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Boss denies employee a promotion, forces them to do the work anyway: 'I've been dragged in again and again to provide fixes, guidance and steer for the new member of staff'

JR Atkinson

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Boss puts retail employee on probation because they aren't comfortable shilling credit cards: 'He said I needed to be asking 2-3 times per interaction'

JR Atkinson

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'Is it normal for people to take a screenshot of your direct Teams message, and send it in an email to other people in the company?': Boss sends out screenshot of direct message with employee, employee wonders if it's a breach of privacy

JR Atkinson

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18-year-old gets scolded by neighbor after she offers him a job on her farm, and he refuses due to his tight schedule: ‘This is going to affect my work and my sanity’

Melissa Knudson

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New in-office policy incentivizes coworkers to snitch on each other, ruining remote work for everyone else: 'Hall-monitoring coworkers just ruined remote work for our entire company'

JR Atkinson

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Fast food employee calls in sick 5 times in their first 4 months, manager calls them out: 'He was trying to guilt trip me for following health codes'

JR Atkinson

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

JR Atkinson

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New work rule doubles employee's commute time home, refuses to let them leave 15 minutes early to avoid this: 'Are we being unreasonable?'

JR Atkinson

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Boss demands employee show up 1 hour earlier unpaid, sends an AI-generated message to motivate them: 'You have the potential to do great things'

JR Atkinson

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Manager asks employee to clock them in 30 minutes before they arrive, ices them out when employee refuses: 'I'm not risking my job for someone else'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks employee to stay on for 4 weeks after being denied a full-time job to help train her replacement: 'I’m so frazzled'

JR Atkinson

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Boss forces employee to sign offer letter with worse benefits and pitiful pay raise, threatens to fire them if they don't comply: 'I signed out of panic and fear'

JR Atkinson

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Boss continually contacts employee after work hours with non-emergency asks: 'I'm muting her number going forward'

JR Atkinson

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Boss forbids supervisor from eating lunch with his employees because he thinks that socializing with subordinates will compromise work performance: 'I truly have a sick, sociopathic boss.'

Emmy Pratt

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Brands replace content creators with AI, when numbers tank they try to get creators back with lower pay: 'They are back in my DMs offering 40% less than what they paid me before'

JR Atkinson

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Manager marks 1 minute late as a 'no call no show,' consistently asks for 30 minutes of unpaid labor

JR Atkinson

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