bosses

Boss chews out employee for not inviting their coworkers to their birthday brunch: 'Haha are you joking'

JR Atkinson

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Employee gets asked by boss that his “team’s status” remains always available, so he complies, creating a system that did it for him: ‘And it simulated just enough activity to keep my status green.’

María Cetra

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Core employee wants to leave the company as he was pursuing the COO position, but they said he wasn't qualified. Now, other employees want to leave as well: 'I even offered him another raise, but he told me his decision is firm and non-negotiable.'

María Cetra

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Company mandates weekly 15-minute "gratitude circles": 'I told my manager privately that I think the whole thing is counterproductive'

JR Atkinson

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IT employees get kicked out of their office to accommodate shiny new marketing lead, they get revenge by leaving the office without AC for the whole summer: ‘He never thought to call maintenance about the temperature’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Employees share their stories of one time they came up with a clever comeback to bosses or coworkers and the reaction that caused: 'Well. I took a risk. If I wasn’t worth both, that said something to me'

María Cetra

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Manager accidentally CC’s employee on an email saying he doesn’t deserve a raise because he’s not a “flight risk,” employee starts silently quitting: ‘[My] trust was actually being quietly exploited, not reciprocated.’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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'I was fired for not being named Kimberly': 10+ Workers who were fired for surprising reasons

Remy Millisky

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15+ Employees who got fired on the spot: 'I was late 37 days in a row'

Remy Millisky

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Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without her consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

Lana DeGaetano

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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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Employee gets fired for refusing to work during blizzard: 'Called the boss and he told me not to bother coming in at all anymore and hung up on me'

Remy Millisky

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'I could not possibly be happier': 10 Employees who quit their jobs

Remy Millisky

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'Someone actually found a way to make meetings worse': Startup advisor and her employees take special "breaks" during meetings to accomplish more work

Remy Millisky

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15+ Workers who got fired on the spot: 'New hire strolled in an hour late and was told to leave and not come back'

Remy Millisky

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New hire automates 100% of his job after one month at the company: 'What am I supposed to do now?'

Ben Weiss

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