bad bosses

Boss forbids supervisor from eating lunch with his employees because he thinks that socializing with subordinates will compromise work performance: 'I truly have a sick, sociopathic boss.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss reschedules weekly 9:35 AM meeting to 9:32 AM, berates employee at 9:33 when he's a minute late: 'I would have assumed it was a mistake and still joined at 9:35.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee develops crush on boss, gets fired for not acting on it: 'I just wanted to do the right thing'

Ally Perry

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Brands replace content creators with AI, when numbers tank they try to get creators back with lower pay: 'They are back in my DMs offering 40% less than what they paid me before'

JR Atkinson

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Employee noticed that a coworker was stealing products from the store where they work, she took it to management and got fired, it was the boss's nephew: 'Over the course of three years, he’d taken over $10K in unpurchased merchandise'

María Cetra

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Employee who was abruptly laid off is asked by the company that fired them to request assistance with removing their admin access: ‘Can I respond requesting payment for my time to do this?’

María Cetra

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Manager marks 1 minute late as a 'no call no show,' consistently asks for 30 minutes of unpaid labor

JR Atkinson

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'I hit her with a Gen-Z stare': Boss walks up to employee who's juggling multiple projects and says they're 'not doing enough'

JR Atkinson

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Employee gets yelled at for being 8 minutes late, quits when boss tries to take away their lunch break: 'I haven't gone back'

Ally Perry

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Employee is forced by management to clock out earlier than she should, as she’s not doing anything, when she complained: ‘They respond with “No, I’ll fire you.” I ended up clocking out early because I didn’t want to take the risk.’

María Cetra

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Employee gets reprimanded for ending their shift as soon as it ends, but nothing happens when other employees start their shift late every day: 'Am I wrong for thinking the real problem is the people who are always coming in late'.

María Cetra

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Boss hints that coworker is about to be fired, coworker is racked with guilt wondering if they should say something: 'She just bought a new home'

JR Atkinson

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Boss chews out employee for not inviting their coworkers to their birthday brunch: 'Haha are you joking'

JR Atkinson

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Company forbids laid-off employee from entering the office to return his work laptop because he brought his 2-year-old son with him: ' There was no one at home to take care of him.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employees reveal the wildest times a former employer didn't listen to their warnings: 'The company was reduced to 1/20th the size'

Ally Perry

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Employee Claims He ‘Can’t Trust’ New Coworker Because She Pushes Back on His Instructions

JR Atkinson

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