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Veteran employee of 3 years finds out they're paid 25% less than the new hire, internet discusses the importance of salary transparency and company-hopping: ‘Knowledge is power’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘An extreme waste of time’: Job candidate refuses to continue excessive hiring process after being forced to do 7 rounds of interviews for over 5 months

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss advises hourly employee to avoid working overtime, but VP of the company keeps scheduling meetings with them after 5 PM: ‘It’s starting to get to me’

Lana DeGaetano

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Retaliatory boss fires colleague before they could file a claim against her, employee fears they're next on the chopping block: ‘I am next on her list’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I would not recommend hiring him’: Job seeker asks sister-in-law to be a reference when applying to the company she works at, SIL badmouths him and ruins his chances

Lana DeGaetano

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‘My boss, his boss, and the HR Director took turns screaming at me’: 3 power-tripping executives try to intimidate employee into quitting because they're unable to fire them immediately, employee refuses

Lana DeGaetano

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Tech startup employee is expected to work on days they take PTO, internet discusses the fallacy of ‘unlimited’ PTO policies: ‘[It] really means no PTO’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘This feels like intentional sabotage’: Coworker pursues vendetta against fellow colleague, repeatedly deletes and takes credit for work their colleague completes

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Sharing a win!’: Employees share their ‘low-energy, give-nothing-personal-away' techniques in dealing with a toxic manager

Elna McHilderson

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'Making lots of money is great but...': Wise career-man enlightens job seekers searching for $120k+ per year of the pitfalls of chasing cash instead of passion

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Somehow, I was offered $160K': Guy scores a job that doubles his old salary; he questions his competence and finds wholesome encouragement online

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘You can't have kids, or you won't get promoted': Boss warns employee they won't be given promotion if they have kids, employee seeks legal advice

Eleonora Bader

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'My advice: Run'; Friendship implodes between employee and former colleague due to a shift in power dynamic, sparks discussion

Elna McHilderson

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'Should I rage quit my job?': College intern doesn't get promotion and wants to "rage quit," internet talks some sense into him

Elna McHilderson

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'I’m resigning Tuesday after Memorial Day and going on vacation': Dude regrets leaving comfortable $78k office job for discombobulated $90k WFH job

Elna McHilderson

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‘Bank Robber (texting via my phone): Your employee is tied up right now’; Workers share the best excuses they have actually had to use for not coming into work

Elna McHilderson

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