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‘I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it’: Fellow teacher grabs leadership role from a colleague, then learns she can’t handle the parents and spreadsheets it involves

‘I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it’: Fellow teacher grabs leadership role from a colleague, then learns she can’t handle the parents and spreadsheets it involves

'She’s mastered the optics game': Coworker treats office like "theater show", always taking credit for coworkers' work and verbalizing how great she is, causing office tension when managers undeservingly applaud her

'She’s mastered the optics game': Coworker treats office like "theater show", always taking credit for coworkers' work and verbalizing how great she is, causing office tension when managers undeservingly applaud her

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‘HR hung up on me’: After being fired, HR director contacts ex-employee asking to hire them as a contractor, only to be appalled when they ask for a pay rate 5x their former salary

‘HR hung up on me’: After being fired, HR director contacts ex-employee asking to hire them as a contractor, only to be appalled when they ask for a pay rate 5x their former salary

'I don’t like them either, the difference is, I don’t feel the need to pretend': Coworkers are baffled when employee refuses to socialize with them during lunch break, despite them repeatedly insulting her behind her back

'I don’t like them either, the difference is, I don’t feel the need to pretend': Coworkers are baffled when employee refuses to socialize with them during lunch break, despite them repeatedly insulting her behind her back

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‘Do they want to blackmail the new hires?': Guy walks out of a job interview after only 2 questions, dodging a shady employer because of a sinking gut feeling

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I actually got to see a "shocked Pikachu" face’: Employee expected to get a $20k raise is actually offered $6k and told to “just quit” if he's unhappy, so he does and finds a higher paying job

‘I actually got to see a "shocked Pikachu" face’: Employee expected to get a $20k raise is actually offered $6k and told to “just quit” if he's unhappy, so he does and finds a higher paying job

Elna McHilderson

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20+ Entitled job candidates who did not impress the hiring managers: 'The world does not revolve around your ideal schedule'

‘Jokes on her… [I’ve] never been happier!': Senior supervisor gets the boot only 2-weeks after college student coworker reports her for online trolling, learns harsh lesson on following colleagues on social media

‘Jokes on her… [I’ve] never been happier!': Senior supervisor gets the boot only 2-weeks after college student coworker reports her for online trolling, learns harsh lesson on following colleagues on social media

Elna McHilderson

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Retail worker takes district manager’s corporate cliches literally and shows up in CEO cosplay after being told to dress for the job she wants: ‘She asked my manager about it and he just shrugged and said "She's dressing for the job she wants"’

Retail worker takes district manager’s corporate cliches literally and shows up in CEO cosplay after being told to dress for the job she wants: ‘She asked my manager about it and he just shrugged and said "She's dressing for the job she wants"’

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'My dish was half the price of the others': Coworkers splurge on a $400 work dinner, then guilt-trip their frugal colleague into splitting the bill evenly; they stands their ground and refuse

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘He just smiled and said, “Then take this as an opportunity"…’: 27-year-old employee accidentally emails the entire department, mistake turns into a promotion

‘He just smiled and said, “Then take this as an opportunity"…’: 27-year-old employee accidentally emails the entire department, mistake turns into a promotion

Elna McHilderson

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‘My coworkers aren't happy they didn't let her go over all of this’: Healthcare worker files an HR complaint against a 22-year-old coworker for creating a hostile environment, and the company responds with a demotion

‘My coworkers aren't happy they didn't let her go over all of this’: Healthcare worker files an HR complaint against a 22-year-old coworker for creating a hostile environment, and the company responds with a demotion

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‘Nightmare boss finally terminated’: Tantrum-throwing assistant manager finally gets canned after he pops a bag of hot food next to his coworkers, hardworking employee lands a promotion as a result

'[It] was the sweetest candy bar he'd ever eaten': Power-tripping receptionist tries to throw employee under the bus, gets caught red-handed hoarding the office snacks instead

'[It] was the sweetest candy bar he'd ever eaten': Power-tripping receptionist tries to throw employee under the bus, gets caught red-handed hoarding the office snacks instead

Elna McHilderson

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'60 people quit': 15 Employees who happily quit their jobs and never looked back

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Laboratory technician refuses to continue picking up the slack of his deadweight lab partner, so he quits and leaves management with the lazy employee they favored for months: ‘No more breaking my back’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Manager demands that "employee log every moment" of their time, employee complies, spends so much time filling in their timesheet that their billable hours tank: 'After 3 weeks my overhead total was sitting at 18.75 hours for a 40-hour week'

Manager demands that "employee log every moment" of their time, employee complies, spends so much time filling in their timesheet that their billable hours tank: 'After 3 weeks my overhead total was sitting at 18.75 hours for a 40-hour week'

Neighbor’s fencing contractor destroys Oregon homeowner's irrigation system and landscaping, they both deny responsibility, so he plans to sue them both: ‘The damage is around $4,500’

Neighbor’s fencing contractor destroys Oregon homeowner's irrigation system and landscaping, they both deny responsibility, so he plans to sue them both: ‘The damage is around $4,500’

44-year-old woman considers leaving her boyfriend over a pillow: 'I just feel like I've run out of ways to calmly communicate why this is important to me'

44-year-old woman considers leaving her boyfriend over a pillow: 'I just feel like I've run out of ways to calmly communicate why this is important to me'

A hardworking man refuses to let his brother live rent-free in his second flat after years of saving to buy it: ‘I can't set myself on fire to keep him warm’

A hardworking man refuses to let his brother live rent-free in his second flat after years of saving to buy it: ‘I can't set myself on fire to keep him warm’

33-year-old woman is trapped in an unwanted frienship because she is unable to say no to her very insistent friend: 'Every other time, I cook up a lie to say no. The annoying part is she doesn’t even ask or request'

33-year-old woman is trapped in an unwanted frienship because she is unable to say no to her very insistent friend: 'Every other time, I cook up a lie to say no. The annoying part is she doesn’t even ask or request'

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

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

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