bad bosses

HR makes employees write thank you cards for coworkers about to be fired: 'They made us participate in firing our own coworkers without even telling us'

JR Atkinson

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AI company CEO claims that entry-level employees should not get paid and instead pay their employer for their job: 'There is NO legitimate reason to endure the fresh graduate'

Ally Perry

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Company dictates employees should take 15 days of yearly PTO to prevent burnout, reject employee's request for 6 different days: 'Rest is not a reward. It's a requirement'

Ally Perry

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Coworker constantly takes credit for colleague's work, colleague starts leaving easter eggs in their notes: 'I embedded a completely fake bullet point right in the middle'

JR Atkinson

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Newark Airport self-checkout demands 18% tip even though no employee is working: 'He had to click out of it'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is fired via group chat in front of coworkers as a fear tactic: 'He just put her on blast in front of the whole company'

JR Atkinson

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Boss fires employee and gives them $1000 for moving costs, demands money back when they file for unemployment: 'He thought the $1000 would be enough until I found a new job'

Ally Perry

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Employee is written up as 'no call no show' even though they were not notified of the shift change: 'I don’t think my personal phone should be a job requirement'

JR Atkinson

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Boss continually pings employee during the weekends without offering overtime: 'My weekends feel like they don’t belong to me anymore'

JR Atkinson

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Company charges $18 for 'free' employee appreciation lunch without warning: 'I just find it ridiculous that a company can turn a thank you into something you owe them for'

JR Atkinson

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Burned out tech employee moves to small company for $22k less salary, works even more hours as a result: 'It is absolute chaos'

Ally Perry

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Boss denies employee a promotion, forces them to do the work anyway: 'I've been dragged in again and again to provide fixes, guidance and steer for the new member of staff'

JR Atkinson

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Employee starts logging 15 minutes on timesheet every time boss texts after hours, HR proposes paying him $2100 more to get rid of overtime: 'She said it was a 'stability upgrade''

Ally Perry

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Boss puts retail employee on probation because they aren't comfortable shilling credit cards: 'He said I needed to be asking 2-3 times per interaction'

JR Atkinson

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Company hires 5 different managers for 1 employee, only 1 of the managers actually contributes any value: 'Why do companies keep employing these people?'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee with 4-year-old daughter is only parent on team, boss protests when he can't attend mandatory Saturday meetings because of childcare: 'That's a you problem'

Ally Perry

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