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This is what happens when your boss has a questionable ‘talent’. Very rarely do we consider that some things can be a gift to someone while at the same time being a curse to somebody else. Am I revealing too much of today’s story here? Probably, but this boss exceeded my expectations in terms of gaslighting abilities. Let's read on.

Entitled boss quietly dumps his own admin onto an employee for months on end, dismissing any kind of confrontation about it: ‘He laughed and said "Let's not make a big thing of it"'

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Employee quits after making his manager $1.8 million in commissions and only gets a $30 cinema gift card in return, new employer has his back: 'My new company isn't run by garbage people.'

Elna McHilderson

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Woman unapologetically eats a giant burrito at her desk to rebel against the workplace Karen who critiques her lunches every day:' I made eye contact while I took the first bite'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee gets fired after only two days on the job, HR refuses to give them a reason why: ‘I left my previous job for them’

Employee gets fired after only two days on the job, HR refuses to give them a reason why: ‘I left my previous job for them’

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Engineer kicks out friend-turned-partner after letting him buy into his already-thriving workshop for $1,700, watching him work two hours a day, and now the friend is demanding $3,000 and claims he owns the brand: 'My productivity literally doubled'

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Dad doesn't want to pay for daughter's dance trip, claims it's just a vacation with her stepdad: 'The trip is about $3K for just my daughter'

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The hidden risks of over-performing in your role... Star employee does the bare minimum, then quits, when a manager's new system unfairly alters his bonus payout making his wage unlivable: '[That] bonus put me above $20 per hour'

‘He stole the CEO‘s lunch': Employees Share the Weirdest Reasons Coworkers Got Fired From Their Jobs

‘He stole the CEO‘s lunch': Employees Share the Weirdest Reasons Coworkers Got Fired From Their Jobs

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It's time to study the art of quiet negotiation. Somebody should teach us how to get better deals at work interviews, so we don't exclusively look for them when buying unnecessary things on the internet. This story serves the point of this particular advice, and I'm sure there are plenty of other possible outcomes using the same technique, but it's definitely worth a try.

Employee describes the subtle negotiation tactic he applied during his interview to get it: 'Usually this is where people start stuttering or trying to justify why they deserve more but I decided to try something different this time'

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First-time homeowner refuses to let her sister's family of 6 move in, discovers they assigned themselves bedrooms in the house she bought after years of saving without asking her

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Anonymous Company Survey Accidentally Leaked By HR to the Entire Company

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These are the type of stories we're likely to hear more often from now on: employees performing heroic tasks in defense of human beings in the fight against bots. It's not that the bots are mean, bots don't have intentions, it's that they are sometimes created only for optimising companies' expenses and needs, and not for helping us, their confused and tired customers.

Employee is forced to talk to customer service bot instead of a person and ends up developing another bot to run up the company’s AI bill: 'Maybe they'll provide customer service now, instead of foisting the responsibility on a chatbot.'

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Worker quits underpaid position only to spend months training and supporting her replacement anyway: 'I've done more than enough'

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'A mass email went out canceling all our annual sales bonuses. 40 salespeople walked that day': 19 Workplace taboos that inspired half the workforce to immediately quit

Jesse Kessenheimer