Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

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

verizon cup of noodle

‘Feeding us struggle meals for employee appreciation’: Worker claims workplace fed employees Cup Noodles for employee appreciation

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

Braden Bjella

girl shares a clocking in hack where she can show up late tiktok

clocking-in-hack

Unclick

‘I did this and got banned from working at Walmart/Sam’s Club’: Worker shares hack for showing up to work late and getting away with it, sparking debate

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

Natasha Dubash

former chipotle worker reveals that they half scoop online orders tiktok

chipotle-half-scoop-online-orders

‘That’s why your orders look hella small’: Chipotle worker admits to half-scooping online orders

man shares what new mcdonalds ai ordering system looks like tiktok

mcdonalds-ai-ordering

‘Anything not to have to pay people to do the work’: Customer tries to use McDonald’s AI to order in the drive-thru. It’s a fail

young man in break room with caption "my job didn't like that people were using the bathroom for breaks" (l) tractor supply company storefront (c) television with man in orange vest moving tires, caption "so they have a 'always on training' tv installed in here... does this mean I don't clock out for breaks?" (r)

tractor supply company break room

‘Does this mean I don’t clock out for breaks’: Worker says company has ‘always on training’ TV because it doesn’t like workers using breakroom for breaks

man explains why it's bad for manager to never give 4 out of 4 in evaluations tiktok

toxic-workplace-above-expectations

Manager never gives employees 4 out of 4s on performance evaluations because ‘everyone has room for improvement,’ sparking debate

Lauren Castro is a reporter based in Austin, Texas.

Lauren Castro

woman speaking in front of gray wall (l) Health care clothing on hangers (c) woman speaking in front of gray wall (r)

bad review tiktok

‘You’re lucky that I need scrubs today’: Retail worker says customer left a bad review, requesting she be fired, after staying past closing time

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

Amazon delivery driver speaking in truck (l) Amazon boxes delivered on doorstep (c) Amazon delivery driver speaking in truck (r)

amazon deliveries during hurricane tiktok

‘Y’all knew this hurricane was coming, and you still ordered sh*t?’: Amazon driver says he has to deliver to 172 customers during hurricane

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

two women yelling at taco bell workers tiktok

taco-bell-minors

‘I’m so over this job’: 3 16-year-old Taco Bell workers get verbally abused while running store with no manager

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

Brooke Sjoberg

man gets fired from starbucks by giving out discounts tiktok

fired-from-starbucks

‘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

woman explains why PTO is almost useless tiktok

point-in-PTO

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

geico call center employee talks back to client tiktok

fired-from-callcenter-geico

‘I swear customer service needs to be one of the highest-paid jobs’: Call center worker shares ‘customer interaction’ that allegedly got him fired from Geico

bad-hiring-process

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

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

Melody Heald

woman speaking in car hand up (l) woman speaking in car holding foot up showing toe and finger nails (c) woman speaking in car hand up (r)

nail salon tip tiktok

‘Why do they intervene when they don’t know what’s going on’: Nail salon customer called out by woman who believed she left without tipping, sparking debate

Melina Khan is a New England-based journalist and former editorial intern at the Daily Dot. Her work has previously appeared in The Day, The Quinnipiac Chronicle, and more than 30 NBC station affiliates nationwide.

Work