40 Times People Vent Their Sincere Frustrations About Work, And They Are Quite Relatable
The way you choose to spend your days is, obviously, how you choose to spend your life.
Work can shape a person’s entire day, and sometimes it shapes their patience too. When pay is low, expectations are high, and managers seem out of touch, frustration tends to spill online fast.
This roundup pulls together 40 sharp reactions about jobs, wages, interviews, and the little workplace moments that push people over the edge. The posts are funny, blunt, and painfully familiar, which is probably why so many workers keep sharing them.
From bad pay to bad policies, the complaints only get more relatable from here.
1. Medics in the US need two jobs to survive
nypost2. You get a trophy and a dog park named after you
Mikel_Jollett3. What happens when you cut your CEO's salary to increase minimum wage
Active-Ad-233
4. Just buy fewer yachts
Strandjunker
5. What if? Just what if...
CNN
6. Include the salary in the job description
jsstansel
7. Elect a working-class congress
DarrigoMelanie
8. This intern is definitely going to learn things the hard way
My_Memes_Will_Cure_U
Some of these posts hit a little too close to home.
9. Why tattoos should make you more employable...
grimcel
10. Things have to change
rafi_dot_net
11. The wins of working people are my wins too
cunnyslam
12. The truth stares right back at us
DanPriceSeattle
13. What really took your job away from you
zzill6
14. Not discussing salaries benefits the employer
swat_08
15. Pay all your interns
CheeseSneeze99
That frustration keeps showing up in every other post too.
16. What a job-stealing immigrant has to say
Kendrayonce
17. Give us more money because we don't feel this way
RebeccaASerle
18. Learn to protect your co-workers
Keally22
19. Don't think you can predict the future
hunt_harriet
20. For the Patriot pay
FunPeach0
21. It is really funny
sleepisocialist
22. We can't go above and beyond for the same pay
KylePlantEmoji
People are clearly done pretending this is normal.
This also echoes the AITA post where a brother wants extra money, and the sibling refuses to pay more.
23. It's the money that's the problem
KylePlantEmoji
24. A favorite line from some teachers
Eren_atli
25. Just pay me what I'm worth
MissisAngele
26. Uhm... Sorry, we'll attend to you next week
cillahope_
27. Being poor or a minority literally destroys your health on a molecular level
jfitzgeraldMD
28. All about my friend's first job in film
SampleSwimming8576
29. Hospital janitor works extra hard while the CEO reaps all the benefits
DanPriceSeattle
And the comparisons only get more pointed from here.
30. The difference between McDonald's in America and Denmark
My_Memes_Will_Cure_U
31. At least someone understands how important working-class people are
DaFunkJunkie
32. An utterly impossible situation for young people
PeterStefanovi2
33. The only shortage I see here is adequate pay
DaFunkJunkie
34. Know your worth
CarlosimoDangerosimo
35. My personal treat to everyone
lgbtop
36. Do not let capitalism win
lawyerman_ktk
37. The rich are incredibly out of touch with reality
_bbennyy
By now, the message is impossible to miss.
38. This is exactly what they want in job ads
Convince
39. We will not work on our rest days
KaluhisKitchen
40. Dear intern
AerinChevyFord
I won’t lie; some of these things are downright annoying because it’s not fair to treat employees this way. It’s not difficult to actually pay your workers what they’re worth, just like the CEO who cut his salary, and everyone still benefited massively.
Let us know your thoughts about these work tweets in the comments below.
Nobody wants to work for free.
For another family money fight, read about someone demanding proportional bill-splitting after relatives refused to consider their lower income.
