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Employee discovers her CEO hired her toxic ex-friend as her direct manager, and put her in charge of training her new boss: ‘I feel trapped. It was the CEO's decision’

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Employees share different reasons that cost them their job and led them to get fired: 'It’s the only time I was ever fired in my whole career.'

Employee resigns after three years without a single raise, boss gets offended they didn't “give her a heads-up” about the decision: ‘I rejected attempts at a counteroffer’

Employee resigns after three years without a single raise, boss gets offended they didn't “give her a heads-up” about the decision: ‘I rejected attempts at a counteroffer’

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37-year-old refuses to take over $40K Parent PLUS loan her father took out without her knowledge 20 years ago, sister dismisses her $400-a-month concern: ‘Figure it out’

I’ve read this kind of story many times from different angles, but something seems to happen around the quiet workers, or the quiet team members in general. I think it gets especially difficult in places like work because there are many employees, and managers often can’t keep track of everyone. The ones who get noticed are the ones who make themselves noticeable

Manager realizes he is losing a very valuable employee only after she leaves and asks for recommendations to identify “quiet performers” before they walk out: ‘Is it just asking better questions, or is there something structural that actually works?’

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Boss gets upset employee accepted a new job paying $28k more after waiting 7 months for a promised raise at her current company

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Mom of 3 refuses to replace chaotic 21-year-old nanny after she throws the dog a birthday party 3 months early, husband pushes for more structure: ‘I think she is a great fit for our family and the kids absolutely love the chaos’

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Employees share their stories of one time they came up with a clever comeback to bosses or coworkers and the reaction that caused: 'Well. I took a risk. If I wasn’t worth both, that said something to me'

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Alabama landlord tries to charge tenant $50 a month in pet rent for their child's hamster after spotting the cage during an inspection: 'I'm not paying $600 a year for a rodent that lives in a glass box'

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Manager accidentally CC’s employee on an email saying he doesn’t deserve a raise because he’s not a “flight risk,” employee starts silently quitting: ‘[My] trust was actually being quietly exploited, not reciprocated.’

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I think this employee was very clever about how he pulled this off. Obviously, I don’t think the tactic is bulletproof, but it definitely worked for him. I also loved the figurine’s involvement and how, years later, it turned out to be a treasure for other reasons.

Man employs a very peculiar tactic involving a figurine to get both a raise and a bigger commission at work: ‘So for the next week and a half I randomly started removing things from my desk area (very whimsical) and finally that item’

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Employee returns from maternity leave to find coworker using her personalized desk despite several designated hot desks, plans to confront him: ‘Does he just work there [with photos of me and my baby] smiling at him?!’

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Homeowner witnesses their neighbor attaching his hose to their backyard spigot as soon as they leave their home, proceeding to fill his pool for 30 minutes: 'What would you have done?'

Being a scapegoat is not easy, especially if you are one in your family. This Redditor wonders how to soften what she confessed to her family (that she is almost never included), and I think it might be time to stop explaining and explore other groups of people. Dynamics, to continue functioning, have to be fed through both sides; if one stops, the dynamic can't perpetuate itself.

32-year-old woman is the only one not invited to stay in an Airbnb with family on vacation: ‘They go to dinners without me all the time, do things that I specifically say I’d like to do, and claim they forgot to invite me’

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Remote employee asks HR to cover the $190 monthly cost of a mandated return-to-office commute, their response reveals exactly how much they value his time: 'Everyone has to get to work'

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Co-owner Claire locks her two business partners out of their shop, hides finances, and pockets clients, pushing partners Diana and Sarah to refuse to keep paying rent: ‘We’ve told her attorney: We aren't paying’

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Recruiters and candidates share their concerns about the current state of the job market and the interview world with the new industry trends: 'Been recruiting for a while now, and something has shifted, but it's hard to put my finger on what.'

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Applicant Automatically Rejects Every One-Way AI Video Interview They Are Offered, Calls It a Game Changer in Job Searching

Applicant Automatically Rejects Every One-Way AI Video Interview They Are Offered, Calls It a Game Changer in Job Searching

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33 Posts from ‘Reply Archive’ That Prove We're in the Golden Age of Comment Section Comedy