Is It Excessive for HR to Demand an Original Copy of a Job Candidate’s College Degree? Employees Discuss

Bar Mor Hazut

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Frustrated Ex-Remote Worker, Who Was Forced to Work From the Office 3 Days a Week in Return-to-Office Mandate, Demands Their Employer Cover Their Cost of Commuting—Employer’s Response Offers Little to Help: ‘It Costs Me 90 Minutes a Day and $190 a Month'

Brad Dickson

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Boss tells employee that they need to cut the amount of PTO they take even though, according to his contract, he is allowed however much he wants: ‘I’ve taken 8.5 PTO days- one of the lowest on my team.’

María Cetra

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64-year-old baby boomer loses job after refusing to learn new software that his company gave him 3 months to learn: 'He’s telling people he’s retiring early.'

Emmy Pratt

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Ohio firm sues a former employee for $3,000 over a training repayment clause tied to basic onboarding videos and PDFs: ‘This cannot be how the system is supposed to work’

Etai Eshet

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Father's ex-wife ignores property for 42 years, then resurfaces when his child tries to sell and demands half: ‘She’s never paid taxes on it’

Cata Holmes

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Boss demands full return to office, resulting in his best employee refusing to do more than the minimum 9-5: ‘Flexibility works both ways'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Aunt refuses to co-sign on her niece’s student loans after her parents were denied for their over 100K debt and awful credit score: ‘I don't think that her education costs are our responsibility.’

María Cetra

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Employee asks for tips to overcome the bad feeling from a soul-sucking 9-5 job: ‘I end up rotting away in bed, doom scrolling on TikTok and Instagram reels because I finally feel let go from the chains of an 8-hour office day.’

Olivia Arocena

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Business Owner Threatens to Assign Volunteers to Work His Private Event on a Saturday if His Employees Don't Willingly Volunteer: 'We Don't Work Saturdays.'

Emmy Pratt

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (August 11, 2026)

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker calls out colleague for wearing the same outfit every day: 'She's mentally still stuck in middle school'

JR Atkinson

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Relentless coworker demands employee move out of “her seat” in break room, despite knowing there are no assigned seats, employee firmly refuses: ‘You don't own it’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘What is a secret about the industry that you work in that customers shouldn’t know?’: Employees share the secrets that nobody knows about the industry they work in, and that would change the customer experience completely.

María Cetra

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Woman teaches instant karma after returning $500 worth of goods on the spot when she was wrongfully accused of stealing: 'That's the consequence…'

Elna McHilderson

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24-year-old woman discovers her 60-year-old neighbor has been running an extension cord to her outlet to power her own air conditioning units amid the latest heatwave: 'She runs 2 ACs in her trailer, a large industrial fan, all her lights are always on'

Brad Dickson

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