About r/IDontWorkHereLady
In its own words:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1476fkn/reddit_blackout_2023_save_3rd_party_apps/ A derivative of subreddits like Tales From Retail that involves stories about folks that go into other businesses and have irate customers mistake them for employees. The more outrageous the story the better!
Community guide
r/IDontWorkHereLady (#717, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1476fkn/reddit_blackout_2023_save_3rd_party_apps/ A derivative of subreddits like Tales From Retail that involves stories about folks that go into other businesses and have… Recent activity samples show 1.7 posts/day in recent samples (~100% text). Public rules we collected include: Meta Tag; No Memes; Keep it Classy; People are People, too; Bad Title.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Match posts to: Meta Tag; No Memes; Keep it Classy; People are People, too.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: L, XL.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 15, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 341 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/KendrickLamar (#716) and ahead of r/HobbyDrama (#718) in our ranking.
What sets r/IDontWorkHereLady apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 46.1 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.1. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.1 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/IDontWorkHereLady went up from 1,478,744 to 1,480,492 subscribers (+1.7K, +0.12%). That is about 40 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/IDontWorkHereLady gets about 1.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 19,996 posts and 922,458 comments in total, about 46.1 comments per post.
Rules of r/IDontWorkHereLady
The moderators of r/IDontWorkHereLady list 13 rules. In short:
- Meta Tag
- No Memes
- Keep it Classy
- People are People, too
- Bad Title
- Plagarism
- Begging
- Potty Mouth
- Politics and Religion
- Truth Police
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/IDontWorkHereLady and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/IDontWorkHereLady have?
r/IDontWorkHereLady has 1,480,492 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #717 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,748 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/IDontWorkHereLady?
r/IDontWorkHereLady was created on Oct 15, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/IDontWorkHereLady?
Moderately: r/IDontWorkHereLady gets about 1.7 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 19,996 posts and 922,458 comments.
What is r/IDontWorkHereLady about?
The community describes itself as: “https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1476fkn/reddit_blackout_2023_save_3rd_party_apps/ A derivative of subreddits like Tales From Retail that involves stories about folks that go into other businesses and have ira…”
Is r/IDontWorkHereLady safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/IDontWorkHereLady as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/IDontWorkHereLady?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/IDontWorkHereLady accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Meta Tag”; “No Memes”; “Keep it Classy”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/IDontWorkHereLady?
Communities with similar topics include r/TalesFromRetail (1.8M), r/antiwork (3M), r/explainlikeimfive (23.7M), r/netflix (2M) and r/crochet (2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/IDontWorkHereLady.