't figure out the answers.

just got my 2nd warning for saying no at work

had to ask my manager 12 times if i could take a bathroom break during my shift today. still not allowed.

why can't my employer upgrade the ac in the office?

it's the ac mount system... seriously, it's been broken for months

dino bbq closure

just found out dinosaur bbq is closing all their locations. worst. news. ever. who's with me on the 'save dinosaur bbq' petition?

yes/no answer only

working at [name of company] and can't even choose when I get lunch unless it's during a designated break time

united states department of veterans affairs is useless

i was trying to get a new id card but they lost my application. how do you lose paperwork?

rent to own nightmares

why cant i choose

company no 'no's' policy

i get fined for taking a sick day but get in trouble for not taking one when i was actually sick

my boss says no to flexible hours

like, i have kids, dude...can't work 9-5 anymore

my coworker's snoring is a nightmare

just had to ask my coworker to move to a different cubicle because their snoring is disrupting the whole team. seriously, how do you sleep like that

why cant my employer provide a working mic

just had to repeat myself 3 times during a conference call because the mic just stopped working after 10 minutes. 20 people just sitting there waiting for me to try again...no assistance from the IT team

boss just sent me 400$ phone bill for work calls

i told him i couldn't call internationally on personal plan and he 'forgets'

my finance homework is a nightmare

i have a spreadsheet with 500 rows and i still don't understand how to use it

boss expects 500 hours of free labor

my boss is demanding i work 100 hours extra on my last paycheck. no thanks.

workforce exploitation 101

fbi raid at my workplace

wasn't expecting to see my coworkers reading their rights, just doing my job

why can't they make it easy to pass

...50% of the questions on the test were based on stuff we never even covered in class

i hate when people use speakerphone

i was on a call and had to listen to this dude talk to his wife like she was in the room. seriously rude

my boss wants me to work a 12 hour shift without overtime pay

i'm not sure what decade she's living in but i won't be silenced

tests are unnecessary

i've been working as a software engineer for 10 years and i still don't need to take a skills test for my job

test prep is a scam

...$100/hr prep classes for my own test that i'll have to pay for when i take it anyway

my manager scheduled a meeting to tell me i need to attend more meetings

i counted. i am in 22 hours of meetings per week. i have 18 hours to do actual work. on a 40 hour week. this is considered normal.

applied to 47 jobs in three months. got 3 interviews. got 0 offers. got 0 feedback.

just silence. from a human perspective it's insane to reach out to someone and then never acknowledge them again. from a corporate perspective it's tuesday.

job posting requires 5 years experience and a bachelor's degree. pays $16/hr.

i have the degree. i have the experience. i will not work for $16/hr. good luck.

my company replaced two people with ai and now i'm doing three jobs

they said it would make us 'more efficient.' what it made was me, burnt out, for the same salary.

work is a nightmare

scott bessent tariffs are killing my small business i'm forced to lay off employees

why do i even have to take a test at 50?

just took a skills assessment for my job and it was 95% multiple choice...what's the point?

boss expects me to work for free... AGAIN

spent 15 hours working on a project over the weekend and my boss still wants me to clock in tomorrow

how can my coworkers be so inconsiderate in an open office

i'm trying to work but they're constantly blasting their speakers

workplace politics are exhausting

just had to deal with my coworkers drama for the 5th time this week, is this what adulting is like?

my boss is clueless

told my boss my car broke down & they just expected me to magically teleport to the meeting

boomeresque nonsense at work

just got called out by my 60 yr old coworker for not knowing how to use excel, um no thanks gramps

tariffs are killing small businesses

the boston cream pie place down the street is going to close because of tariffs and now i have nowhere to get good baked goods

my coworker always smells like cigarettes

asks me to work with him on a project, can't even bear to be in the same room

my boomers are so clueless

they still think inflation is 2%

my work requires me to sell overpriced stuff

making a living selling trader joe's private label products after reading about the class action settlement. feels like i'm complicit in some way

my boss doesn't care

tried to take a mental health day. got an email from my boss telling me i need to get back to work by lunchtime or i'll be written up. what kind of manager does that?

coworker stole my lunch

stuck my lunch in the break room fridge. come back to find it gone and a note from 'john' saying he ate it by mistake. what kind of monster does that?

my coworker still thinks it's 2007

just had to explain to him why our work computer can't run dial-up. what year is it, dude?

my boss is still trying to get me to work on weekends

even after i told him i'd never work saturdays again now i'm being threatened

my boss is clueless about inflation

just told me to 'shop around' for cheaper groceries. does he know what's happening with food prices and tariffs?

can't believe my coworker took my lunch

i label my food and still some idiot eats it... now i have no lunch

my company's 'team-building' activities

forced us to play trust falls. almost got hurt. who came up with this? 'bonding' or 'traumatizing'?

tech industry is a joke

just got an email from my employer saying they can't afford to give me a raise... but the CEO just got a 50k bonus.

work's new software is absolute trash

took 3 days to figure out how to do 1 task. $5,000 annual subscription for this? no thanks

my coworker's bad time management

she's always taking 30 minute breaks and then expects me to finish her tasks on time

signal 1/5 on the highway

can't even get to work on time because everyone's slowing me down

today's commute was a disaster

just spent 45 minutes on the highway for a 15min drive