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Store supervisor demands employee keep working beyond closing time to “show commitment to the company”, employee refuses, leaving supervisor to handle customers alone: ‘My shift has ended’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I'm desperate? I'm unemployed, broke, and trying to pay rent’: Job seeker rejected for sounding too eager, with the interviewer saying desperation is a turnoff

Etai Eshet

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Chef reprimanded by boss for not having enough stock for his sister’s party, chef's team follows orders to overprepare food in bulk in the future, causing huge food waste and costs, boss reverts "à la carte" orders: ''Consequences were catastrophic'

Emma Saven

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'Most job postings aren’t real': HR admits to curious employee that they advertise fake jobs to keep an inventory of candidates “just in case”, leading to heavy criticism

Bar Mor Hazut

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Overworked employee happily resigns and refuses to complete new tasks, against their employer's wishes: ‘This is not going to happen’

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled employee refuses to complete her assignments, claims she's too busy, coworker gets her fired by proving she had nothing to do: ‘She was caught lying to our boss’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss fired employee but demands they continue working for commission, employee firmly refuses and files for unemployment instead: ‘Why would I go back?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss retaliates employee’s wage complaint with new rules, cameras, and strict policies aimed directly at them: ‘I gave so much of myself to this company for many years’

Etai Eshet

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Optional PTO donation program leads to tension after employee refuses to donate his hours to coworker he barely knows: 'My boss pulled me aside and said it looks bad'

Isabella Penn

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6 months of ‘model behavior’ is ignored after employee is 8 minutes late, boss takes away her breaks for the day so she leaves for lunch and never returns: ‘I clocked out and went “to the deli”… I quit.'

Elna McHilderson

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Entitled boss loses $400,000 after an all-star employee quits, making him regret the last 4 years of refusing raise requests: ‘I was the jack-of-all-trades'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Nepo-baby coworker tries to override her dad’s approval of a 3 PM leave to work from home arrangement with a colleague but gets shut down by her boss-father: ‘He told me it has nothing to do with her, she has no authority’

Etai Eshet

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Arrogant coworker takes credit for project, demands a promotion and gets fired instead: 'Sometimes the trash takes itself out!'

Ben Weiss

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After remote employee is forced to start workdays from the office, they decide to commute on bike, resulting in only two hours of active work a day: ‘I was paid to cycle around'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss refuses employee expenses because one receipt is over by £0.03, ends up owing £250 when they resubmit their expense sheet according to company guidelines: 'I found all the extras'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

Bar Mor Hazut

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