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An employee looks at his phone while sitting at his desk.

Employee starts logging 15 minutes on timesheet every time boss texts after hours, HR proposes paying him $2100 more to get rid of overtime: 'She said it was a 'stability upgrade''

I suggest that working from home with a flexible working arrangement is definitely the ideal arrangement for both employee and employer, despite the fact that companies pushing Return-to-office mandates seem to think otherwise.

5 of the Top Perks of Working From Home—as Ranked by Someone Who Frequently Enjoys Them

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Mother offers to pay $2000 for her son's wedding, and it was supposed to cover everything, until last minute they changed the party and expected the mother to pay more: 'I didn't agree to a 70-person party, and nobody asked me before they changed it'

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‘9-5, in Office, No Exceptions’: A New CTO Ended Remote Work and Imposed Strict Office Hours, Then He Discovered How Much Work Employees Were Doing on Their Own Time—and How Much the Company Relied on That Mutual Goodwill

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Print shop manager removes ‘Customer Approval’ status to make production numbers look better, only to create more confusion and slow down the entire process: ‘It undermines customer confidence’

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A man looks stressed with his hand to his mouth as he looks at some papers at the kitchen table, his wife looking over his shoulder.

Old employer demands employee pay $60k college debt for leaving job 8 months early, employee resents husband for not paying: 'She really hates her current job'

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Employee gets pushed out of company after being “too honest” about manager on HR survey: ‘The email said all responses would be anonymised ’

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A woman sitting on a couch in her apartment

Landlord tells tenant she has 30 days to move out because his son wants to move into the unit, son texts tenant and tells her that his dad was lying: 'I had no idea he was using me as an excuse.'

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Sometimes giving a gift becomes a way of establishing an obligation on another person I’m not saying this behavior is a conscious choice; in fact, I believe it mostly never is. But regardless of whether it’s conscious or not, it still happens, and I think we should all start being wary of it.

22-year-old woman cooks for friend and then takes home the groceries they both paid for: ‘She then proceeds to split every single item in half, regardless if, for my portion; she, for example, used 1 slice of cheese from the 14 bought’

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Employee discovers coworker is tracking everyone's workplace activity on a spreadsheet: ‘What time they usually leave, what time they get coffee, who they talk to…’

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'The Kelly Clarkson Debacle': Singer tries to buy an expensive item at a small business shop and gets mistreated in a 'Pretty Woman's' way, now nobody knows who was right

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A hotel manager tells staff to attribute delays to unexpected demand instead of deliberate understaffing

Hotel staff reports constant understaffing, which is causing high check-in wait times and issues with impatient guests—the manager has a solution: 'My manager pulled me aside and told me to change "understaffed" to "unexpected high guest volume"'

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Family claims sister 'ruined Thanksgiving' after calling out cranky, immature 35-year-old brother: 'He had a tantrum, grabbed his things & took off in his car'

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Ohio theater bartender threatens to kick out paying customer because he assumes they won’t tip: ‘TO BE CLEAR! I was intending on tipping him’

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Job candidate receives a $30k lowball offer despite being the hiring panel's "unanimous first choice"—this after a 4-week-long intensive 5-round interview process: 'They sent an offer for $62k and claimed the higher band was for a "unicorn"'

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Recruiter forbids unemployed people from applying to their job posting: 'These companies get the talent they deserve.'

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Employee gets offered a job by biggest client with a 35% raise but doesn’t know how to proceed to avoid problems: ‘Do I keep this completely to myself until there is an actual offer?’

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Job candidate lies on resume and gets the job, is then forced to come clean during extensive background check: ‘I emailed HR and spelled out the discrepancies’

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Friend tells bestfriend's girlfriend that the "grandma's pasta recipe" was taken from the back of a pasta box, despite what the boyfriend said: ' I genuinely didn't know he'd created an entire backstory for it'