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Leaked Applebess's Executive Email Details Strategy For Worker Exploitation

Restaurant Executive Plots to Pay Workers Less By Exploiting the Rising Price of Gas in This Leaked Viral Email

A leaked email has shocked the internet today after going viral. It was posted to the Reddit r/antiwork subreddit earlier this morning, where it has earned 68k upvotes in 12 hours. An absolutely insane number of votes even for the standards of more popular subreddits.
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Just Ran Away From Work | Photo of an exit sign

Retail Worker "Runs Away" From Job, Never Goes Back, People Share Their Similar Stories

The ONLY solution for working retail.
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Boss said I had to stop going to hospital appointments. Shocked upon seeing my resignation.

Sick Employee Quits When Boss Tries to Tell Them to Stop Missing Work For Hospital Visits

When this employee missed work due to a serious chronic illness, management called a meeting because they were “Seriously concerned.” It wasn't the employee's well-being they were concerned about. Oh no, they were concerned with a decrease in KPIs and other performance metrics.
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Guy Accused of Wage Theft When He Clocks in For Meetings

This employee was accused of committing wage theft when they clocked in for “hour-long” meetings. As commenters have noted, there is wage theft happening here, but the boss is confused about who is the one doing the thieving. This thread was trending after it was posted to the r/antiwork subreddit this week and has earned 10k upvotes. The poster, Reddit user u/DannoWhamo, was the one who posted the topic regarding this experience that they had at work. They noted that they were “Tired of spendi…
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Two Part Story: New Owner Doesn't Know How to Run Company, Fires Employee For "Not Going Above and Beyond", She Deletes All of Her Extra Work Before Leaving

This owner is putting a lot of faith in his mouse tracking software.
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Woman Infuriatingly Fired For Telling A Customer the Truth, Tells Boss to Clear Off

When this woman's employer raised their rates at the start of the year, they told their customers that it was to cover the cost of “raises for all employees in the amount of $1.00/hr.” A customer showed her the letter and asked if she had received her raise, caught off guard and unaware, the woman answered truthfully; She hadn't. This story was shared to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/vVWARLOCKVv , the woman's husband; in the story, he describes the injustice that his wife faced at the hand…
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HR Tells Guy He Should Work Weekends if He Has Time to Complete Freelance Work, He Quits

“If you have any free time it should be spent working for us, because we pay you a salary.” Ok, then I quit.
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My wife isn't getting a raise this year because I make good money and the men in the office "need it more"

Woman Denied Raise Because Her Husband Makes Too Much and "The Men in the Office Need it More"

A graphic designer was told by her marketing firm that she was not going to be receiving a salary increase, despite her stellar performance because her husband “makes good money." The story was posted to the r/antiwork subreddit by the woman's husband, who uses the username u/DLS3141. The ordeal took place after his wife's company completed their performance reviews. She received “glowing reviews from her boss," as she did every year. It wasn't until she didn't receive a raise, as she had in pr…
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Company didn't want to pay me a fair wage and the day after I quit, it cost the company around $40 Million.

IT Guy Underpaid at 29k Per Year, Leaves and Costs the Company $40 Million

This underpaid IT professional waited years for fair treatment from his bosses. The work doubled and then tripled, but the pay never reflected his efforts. He wouldn't prove how essential he was to the company until he left… and cost them $40 Million. Redditor u/slw_motion_trainwrck shared this story to the r/antiwork subreddit. A subreddit that seeks to raise awareness about workers' rights and increase visibility on the issues and mistreatment people face from poor employers. Commenters and c…
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Leaving my job and found a list of all salaries at the company… what do I do?

Engineer Finds Excel Export of All Employee Salaries, Contemplates Nuclear Option

A systems engineer came across a confidential document containing all employee salaries. They were shocked to see what some of their coworkers were earning, and the desire for justice suddenly emerged. u/ihavealotofquests shared this story to the r/antiwork subreddit, looking for a little bit of advice as to what they should do. When u/ihavealotofquests was helping an Office Manager, they copied a heap of files from their office folder. u/ihavealotofquests got back to their desk and accidentall…
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Quit my job last night, it was nice to be home to make the kids breakfast and take them to school today! Off to hunt for a new opportunity, wish me luck :)

Boss Reviews 'Security Footage', Chastises Employee For Sitting With a Broken Foot, They Tell Him to Take a Hike

CCTV is not a tool for productivity,
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I "embarrassed" my boss after coming in “late” on my day off, and working 10 hours to appease one of his “good customers”

Boss Ridicules Employee After They Work Overtime on Their Day Off, Employee Quits

Some people really struggle with a "Thank you."
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Guy Quits on the Spot When Boss Calls Him a Liar, Never Signed the Non-Compete

Redditor and r/antiwork subscriber u/usedallmypowerups posted this story to the popular subreddit today. r/antiwork is a subreddit that has been gaining huge momentum on Reddit as the “Great Resignation" goes into full swing.
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New Owner Fires Top Employee For Misconduct Using Fabricated Lies, He Sues and Watches Company Dissolve

Save a dollar. Lose a fortune.
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Employee Fires Savagely Devastating Email at Boss After Quitting Mid-Shift

"So incompetent that it would make Neanderthals look intelligent."
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Guy Gets Brutal Revenge, Destroys His Jerk Boss' Company and Takes Their Clients

Some seriously Pro Revenge.
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