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New employee refuses to listen to friend’s warnings about their toxic company, only to be proven wrong on their first day of work: ‘I told you so’

Melissa Knudson

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'I’m just confused': Illinois worker seeks advice after employer gives him one day to accept a schedule outside his availability or resign

Etai Eshet

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Coworker calls HR over desk mate's 'inappropriate' 3D-printed tea steeper: 'It's just a dude holding a fishing pole'

JR Atkinson

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Woman refuses to lend anymore money to unemployed friend after discovering he spends all of it on video games: ‘He couldn’t manage his own money’

Melissa Knudson

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New in-office policy incentivizes coworkers to snitch on each other, ruining remote work for everyone else: 'Hall-monitoring coworkers just ruined remote work for our entire company'

JR Atkinson

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Manager allows employee to take work laptop home for maternity leave, and his boss demands it be returned during 9-month-long leave even though no one will use it: ‘It isn’t her fault this situation happened - if anything, it’s mine’

Etai Eshet

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Coworker bails on her friend, lies to cancel their plans together and gets annoyed when the friend refuses to cover her shift so she can go out: 'I also don't feel obligated to rearrange my schedule'

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Fast food employee calls in sick 5 times in their first 4 months, manager calls them out: 'He was trying to guilt trip me for following health codes'

JR Atkinson

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18-year-old factory trainee does not know what Microsoft Windows is, thinks his computer doesn’t have an operating system: 'It’s just a MacBook'

Etai Eshet

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Manager threatens to take away 2 week's pay and bonus if employee doesn't disclose the company they're leaving to work for: 'Does she really have the right to withhold money?'

JR Atkinson

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California employer drains employee’s bank account, leaving it -$3200 for 2 weeks after accidentally overpaying him, then withdrawing way more than the overpayment without warning

Etai Eshet

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Employee refuses to cancel paid weekend trip to cover coworker's shift after her babysitter cancels, only for manager to pressure him because she has kids: ‘My plans [are] less important’

Cata Holmes

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Golf ball manufacturing company loses millions after ignoring technician’s warning and refusing to spend $500K to replace faulty equipment: ‘[They] drained the entire production budget for 2 years as I sat smiling. I left shortly after'

Etai Eshet

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‘Man it feels good. I never liked her’: IT worker quits on spot after HR consultant becomes de facto boss, demands he comb through 200 hours of CCTV footage from 28 cameras to spy on coworkers and deliver dozens of clips in 2 days

Etai Eshet

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'Noises include various buzzer noises instead of yes or no': Office employee expresses bafflement at 'funny noises' made by Gen Z coworkers

Ally Perry

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

JR Atkinson

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