Brad Dickson

Managing Editor

Editor, Writer, Content Producer, and Biologist from the Pacific Northwest. Managing Editor of Cheezburger, Lead Editor of Fail Blog, and Memebase. Long-time Section Lead and Staff Writer, contributing since 2016 on Geek Universe, Memebase, and Fail Blog. I joined Cheezburger in 2016, first running Geek Universe and then Memebase before finally settling on Fail Blog. At that point, Fail Blog was all about classic “FAILs” and schadenfreude but has since become more about how the internet and its trends intersect with our lives and social experiences at home, out and about in the world, and in the workplace. In a sense: how society is failing us. As a writer, I explore where modern technology and culture intersect with our working, personal, and social lives. I examine how changes in public values, technology, and social discourse reshape the way people work, live, and interact. For the last 5 years, I have covered modern labor movements, social discourse, and the influence of cultural shifts on our working and personal lives. Without a doubt, we are facing unprecedented times at the crossroads of these topics. And while digital technology has existed for just a microsecond of relative human history, the last 30 to 40 years have reshaped not just the way we work but the way we think about our work. The technology has also shaped our social lives into something unrecognizable that previous generations of humanity would have found startling. Where is this all going? Who knows, but it is fascinating to explore how culture has evolved in the last 5 years alone and will continue to evolve in the coming decade in ways we can't possibly anticipate.

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Frustrated Ex-Remote Worker, Who Was Forced to Work From the Office 3 Days a Week in Return-to-Office Mandate, Demands Their Employer Cover Their Cost of Commuting—Employer’s Response Offers Little to Help: ‘It Costs Me 90 Minutes a Day and $190 a Month'

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Return-To-Office Mandate Forces Employees Into the Office 4 Days a Week for “Collaboration” Following Years of Remote Work, But All Meetings Are Still Online Anyways—Then the Company Fires Half the Team and Remaining Employees Get 2 Times the Workload

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24-year-old woman discovers her 60-year-old neighbor has been running an extension cord to her outlet to power her own air conditioning units amid the latest heatwave: 'She runs 2 ACs in her trailer, a large industrial fan, all her lights are always on'

Managers often share credit for the success of their teams, but when does this go too far? And what should employees do about it?

Employee realizes her boss is taking credit for her work when he repeatedly refuses to promote her—she starts working to her job description, and company sales plummet: 'Took 3 months off and got another job at a 35% salary increase'

A property line dispute resulting in unauthorized tree removal and mature oak tree legal damages after neighbor cuts down a tree on the homeowner's property

Oregon Homeowner Returns From 10-Day Vacation To Discover His Neighbor Has Removed His 40-Year-Old Mature Oak Tree, Which Was Fully on His Property—Neighbor Claims He Did the Homeowner “A Favor”

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He automated so much of his workload that he had very little left to do on most days—Manager tells remote worker that his status should never show "away"—he writes a program that feigns activity at all times

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31-Year-Old Employee Learns Her 28-Year-Old Coworker Has Been Stealing Credit for Work Is Helping Her With, Stops Helping, Entire Team Demands She Resume: ‘My Manager Complimented Her During a Team Meeting for How Much Her Work Had Improved'

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Are generations divided around job seeking?—Unemployed man with 13 years of IT experience faces pressure and demands from his parents and their unrealistic understanding of the job market: 'Most people apply for a job and have it in a few days except you'

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Influencer Insists on Paying With “Exposure”—Then Demands Public Apology From Fitness Trainer After the Program Fails To Meet Her Unrealistic Expectations

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35 Hiring Managers Share the Thing That a Candidate Did That Made Them Instantly Decide Not to Hire Them—”They Brought Their Parents”