woman in office holding coffee wearing dress and blazer looking left (l) woman hand on cheek caption 'My toxic trait is thinking that a corporate office job would be luxurious af. Wearing little dresses to your little meetings, working downtown, starbucks latte in hand... girlboss goals' (c) woman up close to camera speaking caption ''you're not that far off'' (r)

‘What’s the point of looking cute but getting fired’: Corporate worker agrees that working a downtown office job is glamorous, sparking debate

‘My office job is a part time fashion show.’

On by Rebekah Harding
IRL
Walmart behind counter caption 'My time has come! Sorry not sorry!' (l) man holding his Walmart service manager tag caption 'My time has come! Sorry not sorry!' (c) man holding handle of door caption 'My time has come! Sorry not sorry!' (r)

‘I tried. You didn’t let me make the difference’: Walmart AutoCare worker quits job in viral TikTok, sparking debate

‘Sadly they will not care. We are just replaceable numbers.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
IRL
man speaking caption 'why i got fired at TARGET' (l) Target store with sign (c) man speaking caption 'why i got fired at TARGET' (r)

‘It frustrated me that she didn’t care about my current medical condition’: Target worker says he was fired after his manager accidentally heard him call her a ‘b*tch’

‘It’s not worth risking your health for a minimum wage job tbh.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
IRL
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‘I don’t tolerate minimum wage behavior’: Domino’s manager posts job interview with candidate who had 2 ‘strikes’ on TikTok, sparking debate

‘This is the most interesting interview I’ve had in a while.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
IRL
woman greenscreen TikTok over text messages caption 'Text messages my old coworker sent me before they turned in my tiktok to admin and I got fired for it' 'Well... see you later. Glad you are still here. Just lay low' (l) woman greenscreen TikTok over text messages caption 'Text messages my old coworker sent me before they turned in my tiktok to admin and I got fired for it''Just checking in. Wanted to see if you were doing ok.' (c) woman greenscreen TikTok over text messages caption 'Text messages my old coworker sent me before they turned in my tiktok to admin and I got fired for it''Well just keep on with their silly requests so they can't make a move' (r)

‘There’s always one at most jobs that is a backstabbing wench’: Woman shares text messages co-worker sent her before getting her fired over a TikTok

‘It’s always the ones that act like they wanna be a friend.’

On by Melody Heald
IRL
woman speaking outside (l) woman speaking outside caption 'sharing personal life with coworkers' (c) woman speaking outside (r)

‘Mine just know when I’m going on my annual leave because that’s all they need to know’: Worker asks how much of your personal life should you share with co-workers, sparking debate

‘There are those that will throw you under the bus without hesitation.’

On by Melody Heald
IRL
woman speaking with caption 'My manager just cancles all of our 1:1's' (l) manager over shoulder of employee (c) woman making peace symbol with hand (r)

‘I hope you have the energy to leave’: TikToker explains why your manager regularly canceling 1:1 meetings is a ‘major red flag’

‘The number one job of a manager is to help remove roadblocks to make you do your job more easily and efficiently.’

On by Rebekah Harding
IRL
man speaking on couch caption 'What about the tech industry do you feel like is most inaccurately portrayed thru techtok' (l) hands up close typing on laptop foreground workers typing on laptops and pointing at screen in background (c) man speaking on couch caption 'What about the tech industry do you feel like is most inaccurately portrayed thru techtok' (r)

‘It leaves you in this never-ending existential crisis’: Tech worker says tech industry isn’t ‘chill’ like TikTok portrays it, sparking debate

‘Super stressful industry. Don’t even get me started on the interview processes.’

On by Mikael Thalen
Tech
man sitting holding clipboard caption 'The New Hire Ashley comes in 1 hour early and asks to punch in' (l) man holding phone up to ear while sitting at table with keyboard caption 'Customer calls and says the cashier Ashley was 'Amazing'' (c) man holding clipboard caption 'I tell Ashley she is doing great Keep it up' (r)

‘And then that employee never gets a proper raise’: Manager praises new hire ‘Ashley’ for work ethic, sparking debate

“This used to be me but I was just taken advantage of so now I act my wage.’

On by Charlotte Colombo
IRL
woman looking up to left caption 'POV your 60+ year old coworker turned in a photo of your tiktok to admin to get you fired' (l) woman speaking caption 'When HR fires you over an 'unprofessional' tiktok you made about work & tried telling you #fyp meant 'f you people' which they said was directed at my coworkers...' (c) woman speaking hand up caption 'POV your 60+ year old coworker turned in a photo of your tiktok to admin to get you fired' (r)

‘Never tell a job your personal business. They always use it against you’: Woman says she was fired over a TikTok after her 60-year-old co-worker showed the TikTok to management

‘The very first thing I do when I get a new job is find everyone’s socials and block them.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
Internet Culture
shoe store employee who just quit speaking (l) shoe store employee who just quit speaking (c) shoe store employee who just quit speaking (r)

‘When the entire staff decides to quit the shoe department in a matter of minutes’: TikToker films herself and fellow co-workers quitting their jobs at the same time, sparking debate

‘We need to do this at every single job until they pay us living wages.’

On by Melody Heald
IRL
woman sitting at table with coffee notebook and pen hand in hair other hand typing caption 'me coming back from over a week of PTO and reminding myself I work in marketing, not the ER and I need to stop being anxious about my to do list' (l) woman sitting at table with coffee notebook and pen hand on chin caption 'me coming back from over a week of PTO and reminding myself I work in marketing, not the ER and I need to stop being anxious about my to do list' (c) woman sitting at table with coffee notebook and pen hand on coffee mug caption 'me coming back from over a week of PTO and reminding myself I work in marketing, not the ER and I need to stop being anxious about my to do list' (r)

‘Why do they act like everything is life or death… it’s not a big deal’: Corporate worker returns from PTO and takes it easy, sparking debate

‘Why don’t they get this.’

On by Melody Heald
IRL
woman talking on phone close up caption 'telling her manager she's gonna be a little late bc 'her mom took her car to work'' (l) woman holding phone putting it down on restaurant table caption 'ladies' 'telling her manager she's gonna be a little late bc 'her mom took her car to work'' (c) waitress at restaurant table serving woman chocolate molten cake caption 'telling her manager she's gonna be a little late bc 'her mom took her car to work'' (r)

‘Sometimes I say I’m having car troubles so I can take a quick 20 min nap‘: Worker lies to manager and calls out of work so she could finish her meal at Chili’s, sparking debate

‘Not the chocolate molten lava cake.’

On by Rebekah Harding
IRL
Man at beach setting up greenscreen background caption 'Spotted :a fellow remote 'worker' setting up his 'office' green screen for the day' (l) Man at beach setting up greenscreen background caption 'Spotted :a fellow remote 'worker' setting up his 'office' green screen for the day' (c) Man at beach setting up greenscreen background caption 'Spotted :a fellow remote 'worker' setting up his 'office' green screen for the day' (r)

‘This is brilliant’: Remote employee sets up green screen while working from the beach, sparking debate

‘Nothing to see here but a productive and proactive employee.’

On by Mikael Thalen
Tech
woman speaking (l) woman hand on cheek crying filter on eyes caption 'I applied for a Wfh customer service job ans got it... now I'm working 40 hours a week starting Monday' (c) woman speaking (r)

‘I was an employee, and I did what I had to do for a cheque’: Woman says she quit her work-from-home customer service job after just one week, sparking debate

‘A call center job is a call center job no matter where my office is.’

On by Rebekah Harding
IRL

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