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'[I'm] getting revenge on my old business partner': Scorned business holder discovers $40,000 secret

This person embarked on a three-year-long legal battle with their former business partner. That's a major turnaround: from running a company with someone to suing them in just a few short years! U/Due_Engineering_108 had a fantastic revenge story to share with everyone. It's clear that their resentment against their former business partner had been growing for some time, thanks to numerous broken promises and lies. Despite their 15-year-long business relationship, the two had differing visions…
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Vigilante esthetician gets wrongfully fired and then shuts down her nefarious boss, prompting over $100,000 in losses and a criminal record: ‘[He was] impersonating a doctor!’

Dr. Shadypants
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Hypocritical upper management punishes an employee for getting takeout food on his break even though they spotted him while seated at the same restaurant: ‘I want the EXACT violation in writing’

"Put those union dues to work"
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'My boss then said it was something I had to attend': Employee turns down dinner with colleagues on the final night of their business trip, boss promises consequences

'My boss then said it was something I had to attend': Employee turns down dinner with colleagues on the final night of their business trip, boss promises consequences

Imagine having to endure a week with your most difficult and annoying coworkers only to be reprimanded when you finally take the opportunity to enjoy a night off. This employee was dragged to a week-long work conference where he was attending meetings and events on the clock for full days of work. Those hours of work were followed by endless meals and cocktails with his team. On the final night of the trip, the employee was excited to see that there was no after-work meal scheduled. He planned…
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'No one wants to work for $10 an hour': Out-of-touch boss refuses to pay new hires more than $10/hr, throws a fit when nobody responds to their job listings

Truthfully, the excitement of your first paycheck wears off pretty quickly…
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 ‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

Every business owner had to deal at least once in their career with clients who disappeared without paying for the service they got. Some cases end with a happy ending, with the owner managing to find the client and get them to pay, but other cases remain unsolved, which means the owner never receives the money they were owed. This leads some business owners to find other ways to get back their money's worth, even if it means unleashing their most petty selves. Much like the owner in this Reddi…
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'Thanks, but no thanks': Long-standing employee resigns after being refused a reasonable raise, then the company insults him with ‘too little, too late’

Finally, a greedy company gets what they deserve!
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'I cannot stop laughing': Employee gets a 5% raise after watching movies on their work laptop, management monitoring their activity thinks they're working OT for free

Work smarter, not harder
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CEO takes new hire out to business lunch, makes wildly out-of-touch comments: ''He basically asked me to make him a billionaire'

CEO takes new hire out to business lunch, makes wildly out-of-touch comments: ''He basically asked me to make him a billionaire'

When you start working at a new company, your first interaction with the head boss in charge is likely to leave a lasting impression. Whether or not that impressing is a good or bad one is likely up to how self-aware your new boss is. Here , we have a CEO who took his new hire out to lunch not long after he started in the new position. In theory, this is the sign of a kind and attentive CEO who wants to form an individualized relationship with the folks working under him. Unfortunately, that as…
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‘He had to eat a huge loss’: Supervisor belittles an assembly line worker for proof-reading orders, ends up taking a 5x loss of product when his own mistake goes unchecked

Karma
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Factory workers denounce the 'Wall of Shame' in the workplace, showing up for mandatory headshots in CEO attire: 'I barely held in [my] laughter'

Ice cold in your penguin suit
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Cornerstone Employee Resigns After Their 'No-Show' Boss Refuses to Give Them a $1 Raise, Company Set to Lose Over $7k in Profit Within the First Week

This hardworking employee used their jilted past to fuel a resignation fire that would burn down the entire company, taking this lazybones, absentee boss with it.
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25+ Customer service roasts that'll instantly shut down the most entitled patrons: ‘Which employee does that for you so I can get them fired?’

Oh, you want to speak to the manager? I AM the manager.
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Boomer customer with a 'landscaping emergency' barges into a shop before they're open and refuses to leave before speaking with a specialist who's not there yet: 'No! I can't wait'

What is it with the Boomer generation and a firm handshake?
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'Be quiet? Okay': Employee goes ‘ninja mode’ after his supervisor wrongfully complains that he's too noisy, jump-scaring every coworker, customer, and manager in the workplace

Stealth +100
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'Get your priorities straight... NOW': Teacher ditches work after getting berated by an insensitive boss so that he can attend to his injured wife in the hospital

What's more important: Work or your wife?
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