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California employer drains employee’s bank account, leaving it -$3200 for 2 weeks after accidentally overpaying him, then withdrawing way more than the overpayment without warning

Etai Eshet

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Company promises rewards to employees with fewest absences, leading employees to come in sick to "win": 'They put our sick days on a leaderboard'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss gives longtime employee a fake promotion to ‘keep him around’, gives zero work for 6 weeks: ‘I’m sitting in an empty office with a fake job and a real paycheck'

Cata Holmes

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Golf ball manufacturing company loses millions after ignoring technician’s warning and refusing to spend $500K to replace faulty equipment: ‘[They] drained the entire production budget for 2 years as I sat smiling. I left shortly after'

Etai Eshet

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‘Man it feels good. I never liked her’: IT worker quits on spot after HR consultant becomes de facto boss, demands he comb through 200 hours of CCTV footage from 28 cameras to spy on coworkers and deliver dozens of clips in 2 days

Etai Eshet

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Boss refuses to approve employees' overtime, yet continuesly piles work on them 10 minutes before end of day, employee decides: ‘I clock out, grab my bag, and walk’

Bar Mor Hazut

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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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‘Um, no. You decided to be petty, so I’ll be gone in 2 days’: Boss backtracks and begs employee to work through his two weeks’ notice after telling him to leave in 2 days

Etai Eshet

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Boss increases salaried employees hours from 9-5 to 7-5 after team goes from 5 employees to 2 employees: 'Is that a red flag?'

Emmy Pratt

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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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Boss demands employee attend an unpaid ‘mandatory fun day’ on Saturday despite knowing she has a second job, warns that missing shows lack of commitment: '[She said] it would be "noted in my file’

Cata Holmes

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‘Excellent is just a trap’: Boss refuses to promote top-performing employee because they're too valuable in their current role, and gives the position to a coworker who barely hits quota

Cata Holmes

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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 extends new employee's probation period, so employee quits without notice after finding better job: ‘Boss threw an absolute fit’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘How firing me backfired for my boss’: Textile company tries to dodge severance by dragging out a firing, but boss's own delays and paperwork mistakes force him to pay two months of unworked salary plus full severance and a 10% penalty.

Etai Eshet

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CTO enforces rule stating employees should only work if they're at their office desks, they all comply, resulting in client crisis during the weekend: ‘Nobody was working'

Bar Mor Hazut

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