Recent Posts from Brad Dickson

Editor, Writer, Content Producer, and Biologist originally from the Pacific Northwest. Managing Editor of Cheezburger, Lead Editor of Fail Blog, and Memebase. Long-time member of the site, contributing since 2016 on Geek Universe, Memebase, and Fail Blog. Interested in exploring and writing about how technology and culture shape our social interactions both at home and in the workplace. 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. I enjoy keeping up with our rapidly changing culture and technology. Writing, then, about how technology, the internet, and pop culture converge and how they influence (and are influenced by) current employment, economic, and workplace issues. Owing to my background in the sciences, I have grown particularly fond of exploring the impacts of science and technology on our lives, creativity, and productivity. I have a particular love for music and dedicate most of my spare time to making it. Also, for nature and the outdoors, which is great for getting outside and touching grass after spending most of the week online plugged into the internet.

Brad Dickson

When a Grandfather Left His Grandson the Vast Majority of His Estate, His Sister Called It Manipulation, The Will Says Otherwise—Should Caregiving For Older Relatives Influence Inheritance Decisions?

Chef thinks he is teaching the kitchen "Runner" a lesson over a kitchen intrusion, but he's the one who learns one thanks to the Runner's malicious compliance: 'Don't want me to do the work? Ok, then do it yourself'

Manager demands that "employee log every moment" of their time, employee complies, spends so much time filling in their timesheet that their billable hours tank: 'After 3 weeks my overhead total was sitting at 18.75 hours for a 40-hour week'

Employees Sat Through Months of RTO Lectures Before Discovering What Their Boss Had Been Hiding, Highlighting His Hypocrisy and Lack of Accountability

Mother of Two Children Demands Coworker's Work-From-Home Days To Spend Time With Her Children “Since [He] Doesn’t Have Any,” Her Escalation Gets Management Involved

The hidden risks of over-performing in your role... Star employee does the bare minimum, then quits, when a manager's new system unfairly alters his bonus payout making his wage unlivable: '[That] bonus put me above $20 per hour'

Intern fired for declining boss's demand to immediately join last-minute 3:30 pm Sunday meeting on Memorial Day weekend, raising concerns of unrealistic employment demands: 'They just expect 24/7 availability from interns getting paid the bare minimum'

Laid off employee left conflicted when the new hire who got their job contacts them on LinkedIn, asking for training and advice, they're unsure whether to play along, wanting to keep things on good terms: 'Would you help them?'

Manager abandons factory floor workers to fend for themselves when 90 degree heatwave sweeps the plant, says overworked and overtired employee, they resign giving their 2 weeks' notice: 'After getting a promotion, I got a 1 dollar raise'

Minnesota land owner now faces a hefty lawsuit after selling off classic car bodies for $600 over 6 years ago, when the cars had already been left on the property by the previous owner for 8 years: 'I sold them for a whopping $600 in May of 2020'