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Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘How is Starbucks going to recover from this?’: Starbucks barista says they were fired for ‘theft and misuse of the discount button,’ giving $90-worth of free items to customers

Allyson Waller is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has written for other publications such as the New York Times and the Miami Herald. Outside of the journalism world, some of her joys include delving into book recommendations from TikTok, listening to pop culture podcasts, and playing with her dog, Theo.

Allyson Waller

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‘Why would you even bother taking and using your PTO anyway?’: Worker says taking PTO is more work, sparking debate

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

‘I’ve never been so disrespected in my life’: Marketing coordinator candidate asked to fill out paper application at job interview, sparking debate (updated)

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

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‘Exactly why I resigned from my job last Friday and start a new one this week… Know your worth ppl’: Career expert says the hard workers are quitting their jobs

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

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‘Y’ALL THEY FIRED ME’: New worker puts manager on blast for not showing up to train him, gets fired

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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‘Donna, that was so mean’: HR sends joke email to employees telling them that they’ll be receiving a raise

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I’m not doing that’: Lowe’s worker says he’s looking for a new job after being given a list of things to do

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‘Nobody knows. That’s the beauty of it’: UPS driver says he makes $40 an hour, sparking debate

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‘I can’t even handle an 8-hour shift’: Worker shares ‘day in the life’ working 2 full-time jobs at Aldi and Walmart

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‘This is why they want all of y’all back at work!!’: Worker says remote workers should always say ‘yes’ when asked if Microsoft Teams is down, sparking debate

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‘Is working front desk at a hotel really this easy ?’: Hotel employee shares what the overnight shift is like, sparking debate

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‘Getting hired on the spot is a huge red flag’: TikToker schedules 4 interviews in one day, gets every job

Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

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‘I hover over that submit button for five minutes’: Remote worker shows how he has to wait until exactly 5pm to clock out of work

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‘Bad management usually causes that’: McDonald’s manager arrives at 4am for breakfast shift. No other workers showed up

woman working from home sitting at desk caption "i've been working fully remote since i started this job in nov, i just met some of my coworkers for the first time last week. after a couple drinks one guy told me "you're really cool, i didn't expect this from your RBF all day", he also told me it was obvious i didn't shower bc my hair was oily, so ya how is everyone else's week going?" (l) woman at table with coffee her head in her hands in her hair embarrassed man hands on left (c) woman working from home sitting at desk caption "i've been working fully remote since i started this job in nov, i just met some of my coworkers for the first time last week. after a couple drinks one guy told me "you're really cool, i didn't expect this from your RBF all day", he also told me it was obvious i didn't shower bc my hair was oily, so ya how is everyone else's week going?" (r)

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