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May 18, 2026 at 9:21 pm

A Software Engineer’s Plan to Quit Turns Complicated After Seeing the Exit Requirements

I bet this company is going to have a public relations crisis shortly.

April 6, 2026 at 8:15 pm

Software Engineer Replaced A Colleague Who Said The Company Was Doomed, So He Turned The Team Around And Watched The Stock Rise 26 Percent While The Rival Company’s Stock Fell

Software engineer working on his computers

Sounds like he chose a good job.

July 26, 2025 at 2:22 am

He Only Talked About Himself And Assumed She Was A Cashier, So She Didn’t Tell Him She Was A Software Engineer And In The Same League

Sorry. I couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

May 24, 2025 at 10:55 pm

Relatives Asked Her To Babysit For Three Days, And Then Hurled Insults At Her When She Gave Them Her Rate

Merry Christmas to you, too…

May 6, 2025 at 7:49 pm

Manager Tells Software Engineer To Make Some Major Changes, And Decades Later, A New Employee Wants To Know What He Was Thinking

software engineer sitting in front of two monitors filled with code

When will managers learn to trust their employees?

April 30, 2025 at 9:48 pm

He Discovers A Critical Issue On His Employer’s Website, But His Managers Won’t Listen To Him In Time To Save Face With The Client

Software shmoftware, said the manager.

April 24, 2025 at 2:23 pm

Software Engineer Fixes A Complicated Bug In The Code, But When A Coworker Takes Credit For The Work, It Really Backfires

software engineer looking at monitors full of code

Karma had a hand in this.

February 8, 2025 at 12:34 pm

Woman Didn’t Think Her Spouse Would Ever Get More Than A Minimum Wage Job, And When The Spouse Proved Her Wrong She Wanted A Divorce

Source: Reddit/Petty Revenge/Shutterstock

Success is the best revenge!

January 11, 2025 at 11:49 pm

Startup Enforces 40-Hour Workweek After Employee Pushes Boundaries, So He Quits Over Their ‘Strict’ Hours Policy

Source: Reddit/Malicious Compliance/Pexels/Buro Millennial

Everyone was probably happy to see him go.

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A Software Engineer’s Plan to Quit Turns Complicated After Seeing the Exit Requirements

Software Engineer Replaced A Colleague Who Said The Company Was Doomed, So He Turned The Team Around And Watched The Stock Rise 26 Percent While The Rival Company’s Stock Fell

He Only Talked About Himself And Assumed She Was A Cashier, So She Didn’t Tell Him She Was A Software Engineer And In The Same League

Relatives Asked Her To Babysit For Three Days, And Then Hurled Insults At Her When She Gave Them Her Rate

Manager Tells Software Engineer To Make Some Major Changes, And Decades Later, A New Employee Wants To Know What He Was Thinking

He Discovers A Critical Issue On His Employer’s Website, But His Managers Won’t Listen To Him In Time To Save Face With The Client

Software Engineer Fixes A Complicated Bug In The Code, But When A Coworker Takes Credit For The Work, It Really Backfires

Woman Didn’t Think Her Spouse Would Ever Get More Than A Minimum Wage Job, And When The Spouse Proved Her Wrong She Wanted A Divorce

Startup Enforces 40-Hour Workweek After Employee Pushes Boundaries, So He Quits Over Their ‘Strict’ Hours Policy

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