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Marketing employee refuses to work unpaid overtime, boss tries to guilt-trip him with the “we’re family” approach, he stands up to her, but is abruptly fired days later by HR for "cultural fit issues"

'I told her if it's that important, pay me overtime': Marketing employee refuses to work unpaid overtime, boss tries to guilt-trip him with the “we’re family” approach, he stands up to her, but is abruptly fired days later by HR for "cultural fit issues"

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

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Employee confronts boss after discovering that he has been stealing from employee's 401k account for over a year: '[I'm] contacting a lawyer!'

‘Good luck Scott Kelly’: Girl at a Jonas Brothers concert sees bored guy reviewing a resume on his phone, posts video and now has big brands like Zillow, Instacart, and even the Jonas Brothers themselves endorsing him

‘Good luck Scott Kelly’: Girl at a Jonas Brothers concert sees bored guy reviewing a resume on his phone, posts video and now has big brands like Instacart, PUMA, and even the Jonas Brothers themselves endorsing him

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Employee denied raise after outstanding performance review, so he starts leaving early and quietly cuts his hours by 20% without anyone noticing

Employee denied raise after outstanding performance review, so he starts leaving early and quietly cuts his hours by 20% without anyone noticing: 'I gave myself the raise'

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Employee books $623 flight for boss on his personal credit card after the company card was declined, boss never pays employee back: 'I got scammed by my own boss'

Entitled coworker demands employee give her free rides to work, even on days employee isn't working, forcing them to look for another job: ‘She's definitely losing her ride’

Entitled coworker demands employee give her free rides to work, even on days employee isn't working, forcing them to look for another job: ‘She's definitely losing her ride’

Employee gets offered another job with higher pay, leaves new job after only two weeks, manager gets offended: ‘I laughed and explained what I was offered’

Employee gets offered another job with higher pay, leaves new job after only two weeks, manager gets offended: ‘I laughed and explained what I was offered’

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‘Hire me and then I will fix it’: Job candidate finds a bug in company’s data dashboard during the interview, hiring manager demands they provide notes on how to fix the issue

‘Hire me and then I will fix it’: Job candidate finds a bug in company’s data dashboard during the interview, hiring manager demands they provide notes on how to fix the issue

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Business owner finds out they hired the ex of their biggest client as the new designer, client demands they fire him: 'My business feels like a reality show'

Office worker quits organizing monthly birthday funds after losing about $120 covering late or missing payments, igniting office drama over "ruining a nice tradition"

'I was now the person holding a bag of sugar and a pile of IOUs': Office worker quits organizing monthly birthday funds after losing about $120 covering late or missing payments, igniting office drama over "ruining a nice tradition"

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (November 15, 2025)

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (November 15, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Employee put on PIP after negative review, so he brings 500 pages of receipts to HR proving the stakeholder was just jealous he was dating his ex-wife

Employee put on PIP after bad stakeholder review, so he brings 500 pages of receipts to HR proving the stakeholder was just jealous he was dating his ex-wife: 'The stakeholder admitted in the investigation to falsifying data'

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'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

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Employee refuses to let coworker participate in Secret Santa after they demand only to give a gift but not get one: ‘The game doesn't work like that’

Employee refuses to let coworker participate in Secret Santa after they demand only to give a gift but not get one: ‘The game doesn't work like that’

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Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

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Manager draws fire from HR for his "bias" for not rewarding single-mother employee with the same raises and bonuses as her better-performing coworker: '[Since he] is willing to put in extra hours (maybe 5-10 hrs per week), he gets more done'

Manager draws fire from HR for his "bias" for not rewarding single-mother employee with the same raises and bonuses as her better-performing coworker: '[Since he] is willing to put in extra hours (maybe 5-10 hrs per week), he gets more done'

'I walked outside and the stairs were gone': Tenant gets stuck in apartment for 10-12 hours after landlord orders unexpected stair maintenance, she needs to climb down a ladder to get to work

'I walked outside and the stairs were gone': Tenant gets stuck in apartment for 10-12 hours after landlord orders unexpected stair maintenance, she needs to climb down a ladder to get to work

Clever employee automates data entry part of his job, system crashes six months later and he has no idea what to do: 'I completely forgot how to do my job'

Clever employee automates data entry part of his job, system crashes six months later and he has no idea what to do: 'I completely forgot how to do my job'

Coworker Stephanie demands silence in an open office until 10 am for her "morning focus time" routine, gets reprimanded by management: ‘She'll shush people who are having work conversations at their desks’

Coworker Stephanie demands silence in an open office until 10 am for her "morning focus time" routine, gets reprimanded by management: ‘She'll shush people who are having work conversations at their desks’

'My coworkers have a group chat without me': Employee confronts team for intentionally leaving him out of the loop after new coworker accidentally shows him the group chat

'My coworkers have a group chat without me': Employee confronts team for intentionally leaving him out of the loop after new coworker accidentally shows him the group chat

Hotel night auditor automates 8-hour shift into 1 click, spends shift eating free food and watching TV shows: 'The GM did say he didn't care how I did my job, just do it... so I did'

Hotel night auditor automates 8-hour shift into 1 click, spends shift eating free food and watching TV shows: 'The GM did say he didn't care how I did my job, just do it... so I did'

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