Office

'It was a heatwave, hitting 115°... the whole kitchen walked out': 20+ Employees who quit their bad jobs in the middle of their shifts

Remy Millisky

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Employees share over-hyped dream jobs that sound glamorous until you actually do them: 'I'm 44, a little late to start a new career... but here I am'

Isabella Penn

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New hire reserves office microwave for 30 minutes every day for dietary reasons, ends up getting banned by HR from using it after unplugging it to keep others out: 'But... the microwave was free'

Isabella Penn

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Employee spills water on coworker’s laptop during lunch, refuses to pay them back after discovering it is ruined, coworker considers reporting it to boss: ‘I can’t afford a new laptop’

Emma Saven

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Unknown employee keeps stealing coworker's lunch, forcing him to buy a mini fridge and lock his food inside, other coworkers mock him: 'We get it, you're special'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss schedules daily end-of-day meetings, new hire discovers they're unpaid and quietly leads office-wide rebellion just by leaving at 5 p.m.: 'All it took was one person'

Isabella Penn

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Delivery courier waits for 100 minutes to maliciously comply with demanding manager's request: 'The time stamp was 3:03 so I was definitely not late'

Remy Millisky

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Boss unexpectedly revokes flexible hours and demands employees stay until end of day, worker maliciously complies by arriving late and leaving on time: 'I'm still technically listening to his stupid requirement'

Isabella Penn

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‘I am practically walking on eggshells’: Woman writes colleague ‘nasty’ notes and slams office doors to intimidate them for reheating food in their break room

Lana DeGaetano

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'They've already made at least $10K off my free labor': Developer gets tricked into building a full client website for interview test, only to get ghosted and find it live a week later

Isabella Penn

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‘It will be devastating for him to lose me’: Overworked all-star employee gleefully gives her two-week notice, then uses all of her remaining PTO to get back at a micromanger who will soon realize she carries the entire department

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Remote employee transforms spare bedroom into home office, in-laws who visit once a year outraged they’ve lost their guest suite: '[We] live in a 2-bedroom apartment'

Isabella Penn

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'I've stopped trying [and] suddenly I'm promotion material': Burnt-out office ‘try-hard’ refuses to continue going above and beyond, ends up finally getting a 15% raise from the boss after setting healthy boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'How dare you make my son work past office hours?': 30-year-old employee's mom won't stop calling him at work, he finally stands up for himself after she demands to speak to his boss

Isabella Penn

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'[I was] wildly conspicuously overdressed': Employee wears formalwear to a casual office after a micromanager complains about his dress code-compliant clothing, ends up getting his boss demoted by the CEO

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss steals the batteries from employee's mouse when he's not looking, employee gets even: 'Swap batteries, then dump your unfinished coffee into his trash can'

Ben Weiss

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