bad bosses

Employee gets rejected for supervisor role because they lack 'leadership presence', manager makes them train new hire: 'I usually have people handle the technical weeds for me'

Ally Perry

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

JR Atkinson

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New work rule doubles employee's commute time home, refuses to let them leave 15 minutes early to avoid this: 'Are we being unreasonable?'

JR Atkinson

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Manager lets team stop work at 5:30, upper management lowers their bonuses because they don't work until 8: 'Another department was showing more passion'

Ally Perry

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Employee quits after 2 years of staying on Zoom call with manager 8 hours a day every day at work: 'Never accept a job under these conditions'

Ally Perry

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Boss demands employee show up 1 hour earlier unpaid, sends an AI-generated message to motivate them: 'You have the potential to do great things'

JR Atkinson

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Boss ignores employee giving 2 weeks' notice after rejecting $5.50/hr raise, gets surprised when they leave: 'I didn't answer any of the calls'

Ally Perry

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Manager asks employee to clock them in 30 minutes before they arrive, ices them out when employee refuses: 'I'm not risking my job for someone else'

JR Atkinson

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Employee got his hours cut and gave them to the owner’s nephew, now they want him to go on weekends, but he already has a new job: ‘If your nephews are so amazing, why aren't you calling them to cover the weekend?'

María Cetra

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Boss asks employee to stay on for 4 weeks after being denied a full-time job to help train her replacement: 'I’m so frazzled'

JR Atkinson

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New hire has lunch alone in park, gets criticized by manager for not eating in breakroom instead: 'It is starting to read as not being interested in the team'

Ally Perry

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Boss forces employee to sign offer letter with worse benefits and pitiful pay raise, threatens to fire them if they don't comply: 'I signed out of panic and fear'

JR Atkinson

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Boss continually contacts employee after work hours with non-emergency asks: 'I'm muting her number going forward'

JR Atkinson

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New hire replies to future colleague's email about offer letter, gets chastised by boss for sharing salary details: 'You shouldn’t handle work this way'

Ally Perry

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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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