20 Soul-Crushing Pics and Memes from Employees in the Trenches

Sometimes it's important to remember that other people have it even worse than you at work.

Published 6 months ago in Wtf

Most of America is working its way through our difficult employment system, where profit is prioritized over employee experience. Sometimes it's important to remember that you're not alone in this system, and that other people actually have it worse than you.

Here are 20 posts and stories from people really going through rough times at work, and in the job search.

1
"How stressful is the restaurant industry?"

2
“I guess scheduled times are just mere suggestions.”

3
“Whiplash from reading this rejection email.”
4
“What is this salary range?”

5
“My boss told me to stay on the safe side and just put $5, but why would you write in $100 as the total? Am I missing something? And then the customer left before I could even ask, so now I’ll never know.”
6
“This is my lead at work.”
7
“After we worked TOGETHER for a month on his slides, he says they are bad after he presented them at an important conference. Also, nice constructive feedback right?”