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28-year-old graphic designer and 5-year company veteran discovers they're making less than 2 college graduate new hires: 'I'm supposed to train people who make more money than me'

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Fast-food new-hire finds themselves 30 minutes late for their first shift when the manager forgets to tell them they were hired and scheduled, leading to a tense phone call: 'It's not my responsibility to inform you about your schedule'

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Job candidate sends pointed email to HR over company's hiring process, gets a scathingly unprofessional response from the CEO

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Employee realizes how miserable they are in their current role after being appointed temporarily to another team: 'I wasn't waking up dreading the day [anymore]'

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Job candidate asked to work entire day for free instead of sitting their scheduled interview, they stand their ground and walk: 'They expected me to work 6 hours for free before even telling me the salary'

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Corporate management refuses to use 1 of 3 allocated "storm days" to shut down the facility despite 1 foot of snowfall, forcing employees to use their own PTO instead: 'The VP started the email with "Happy Tuesday!!"'

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Employee realizes that they have taken less PTO since the company instituted "unlimited" policy due to the implied threat from HR: 'It's just this weird psychological thing where you feel like youre being watched or judged'

An employee points at a report while the boss critiques it

Employee turns the tables, uses micromanaging boss's own reports to trick her and expose her hypocrisy in her criticism of his work: 'I found the folder online and used her past work verbatim'

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Employee blindsided by manager and HR after demanding "accountability" from their manager over their mishandling of scheduling and workplace accommodations: 'They threatened to fire me if I expressed myself “that way” again'

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Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

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Restraint in the face of temptation is an important skill for professionals: 10+ employees share why it is important not to burn bridges through their own experiences

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An employee resting his arms on his desk holds his glasses in his hand and rests his forehead on his hand in exasperation.

Employee learns that employer is hiring at $18k more than what they're earning for the same job, prompting a defensive response from their manager: 'Someone walking in off the street with zero knowledge of our systems is worth 15k more than me?'

A young worker talks on his phone outside his office building, deciding what to do about his job.

Employee accepts 18k raise and promotion, quickly finds himself wishing he was back in his old job because of the increased time, stress, and responsibility: 'Now I spend 60% of my time in meetings'

A banking hiring manager who claimed to reject a candidate because of their unusual personal interest ignited online discourse about hiring, jobs, and even the entire nature of the way we approach work itself.

Hiring manager kindles job-search discourse with a negative remark about an applicant who claimed that their personal interest is "olive oil": 'That is not an interest. It’s been hours, and I cannot stop thinking about it. There won't be an interview'

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A man plays in the snow after building a snowman with his wife in a bright sunny snowy day

Supervisor insists employee can't work from home after blizzard drops 10 inches of snow, employee takes vacation day instead, gets a free snow day fully paid after working 10 minutes: '[He tells me] I need to drive the 50+ miles to work or take vacation'

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Employee discovers that they no longer have a shop via a Facebook post from their employer announcing a closing-down sale: 'I found out I no longer have a job from a Facebook post'

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Employee demands 10% raise because he's bilingual, even though his second language is Welsh: 'The manager then told me that the policy meant Spanish'

Employee demands 10% raise because he's bilingual, even though his second language is Welsh: 'The manager then told me that the policy meant Spanish'

Guy demands a 10% raise after learning Welsh, pushing HR to honor a promise for wage increases for bilingual employees: ‘The policy meant Spanish, but [it] didn't specify Spanish'

Guy demands a 10% raise after learning Welsh, pushing HR to honor a promise for wage increases for bilingual employees: ‘The policy meant Spanish, but [it] didn't specify Spanish'

New Jersey homeowner suspects neighbor trimmed their special family tree without permission: 'I am 99% sure'

New Jersey homeowner suspects neighbor trimmed their special family tree without permission: 'I am 99% sure'

UPDATE: Homesteader confronts 70-year-old neighbor who doesn't want chickens freeroaming in her yard: 'Y'all, I'm putting up the fence'

UPDATE: Homesteader confronts 70-year-old neighbor who doesn't want chickens freeroaming in her yard: 'Y'all, I'm putting up the fence'

24-year-old data analyst shuts down meddling aunt who keeps pushing “better” career ideas, tells her to try doing his job herself

24-year-old data analyst shuts down meddling aunt who keeps pushing “better” career ideas, tells her to try doing his job herself

Massachusetts job candidate demands $900 for unpaid interview project assignment: 'The scope of work produced holds legitimate commercial value'

Massachusetts job candidate demands $900 for unpaid interview project assignment: 'The scope of work produced holds legitimate commercial value'

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