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Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Company continues sending $5,000 in paychecks to former employee who repeatedly reports the payroll error but receives no response from HR: ‘It is a very poorly run business and she has experienced silly things like this with the company before’

Company continues sending $5,000 in paychecks to former employee who repeatedly reports the payroll error but receives no response from HR: ‘It is a very poorly run business and she has experienced silly things like this with the company before’

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Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

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‘Okay!’: Helpful employee is scolded by arrogant boss for taking workplace initiative, so they fill up boss's entire afternoon with back-to-back interviews

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20+ Job interviews that could not have gone worse: '[I] had a guy take almost every pen in the room'

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'Today [is my] second and last day': New hire baker saved from a red-flag-filled company when the woman he's replacing warns him about tyrannical, absentee bosses

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Salty boss refuses to give employee shifts after they can't work one weekend, employee refuses to return his uniform unless boss picks it up from their house

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'I've never felt so powerful': Last-minute $1.5M contract falls apart after the company's WiFi goes out, then an employee reminds his pushy boss the limits of their stringent WFH policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Quitting might be the only way out of this vortex’: Company owner dismisses employee's report of manager’s incompetence and misconduct, replies with empty “thanks”

‘Quitting might be the only way out of this vortex’: Company owner dismisses employee's report of manager’s incompetence and misconduct, replies with empty “thanks”

Boss forces weekly emotional check-ins, regularly asks personal questions, driving employee to plan their exit: ‘She privately messages me for an "energy check" if I'm not full of energy and excited to be around her’

Boss forces weekly emotional check-ins, regularly asks personal questions, driving employee to plan their exit: ‘She privately messages me for an "energy check" if I'm not full of energy and excited to be around her’

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19-year-old retail employee saves coworker from getting fired, gets back at their manager: 'I was accidentally the downfall for a manager-in-training'

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15+ Job-quitting employees who left their bosses to do their work: 'After being there about 10 minutes, I decided... I'm out'

Overworked employees simultaneously quit their jobs after their boss leaves, CFO attempts to convince them to stay, but they refuse: ‘Not feeling remotely guilty’

Overworked employees simultaneously quit their jobs after their boss leaves, CFO attempts to convince them to stay, but they refuse: ‘Not feeling remotely guilty’

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Entitled executive director sends company-wide email demanding employees post positive reviews: 'Salary may be withheld entirely'

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Boss blames pregnant employee after manager steals her lunch, gets an allergic reaction, and faces no consequences: I got a verbal warning, I don't get how I'm the bad guy but a literal thief gets away with stealing’

Boss blames pregnant employee after manager steals her lunch, gets an allergic reaction, and faces no consequences: I got a verbal warning, I don't get how I'm the bad guy but a literal thief gets away with stealing’

Engineer cashes in on a $5k work bonus and leaves his company high-and-dry after two years of underpayment, lands a $54/hr role: ‘I had gone above and beyond my duties’

Underpaid engineer cashes in on a $5k work bonus and calls it quits on job when they land a better $54/hr role: ‘I had gone above and beyond my duties’

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STEM PhD graduate fired via email just two months in for asking to be paid on time after repeated salary delays, and refusing to be blamed for everything: ‘He was the boss, HR, everything, I couldn't do much’

STEM PhD graduate fired via email just two months in for asking to be paid on time after repeated salary delays, and refusing to be blamed for everything: ‘He was the boss, HR, everything, I couldn't do much’

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

Employee confronts new boss to higher ups after he reprimands her for missing "mandatory training" during her maternity leave: 'I've literally done nothing wrong'

Employee confronts new boss to higher ups after he reprimands her for missing "mandatory training" during her maternity leave: 'I've literally done nothing wrong'

Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Developers sued by local HOA for ignoring rules that houses must be 20 feet apart: 'Normally I am against HOAs, but I dislike rich, arrogant developers more'

Developers sued by local HOA for ignoring rules that houses must be 20 feet apart: 'Normally I am against HOAs, but I dislike rich, arrogant developers more'

Overworked employee calls out boss in a 3:00 AM email after being set up to fail following her returns from medical leave: 'I couldn't take it anymore'

Overworked employee calls out boss in a 3:00 AM email after being set up to fail following her returns from medical leave: 'I couldn't take it anymore'

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