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'I've stopped trying [and] suddenly I'm promotion material': Burnt-out office ‘try-hard’ refuses to continue going above and beyond, ends up finally getting a 15% raise from the boss after setting healthy boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Husband secretly supports his mother with 50% of his salary, then begs her best friend not to tell her when they find out the truth, drama ensues: ‘He needs to come clean’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'There's ‘no room’ for me, but I'm still expected to drop $200?': Employee gets uninvited from their coworker's wedding at the last minute, then guilt-tripped into contributing $200 for a gift from the team, she refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'[I was] wildly conspicuously overdressed': Employee wears formalwear to a casual office after a micromanager complains about his dress code-compliant clothing, ends up getting his boss demoted by the CEO

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘[After] two shifts, I'm on the 4th season of Righteous Gemstones': Bored employee turns their cubicle into a binge-watching haven after management forces them to endure 12-hour shifts without any work to do

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Father finds the perfect work/life balance as a remote worker, taking a 2-hour lunch break every day in response to his company's lackluster benefits: 'The happiest moments of my life have been watching [my son] grow up during my lunch hour'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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A Server's Sanctuary of 21 Memes We Found Hiding in the Break Room

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I gave them 24 hours': Senior programmer gets demoted for ‘performance issues’ after a health crisis, so he diverts all his managerial duties to his boss, ends up demanding a 10% raise and a 4-day workweek after they beg him to come back

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee forced to take the red-eye home, refuses to come to work the next day, leaving boss scrambling: 'I came back to work the following day to a flurry of emails'

Ben Weiss

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'Do I feel guilty? Nope': Distribution center employee steals £18,000 from a mega-corporation through a phony return loophole, ends up with enough cash to put a downpayment on a house before quitting

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They accused me of 'ruining their trip'': Responsible coworker bails on a work trip after catching his 'trusted' colleagues being sketchy in their Airbnb, he leaves them to fend for themselves then takes it to HR

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Ok! Everyone is fired!': Heroic manager defends his employees from layoffs after the C-level bosses try to ‘thin out' the higher-paid senior employees, ends up getting HR and the legal department involved

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Business traveler spends $218 on taxi after company refuses to reimburse his train ticket: 'No can do... order me a taxi'

Remy Millisky

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Hotel owner forces his lead landscaper to train his incompetent nephew to take over his job, nepotism leads to a property fire that burns the place down: 'The nephew seemed more concerned with playing Pokemon than working'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I thought my career was over’: Plucky new hire gets caught bluffing on his resume, ends up impressing his hiring manager by learning everything about their software in two weeks

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Keep the pizza and the donuts': 24 Ways to tell that your company actually cares about you

Jesse Kessenheimer

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