Posts on social media in April 2026 claimed a Washington, D.C., woman named Rachel Dorn had been fired from her job after an audit revealed she held three different full-time remote positions at the same time. According to the posts, Dorn "ranked in the top 10 percent at all three" of her jobs.
Snopes found examples of the claim spreading on Instagram, Reddit, Facebook and Threads, and some users seemed to interpret the rumor as true. For instance, one post on Threads made on April 13 said Dorn "should have gotten a promotion" instead of being fired.
Snopes readers contacted us to investigate the claim's legitimacy.
To investigate the rumor, we first used search engines such as DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo. Since the claim spread alongside a supposed image reporting on the rumor from CNN, the search results would show an article from CNN, and likely other news outlets, if the rumor was true.
That was not the case. We did not find any credible reporting from CNN or other outlets about Dorn's supposed three jobs.
We were able to identify the rumor's original source, however: a social media that described the scenario about Dorn as satirical in nature.
A Facebook and Instagram page called The Dude Humor Report first shared the rumor on April 12 (Instagram, Facebook). The page's bios said its content "features satire and parody stories that are exaggerated."
Additionally, the post included the hashtags "funny," "comedy," fbilifestyle," "satire" and "FORENTERTAINMENTONLY," at the bottom of the post's caption. (This was only viewable on Facebook if a reader clicked the "read more button"). Those hashtags were not present in some of the posts spreading the claim, meaning that some who shared the story stripped it of its original context.
We reached out to The Dude Humor Report for its response to the fact that the rumor circulated without context and that some people mistook the satirical story as real news. We will update this story if we receive a response.
The Dude Humor Report pages contained similar fictitious stories, like a rumor claiming that a Florida man had been fined for hosting his wedding at a Golden Corral without informing the restaurant.
Snopes frequently debunks rumors that originate from pages who describe their output as satirical. For example, in April 2026, we alerted readers to a fake story claiming that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth farted at a news briefing.
Since the effectiveness of satire is subjective, we use "originated as satire" or "labeled satire" ratings based on creators' description of their work. It's your call on whether you agree.