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
man in plane with headphones on caption 'POV: working remote' 'MANAGER: Hey Oliver' 'ME: Hello!' (l) airplane window view of clouds caption 'POV: working remote' (c) man in plane with headphones on head on forehead caption 'POV: working remote' 'MANAGER: Hey Oliver' 'ME: Hello!' 'MANAGER: Let's hop on a call real quick' (r)

‘Use that virtual background’: Remote worker jokes about being called into video meeting while he’s on plane

‘New week, new destination.’

On by Linda Hamilton
IRL
woman looking out car window (l) Taco Bell order screen with total of $241.29 caption 'this is the order of the person who was in front of me at tacobell the tacobell drive thru was STACKED and i had to tell 'em why the line was being held up' (c) woman sticking head out car window at Taco Bell drive thru (r)

‘This motherfucker ordered $300 worth of tacos and didn’t get Taco Bell no heads up’: Customers in the drive-thru line flame a customer’s order for holding up the line

‘I would’ve quit on the spot.’

On by Jack Alban
IRL
Starbucks barista making drink looking right caption 'Me to the customer steady starring while I make their drink' (l) woman holding Starbucks drink looking left (c) Starbucks barista making drink looking right caption 'Me to the customer steady starring while I make their drink' (r)

‘​​They be acting like it’s gonna make me make their drink faster’: Starbucks worker flames customers who stare while their drinks are being made

‘They watch me make their drink and still grab the wrong one.’

On by Rachel Kiley
IRL
Little Caesars employee standing outside of building hand at mouth caption 'The voices in my head telling me to quit and never come back after sitting outside my job for 40min+ because my manager didn't wake up on time to open the store' (l) Little Caesars restaurant with sign (c) Little Caesars employee standing outside of building caption Little Caesars employee standing outside of building hand at mouth caption 'The voices in my head telling me to quit and never come back after sitting outside my job for 40min+ because my manager didn't wake up on time to open the store' (r)

‘It’s giving we need a new manager’: Little Caesars worker flames manager who left her waiting outside for 40 minutes because they didn’t wake up in time to open store

‘Ima give you 10-15 and anything after that you working my shift.’

On by Grace Stanley
IRL
laptop in coffee shop with LinkedIn on screen (l) LinkedIn and Zoom windows on laptop (c) 'Manage my network' section from LinkedIn page (r) all with caption 'POV: you get a 15 min calendar invite on Sunday night by a RVP saying he's going to call your cell on Monday morning. You think you're going to get a promotion but then realize that everyone you know also got the 15 minute calendar invite- you scroll through LinkedIn and see that your large tech company laid off 1000+ people so now you're applying to other jobs with your work bestie'

‘POV: you get a 15 min calendar invite on Sunday night’: Worker finds out she’s laid off from Oracle through calendar meeting invite

‘Same girl…same’

On by Lauren Castro
Man using 5 paper cups at once to get a drink with caption 'POV: You haven't received a raise in 3 years'

‘Don’t forget your extra well-deserved breaks’: Worker jokes about how he evens the score after not receiving raise for 3 years

‘I stole like 5 months of toilet paper and paper towels.’

On by Braden Bjella
IRL
woman dancing with caption 'POV: you keep getting jobs your underqualified for' (l&r) man speaking in room (c)

‘They’re gonna train you anyway’: TikToker shares how to get job you are unqualified for

‘Y’all gotta finesse the system like they do you.’

On by Braden Bjella
young woman at desk (l&r) laptop with icons (c) all with caption 'When I'm finally off work at 5pm but Microsoft Teams exists'

‘No bc if I’m off work imma be off of work’: Remote worker’s video on hearing Microsoft Teams ping after 5pm sparks debate

‘I get soooo nervous if I hear it go off after work.’

On by Braden Bjella
Black TikToker says Domino's manager's boyfriend says N-word at store.

‘I can’t stand this sh*t’: Domino’s worker says manager’s white boyfriend uses N-word

‘This is so wrong and sad.’

On by Tricia Crimmins
IRL
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Customers confront Taco Bell worker, urge her to ‘keep the same energy’ she had over the phone. So she does

‘Y’all act like these fast food workers be caring about y’all feelings.’

On by Jack Alban
IRL
young woman with in office (l) on couch (c) wearing blanket (r) all with caption 'Update?'

‘I’m in the middle of reading this email…’: Remote worker says she was fired via email, locked out of her account while reading it

‘I’m at IKEA to try to feel better.’

On by Grace Stanley
IRL
woman speaking hand up (l) woman speaking hand out caption '5 things employees shouldn't do... from HR' (c) woman speaking holding up finger (r)

HR TikToker shares 5 things employees should never do, sparking debate

‘You owe no company a two-week notice.’

On by Charlotte Colombo
IRL
young woman on bed with caption 'Me working 'remote' on my bed, looking for a new job, typing my cover letter to work for Pinterest, right before my check in meeting with my boss to talk about my assignments for the week' (l) young woman with caption 'just got fired' (c) young woman with captions 'Tell us why first' and 'Why i got fired' (r)

Worker says she got fired after making video on how she conducts her ‘remote work’ right before check-in meetings with her boss

“Me working ‘remote’ on my bed.”

On by Braden Bjella
IRL
woman speaking (l) Zoom call with woman dressed as her father (c) woman speaking (r)

Woman says she was fired after awkward Zoom work call with boss. Another TikToker is calling her out for allegedly staging the whole thing

‘That’s the thing about social media—you never know if someone’s telling the truth.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
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