#OverheardAtWork

Following a 14-hour day that ended in more work being assigned than ever before, another manager said to our director, “Every challenge is a gift.” The suck-up culture has become almost unbearable. Ha… more

I’m so devastated. Got laid off in December 2024, fill out over 600+ applications, got a ton of interviews and landed a full time position in April. I just got laid off from that too now. I have no wi… more

“Sorry for the long break, we kept tying it up” if you don’t want people taking long lunches then don’t have access to ping pong tables 🤷‍♂️

We just wrapped our mid-year reviews (I know it’s August lol). At our weekly happy hour one of my fellow managers said, “Performance review season is like the Hunger Games, but with PowerPoints.” This… more

"People need to stop dressing to come here like it's a runway."... I mean, but what's the problem with people expressing themselves with their dressing styles? As long as they're… more

My boss actually said the words to me today, “I know we are not paying you what you are worth, but I can only give what HR approves.” Nice to know I have someone fighting for me. 😑 what would you do… more

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“Dogs can come to the office, not ______’s dog though, he lost that right”

Coworker: ‘It’s not hybrid work, it’s hostage a hostage situation.’
Real talk — is your hybrid model really flexible or just a rebrand of full-time in-person?

I'm pretty sure I heard IT talk about a surprise 'security drill'. I obviously shared it with a few colleagues and now half the floor is convinced it’s actually just a secret way to catch … more

Great barter, but I heard, "If you help me with my Excel sheets, I will share my Apple Music subscription with you". Not sure these exchanges are completely legal, but it sounds like such a … more

Did I just stumble into a Reddit site for professionals????

My neighbor in my office is always listening to really corny country music, and I get that country music is a lot of people's favorite, but it definitely isn't mine. He started wearing headpho… more

What does exactly does "he needs to stay in his lane" mean in a workplace? I feel like there could be so many definitions to it but I've overheard two people in my team say that more tha… more

"my ultimate goal is to get to a point in life where I don't have to work on a single day of my life". I can appreciate that goal, especially if you're working on something that allo… more

We are hybrid 3 days a week in office and heard during my visit to the office today: “The office is open floor plan… and closed morale.”
Is your hybrid setup helping or just slowly crushing your soul?

“Need to go for a walk, who wants a coffee?” Friday coffee runners, thank you🫡 even if you take 2 hours to come back

“Did you change your teeth?” Heard on a zoom call, one employee who hadn’t seen another for a couple months.

I overheard two managers worrying that one division might be overstating revenue in our quarterly reports. Now I’m unsure... should I confront them, go to the CFO, or wait to get more facts? I don’t w… more

Any of you here in the teaching profession? I would consider myself a pretty young professor, at least compared to the rest of my colleagues, and I happen to hear comments from other professors about … more

As a person who decides when the meetings of the day are, if you heard employees whine about how many meetings there are, would you consider making a change? I know I'm being reasonable when I sch… more

I swear I heard someone go “Dude, are you drunk right now?”. I looked around immediately to see who it could be, but saw no one talking. I almost felt like I was getting pranked, that's how still … more

‘I’ll be working remotely from the golf course tomorrow’ I don’t think that word means what you think it means then buddy

Two colleagues at work were chatting, and I heard the sentence "lucky are those who love their jobs" in the mix. As I spend this Sunday evening, fully dreading going into work tomorrow, I re… more

“Haven’t seen you in the office lately, where’ve you been?” Sometimes you just want to work from home if there’s nothing going on…hate that feeling of having attendance taken

This isn't a shitpost. My manager (who in all honesty I don't quite get long with) is in a romantic relationship with a person at work. They work on the same account. This is against company … more

CPO at our recent town hall introducing her to the company started off by saying how her and her team are, “building a culture of trust.” She then spent the next 10 minutes outlining how they will be … more

This is my first time playing this,how do o get in touch with others here？

My director said, “Let’s turn this failure into a teachable moment.” Then, we all just stared at him in silence. It got awkward.

From our overly micro-managing manager, "everyone just needs to do their work well and mind their own business". UM YES, I wish you could tell yourself that and stop sticking your nose in ev… more

We have a fairly small team, and there's a speaker for the office that we play music on. How it works is that every person gets to play the music they want, so pretty much it's your turn once … more

"We're going to start taking some wellness measures for them, because we know they could all use some". This hasn't been a culture in my workplace for the last 3 years ... would you … more

How do you guys spend the majority of your day working? Meetings? 1:1's? Zoom calls all day? I see some of my colleagues send 1 email a day and are somehow getting away with it! I hate it.

Whenever anyone says “I love her, but…” or “He’s a great guy but _” you know some hot tea is coming ha