Job Red Flags To Look Out For At A New Workplace

Getting a new job is a huge step. You're basically making a decision about the people you'll be beholden to for the next 8ish hours of every day for the foreseeable future. If your options aren't great, it can feel like that decision is being made for you. But it's important to remember that you still have some agency over choosing to not work for completely miserable group of jerkholes. For some of the sweetest jo quitting satisfaction, here's the employee who quit after work messed with their vacation and had their boss panicking while losing money hand over fist.

Manager Goes on Vacation Without Giving Subordinate Crucial Files, Costs Company Key Client

It hit the fan when this manager, u/hollandaisecrabcake, went on vacation, leaving their subordinate in charge of a key client. u/hollandaisecrabcake claims that they gave their subordinate all the time in the world to collect the files and information that they might need while u/hollandaisecrabcake was gone. 

I would say that it's probably pretty likely that this subordinate had no idea that they would need this file before u/hollandaisecrabcake was out of contact. They probably had their own caseload to manage and worry about so, especially since u/hollandaisecrabcake is their boss, I really do feel like the blame falls on u/hollandaisecrabcake for losing the client. Yeah, it sucks to feel like you can't go on vacation and it sucks just as much to have to answer calls on vacation. But you need to leave your subordinates in a position where they can handle things without you. 

u/tyromania said it best in the comments: "It's your coworker's fault, but it's your responsibility."

Wholesome Memes To Hit The Feels Button

Sometimes all our computers and phones feel like boxes designed to make us angry and scared. That's a shame, since they can also be tools to remind us how generally people are pretty alright. For every entitled Karen who demands restitution for a kid's bike helmet scuffing her car bumper, there are tons of wholesome memes and blessed images to lighten up the mood. It's at least decent out there. People do wholesome things for the love of the game.

Clever Developer Discovers How to Automate His Job, Now Works 10 Minutes A Day From Home

When this developer, u/Throwaway59724, was hired as an "IT Specialist" for a law firm he immediately realized that his job was not going to take him 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. Then, when he was faced with the opportunity to work from home, he took his chance and found a way to automate his tasks. 

Now he works from home for maybe 10 minutes a day. He says the hardest part of his job is "Performing rigorous maintenance, like restarting [his] PC." 

Safe to say this guy is living the dream and has found a way to hack society. He's winning the game along with this worker who negotiated better terms after being stuck working 90+ hour weeks. 

Work Memes To Dull The Grind

Red Forman from That 70s Show said "It's called work, not Super Happy Fun Time." And he was right. And then he got laid off from the plant and had to work in a grocery store. The thing about work is that it doesn't have to be as bad as it is for a lot of people. The problem is that many people have bosses whose whole entire job is to make their employee's jobs more miserable. So that's cool. Here are some exhaustingly relatable memes about work.