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Hotel boss forces housekeeping employees to wear uncomfortable, hazardous work uniforms in the heat of the summer, but refuses to wear one himself: 'He refuses to listen to us’

Florida amusement park manager Esther punishes employees for refusing surprise overtime and annoys staff into quitting until HR intervenes: ‘I learned from my friends at the resort that Esther turned her venom towards others’

Florida amusement park manager Esther punishes employees for refusing surprise overtime and annoys staff into quitting until HR intervenes: ‘I learned from my friends at the resort that Esther turned her venom towards others’

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22-year-old nepo hire Madison breezes into her father’s firm with zero skills and a many-zero salary, pushing marketing veterans to polish exit plans: ‘The worst part is how she treats the rest of us’

22-year-old nepo hire Madison breezes into her father’s firm with zero skills and a many-zero salary, pushing marketing veterans to polish exit plans: ‘The worst part is how she treats the rest of us’

Job applicant accidentally roasts the company during his job interview, CEO finds it hilariously honest and offers him the job: ‘One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted.'

Job applicant accidentally roasts the company during his job interview, CEO finds it hilariously honest and offers him the job: ‘One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted.'

Elna McHilderson

Boss invited new hire to a 'casual dinner' at his house with him and his wife, confused employee contemplates whether they should accept: 'Is this weird?'

Boss invited new hire to a 'casual dinner' at his house with him and his wife, confused employee contemplates whether they should accept: 'Is this weird?'

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Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Office worker discovers company is secretly tracking his location after they force every employee to download a ‘timekeeping’ app, quits and takes half of the company with him: ‘They never fully recovered’

Office worker discovers company is secretly tracking his location after they force every employee to download a ‘timekeeping’ app, quits and takes half of the company with him: ‘They never fully recovered’

Elna McHilderson

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Higher-ups reject employee's work pitch for years, then expect them to leave a 'plan' detailing the idea after they put in their two weeks: ‘I'd re-pitch the idea, every year, nothing moved’

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Factory worker maliciously complies with micromanaging boss: 'I am not supposed to leave my station'

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Incompetent CEO blames an employee for their screw up, so the employee pulls the receipts exonerating themselves from fault; CEO goes on "sabbatical": 'Funny how that works'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I hit send with a satisfied smirk’: Head of finance blames employee for losing company over a million dollars in an email CCed to the senior staff, employee replies all with proof it wasn't their fault

‘I hit send with a satisfied smirk’: Head of finance blames employee for losing company over a million dollars in an email CCed to the senior staff, employee replies all with proof it wasn't their fault

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Retail manager demands employees wait until closing time to start cleaning up, leading employees to rack up overtime pay every shift: ‘He wanted us working until the very end’

Retail manager demands employees wait until closing time to start cleaning up, leading employees to rack up overtime pay every shift: ‘He wanted us working until the very end’

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Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

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Employee fakes pregnancy to get 3 weeks of PTO after using up their annual vacation alotment; gets away with it: 'She photoshopped a sonogram'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Now I sell by myself and make tons more money’: Friends try to hijack a homemade ice cream business by eating the inventory, inviting freeloaders, and cutting out the owner, forcing the real entrepreneur to take everything and leave

‘Now I sell by myself and make tons more money’: Friends try to hijack a homemade ice cream business by eating the inventory, inviting freeloaders, and cutting out the owner, forcing the real entrepreneur to take everything and leave

Boss fires employee but refuses to give them their final paycheck, employee files a formal complaint, forcing boss to reply: ‘Considering my kindness letting you go, very disappointed in you’

Boss fires employee but refuses to give them their final paycheck, employee files a formal complaint, forcing boss to reply: ‘Considering my kindness letting you go, very disappointed in you’

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Frustrated man parks in his entitled neighbor, after neighbor refuses to stop blocking off half of his driveway with large truck, forcing man to do multi-point turns every time he leaves the house: ‘So I parked my car directly behind it’

Frustrated man parks in his entitled neighbor, after neighbor refuses to stop blocking off half of his driveway with large truck, forcing man to do multi-point turns every time he leaves the house: ‘So I parked my car directly behind it’

Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

Micromanager enforces new "performance tracking policy" forcing employees to prioritize phone calls over emails, creating major backlog of work: 'And just like that, [the] policy quietly vanished'

Micromanager enforces new "performance tracking policy" forcing employees to prioritize phone calls over emails, creating major backlog of work: 'And just like that, [the] policy quietly vanished'

32-year-old carpenter fixes her older neighbor’s broken fence secretly at night so he won’t feel embarrassed just for others in the neighborhood to criticize her actions: ‘I didn’t do it for credit; I just wanted him to feel capable and happy’

32-year-old carpenter fixes her older neighbor’s broken fence secretly at night so he won’t feel embarrassed just for others in the neighborhood to criticize her actions: ‘I didn’t do it for credit; I just wanted him to feel capable and happy’

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