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IT fails to fix employee's computer, leading to their account and login being deleted, employee spends over two weeks unable to work: ‘What a clown show’

IT fails to fix employee's computer, leading to their account and login being deleted, employee spends over two weeks unable to work: ‘What a clown show’

Boss refuses to admit they underpaid employee after they quit, then proceeds to blame them for their lack of empathy for the business: ‘The working conditions are not sustainable’

Boss refuses to admit they underpaid employee after they quit, then proceeds to blame them for their lack of empathy for the business: ‘The working conditions are not sustainable’

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Volunteer refuses to come back after being bossed around, given no water, no bathroom breaks, and nearly having her phone confiscated, gets emails a year later telling her she needs to be a better team player

Manager fires UX architect after selling their work to a client at great profit, leading the employee to work directly with the client instead: ‘The company crashed’

Manager fires UX architect after selling their work to a client at great profit, leading the employee to work directly with the client instead: ‘The company crashed’

Employee takes an hour-long nap every day before shift starts until boss finds out, who demands they clock in early and work instead: ‘I'm thinking about calling it quits’

Employee takes an hour-long nap every day before shift starts until boss finds out, who demands they clock in early and work instead: ‘I'm thinking about calling it quits’

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Travel agent discovers manager has been skimming hours for 18 months, spends 8 months quietly documenting it, then gets called into a meeting where the manager accidentally exposes herself to head office

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Professional butcher gets back at his boss 5 years after he stole his paternity pay: ‘When I left that shop, I had the biggest grin on my face’

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Tech guy gets fired at 58 after 35 years in tech, and instead of panicking, sees it as a chance to retire early, do DIY, and work part-time at a hardware store: ‘It's actually a relief, I was getting SO sick of the corporate stuff’

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Boss ignored employee for their two weeks' notice period, waits until an hour before their last shift ends to send them tasks, employee simply leaves: ‘Radio silence’

Boss ignored employee for their two weeks' notice period, waits until an hour before their last shift ends to send them tasks, employee simply leaves: ‘Radio silence’

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Gen Z employees demand “tone indicators,” older coworkers study and use them seriously, but young workers still get offended, and the whole thing gets dropped: ‘I’m here to do a job. That job is not babysitting anyone’s feelings’

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Union electrician spitefully applies to low-wage jobs requiring expert skills to waste unjust employers' time in interviews

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Employee is put on PIP after refusing to join a 10 PM work call, tries to understand if they're getting fired: ‘Is this a genuine improvement plan?’

Employee is put on PIP after refusing to join a 10 PM work call, tries to understand if they're getting fired: ‘Is this a genuine improvement plan?’

Top employee quits job and starts his own business after boss refuses to give him a raise, he thrives in the new business while old boss struggles: ‘What a fool’

Top employee quits job and starts his own business after boss refuses to give him a raise, he thrives in the new business while old boss struggles: ‘What a fool’

Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

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In the midst of this AI revolution, a few things started to seem normal, like a lot of industries being almost entirely run by robots, or the fact that there is no way to talk to a human being when calling your local shipping company, but what I never expected was that AIs were going to make mistakes, and we were going to have to pay for them. Maybe that was the first thing to expect, instead of a happily-ever-after where robots would work and we got to have fun and lie in the sun.

Entitled boss fires employee to replace him with AI but then demands he come back to blame him for the AI’s mistakes: 'There is a TV monitor showing an interactive AI man who was the “analyst” that the clients can talk to'

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Boss fires employee and goes on a 3-week cruise, leaving retirement community with no one to cover weekends: ‘We’re 3 people in my department - my boss, Brian, and me. My boss just fired Brian and left’