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15+ Employees who made expensive mistakes: 'My coworker hit reply-all on an email... the silence in the office was so loud'

Remy Millisky

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New hire refuses to sign non-compete contract after receiving it weeks into their role, demands a meeting with CEO instead: 'I have no choice but to walk away'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Fired employee wins $17K after former law firm employer refuses to pay his earned commissions: ‘They thought they could rip me off $4k and turned into substantially more’

Etai Eshet

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CEO buys ‘luxury throne’ for his office while HR refuses to buy new chair for employee with back problems, employee protests: ‘His new chair costs more than my monthly rent’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss calls employee he fired on Christmas, asking for unpaid weekend help as a favor "as a friend” after his wife and only other worker quit, but the former employee refuses

Etai Eshet

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Boss lectures an employee about taking “personal calls” on their break, then gets burned when the employee start screening their calls: 'I let it go to voicemail'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Game designer at small indie studio gets excluded and disrespected by three coworkers who ignore him during meetings, dismiss his ideas, and refuse to collaborate professionally

Etai Eshet

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'I've been pretending to understand my job for 8 months': Employee admits they have no idea how to do their job as boss demands they lead presentation

Remy Millisky

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Job applicant meets hiring manager who was his firing manager 2 years ago, and manages to get job offer nonetheless: ‘Walked into a final round interview and the hiring manager was the person who fired me two years ago’

Etai Eshet

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Coworker takes credit for employee's project in front of whole department, employee proves he's lying, leading to coworker's removal from project: ‘I started keeping receipts’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee on vacation finds out they're getting fired after boss schedules the wrong meeting: ‘It doesn't take a detective or scientist to figure out’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager claims employee “should be grateful” for having a job after denying employee's PTO request for one day off to attend sister's wedding: ‘What does that even mean?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’ and employee pushes back on forced socialization in the workplace: ‘I prefer to keep my personal life private’

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager demands strict clean-desk policy in the office, employee comply by wasting company time packing and unpacking their belongings every day: ‘Just following the policy’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company spends $263,000 a year on engineering team’s daily meeting instead of letting them work: ‘Decisions made during standup: zero’

Etai Eshet

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