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Who are really the quiet quitters? Bosses discusses how is like to manage a group of remote workers, the good, the bad: ‘the quiet quitters aren’t the ones who everyone assumes’

María Cetra

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‘[She] doesn’t know the new hire is actually her replacement’: CEO makes employee help hire her struggling coworker’s replacement, while that coworker has no idea she’s fired once the traveling boss returns

Etai Eshet

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Engineer is forced into a management promotion she repeatedly said she didn't want, boss admits he did it on purpose to advance his own career: 'He joked that he ruined my day'

Cata Holmes

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'Firing someone in front of their mother': Employee refuses a meeting with manager after realizing she is getting fired, then decides to invite her mom as "support person"

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee starts booking approved leave for weekends 2 weeks in advance, exactly as HR policy requires, forcing management to finally give notice before scheduling Saturday shifts

Etai Eshet

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Legal assistant refuses to apologize for pushing back when a coworker demands she drop a client mid-call and then skipping an unpaid Saturday event

Etai Eshet

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Instead of firing employee, manager demands that they resign and offers a good reference in exchange, employee claims: ‘I don't know if I can trust her’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager ignores employee's written requests, then blames everyone else for work mistakes, leading employee to confront him in front of client: ‘I stopped letting vague instructions become my responsibility’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Quitting and not regretting it': Coffee shop manager takes employee off schedule after claiming they're not “excited to work”, employee resigns immediately

Bar Mor Hazut

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HR suspends an employee and asks him to leave for playing a joke on coworker, but forgets to notify boss and other departments: ‘My phone [was] called over and over’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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‘It’s the same move every time’: Peer Executive Assistant keeps making up rules she has no authority over, then blames the chaos she caused on the colleague she's undermining

Etai Eshet

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Employee stops working hard after manager complains they are taking too long to finish tasks, realizes that's the key to becoming a “good" worker: ‘I'm officially done trying’

Bar Mor Hazut

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"Big profits, no raises, but hey here's some stale pizza and a generic thank you email": Company posts record profits, denies raises and throws a mandatory pizza party instead

Etai Eshet

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Employee's new boss wants to swap his earned department head role with a coworker's, calling it a "fair chance" that feels a lot like a demotion

Etai Eshet

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‘Your job is not to coach people’: Boss tells front desk employee to stop helping customers with their mistakes, regrets it when chaos ensues with incorrectly filed forms

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Boss rejects employee's PTO request after not being able to find replacement for over 5 months, employee decides to quit altogether: ‘Not my problem’

Bar Mor Hazut

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