{{Infobox website | name = Dumbemployed | logo = Dumbemployed.png | caption = | url = http://www.dumbemployed.com | alexa = | commercial = | type = Blog | language = English | registration = | owner = | author = Phil Edwards and Matt Kraft | launch_date = April 2009 | current_status = Active | revenue = }} '''Dumbemployed''' is an English-language blog and blook featuring stories about "the jobs you love to hate". User-submitted entries are limited to 300 characters in length and begin with "At work today" and end with "I'm dumbemployed".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dumbemployed.com/about.php|title=Dumbemployed - About|date=2009-04-09|accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref> A book containing submissions to the site along with charts, graphs, illustrations, and tips was published in June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/Dumbemployed/posts/115111935244767|title=Life just got more...|website=Facebook |date=2011-06-28|accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref>
Dumbemployed stories are divided into five categories: Bosses, Customers, Just Dumb, Overtime, Weird Shift.
== History ==
Dumbemployed was launched in April 2009 by Phil Edwards and Matt Kraft.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2011/08/22/news/features/doc4e528ec8cd839030409179.txt|title=Caseville graduate co-authors new book|last=Hessling|first=Kate|date=2011-08-22|publisher=Huron Daily Tribune|accessdate=2011-08-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130129070328/http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2011/08/22/news/features/doc4e528ec8cd839030409179.txt|archivedate=2013-01-29}}</ref> Visitors to the site are encouraged to share stories about hilarious and painful {{not a typo|dumbemployment}}. Anonymous submissions are permitted and users can vote and leave comments on stories.
In October 2011, a Dumbemployed book was announced by Marianne Strong Literary Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/archives/006995.php|title=Publishers Marketplace Lunch Weekly for Monday, October 11|date=2010-10-11|accessdate=2011-08-24}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The book, entitled "Dumbemployed: Hilariously Dumb and Sadly True Stories about Jobs Like Yours", was published by Running Press on June 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runningpress.com/perseus/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0762442387|title=Perseus Books Home|date=2010-10-01|accessdate=2011-08-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120717071125/http://runningpress.com/perseus/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0762442387|archivedate=2012-07-17}}</ref>
A review of the book appeared in the Sunday Book Review section of The New York Times on August 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/books/review/inside-the-list.html|title=Inside the List - NYTimes.com|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=2011-08-05|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref>
In June 2012, Edwards announced that Warner Bros. TV has optioned the TV and film rights for Dumbemployed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philedwardsinc.com/|title=Phil Edwards Inc.|date=2012-06-01|accessdate=2012-09-20}}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://www.dumbemployed.com/ Dumbemployed]
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