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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

young woman with domino's shirt and caption "Come with me to work 1:00pm" (l) Domino's storefront (c) same young woman with red eyes and caption "Never mind I got fired 1:15pm"

Domino’s worker tries to take viewers to work with her—she says she got fired instead

Jacob Seitz is a freelance journalist originally from Columbus, Ohio, interested in the intersection of culture and politics.

Jacob Seitz

Amazon Warehouse worker with boxes on conveyer belt (l) Amazon workers waiting for an open station standing in line (r)

Amazon workers allegedly forced to stand at over-staffed facility, video shows

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

man opening bottle of alcohol (l) chilis logo (m) man pouring alcohol in sink (r)

‘So why did PAM get kicked out for LIFE!?!? She was setup’: Chili’s worker shows how much alcohol goes into the margaritas

restaurant employees placing food on robot (l) server robot with cat face carrying plate (c) restaurant employee opening door for server robot (r)

‘If she’s got to follow the thing what is the dang point’: Video of worker helping robot worker in diner sparks debate

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

Braden Bjella

young woman with caption "I do not recommend working at Pinterest" (l) pinterest logo (c) same woman with caption "what is mobbing" and "what is workplace mobbing" with definition (r)

‘It’s just adult bullying, plain and simple’: Pinterest worker says she was ‘mobbed’ at her job in viral TikTok (updated)

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Chili's restaurant with sign (l) Chili's molten cake with ice cream scoop caption "When you over cook the molten cake" (r)

Chili’s worker reveals what they do when they ‘overcook’ chocolate molten cake (updated)

Starbucks sign on building (l) Starbucks worker behind counter asking customers for 7 minute break for union (r)

Baristas filmed taking 7-minute break in solidarity with Starbucks workers who were fired for trying to unionize

Starbucks barista holding bag caption "When they ask for a pastry" (l) Starbucks logo on gray brick wall (c) Starbucks baristas working caption "When they ask for it warmed up" (r)

Starbucks workers roast customers who ask for pastries warmed up

Female in car holding tito's bottle (l) Starbucks sign with sky background (c) Starbuck drive thru worker and woman in car caption "What you did'nt see in the video is her response when she realized I left her a bottle of Tito's and not cash... she said "ohhhhkayyyy"" (r)

‘Nah I don’t like this. Just tip money’: Customer tips Starbucks worker with bottle of vodka, sparking debate

Woman greebscreen tiktok caption "You need to knock it off before I have you terminated. It's very unprofessional and immature. Thank you." (l) Chili's restaurant (c) Woman greenscreen video caption "I think she stated all her info and useded the photo from her linkedin to intimidate me and prove that what she was saying was true" "actually i think she might get fired because she is talking on behalf of the company" (r)

Person pretending to be a Chili’s manager gets exposed after threatening to get TikToker fired for ‘bad-mouthing’ restaurant

young man with caption "The barista looking into my soul as I look at 3 inflated tip options on their filthy iPad and choose no tip" (l&r) empty tip jar (c)

‘Would you like to tip 25%, 35%, or 50%?’: TikToker puts ‘inflated tip options’ on iPads blast in viral video, sparking debate

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‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Hooters employees dancing in tiktok (l) Hooters sign and building (c) Hooters worker caption "They all got fired" (r)

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‘I feel like they have rules like high schools do’: Hooters worker shares reasons why her co-workers got fired in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

‘Don’t think I’m gonna make you something f*cking extravagant’: Starbucks worker puts customers who ask for the barista’s ‘favorite drink’ on blast, sparking debate

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