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'My job is making [employees] track what they're doing every 6 minutes': 20+ Micromanagers whose nitpicking tactics backfired instantly

Although we all put it on our resume, most of us don't work very well under pressure. We may brag about our ability to procrastinate for higher productivity or our ability to get along with pushy management, but truthfully, nobody likes being forced to do something–especially if you have a moronic micromanager garnishing your every move to the point of scrutiny.
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'Today I snapped': CEO's receptionist bosses around a tech support guy, guilt-tripping him into doing tasks outside his job description before getting hastily put in her place

Whether you're a computer wiz or technologically challenged, we can all agree that there's one office appliance that has earned the award for ‘Worst Piece of Equipment Ever Made’: The printer.
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Prospective employee gets burned after 7 rounds of interviews when the company claims the job listing was ‘incorrect’, offering $70,000 less than promised: ‘Classic bait and switch’

Nowadays, if you even get past the job application process, you're likely in for a rollercoaster ride of multiple rounds of interviewing, spouting the same information that can be found in your resume to 10 different (likely incompetent) C-level bosses.
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Clever labor worker chastises modern tradesmen who reject safety protocol to seem cool: 'I don't care what your grandpappy used to do... I'm trying to not destroy my lungs'

Right now, many labor guys are strapping young chaps, but after a lifetime of inhaling cement dust, getting harsh chemicals on their skin, and dangling from a high-rise with no safety harness, they will be worse for wear.
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'I made $140k last year and now I work for $15/hour': Admirable single mother gets fired but persists, putting her pride aside and finding a minimum wage job to bring home the bacon for her family

No matter how much we complain about clocking in every day at the office or on the job site, we need that paycheck every two weeks–otherwise, what're we doing here? Although we may feel like we're on top of the world one minute, we could lose our job in a second...
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Flexi-time employee gets chewed out for 10 minutes of overtime, maliciously complies the next time their boss needs them to stay late: 'Policy is policy'

Managers always seem to need us when we're clocking out, but they're the first one to complain when we stay a little too late.
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‘Go (work somewhere else) team’: Company cuts employees' hours but demands they double the sales, employees collectively decide to do the bare minimum instead.

When will be the day that employers realize that the best way to make the business successful is by treating their employees like human beings? It's not like it is an extremely hard thing to do, they simply have to pay them what they're due and encourage them to perform well by providing them with good rewards. Why do employers still go for the tactic of ‘We’re talking away everything good about this company, good luck'? When has it ever in the history of any business, worked out for the best b…
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'[We're] making him think a huge ad campaign is live': Scorned marketing team dupes CEO into thinking he has his dream ad campaign

'[We're] making him think a huge ad campaign is live': Scorned marketing team dupes CEO into thinking he has his dream ad campaign

These people are marketing masterminds… or menaces, depending on who you ask. There's a long-running trope that people who work in marketing are duplicitous. If you've ever seen Mad Men or shows like it, you know the type of character we're talking about. The trope of the marketing exec who's out to fool everyone is hard to dispel. And stories like this certainly don't help that stereotype! U/DanAffid shared the story of what happened when they and their coworkers created the “CEO billboard.” T…
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'I saved my company $1 Million': Overworked employee flabbergasted when they get 'rewarded' by their boss with a pathetic gift

What does it mean when your company says that you're a ‘family’? It means that they're looking for hard workers willing to slave away for cheap because they're morally obligated to help out their fellow family members, which is why, in the working world, blood only runs so deep.
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'Now he is getting teased at work': Lie backfires when husband tells wife not to come to business dinner

'Now he is getting teased at work': Lie backfires when husband tells wife not to come to business dinner

This husband is in hot water with his significant other after he left out a crucial detail about a work event . It all revolves around a certain work party: a dinner held to celebrate the employees meeting their financial goals. Every company has different etiquette rules regarding business dinners and other social events. Sometimes spouses are invited, sometimes they aren't, and some companies never allow a plus-one. This person, who has since deleted their Reddit account, shared that their hu…
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Employee triumphantly claps back at bosses after sending the wrong email blast: 'Everyone minus *insert CMO and director names*, it was a pleasure!'

Employee triumphantly claps back at bosses after sending the wrong email blast: 'Everyone minus *insert CMO and director names*, it was a pleasure!'

There are great ways to quit and then there are iconic ways to quit. This former employee should be inducted into the Hall of Fame for workers who have had it with their horrible bosses. Before we get into the petty revenge itself, let's start with some backstory. This office was already a tense environment on a daily basis, with employees regularly crying at their desks and getting publicly ridiculed by the CMO and director for innocent and minor mistakes. One day, this Redditor's former cowor…
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Boss gets humiliated at the company-wide meeting after ordering their employee to delete a critical Excel doc: 'No one is saving her anymore'

Excel may be boring as heck, but it comes in clutch sometimes in the workplace and whether we like it or not, it's a necessary evil at the office-- just like incompetent bosses. Strangely, every work scenario is plagued with a useless boss who parades around their department as if they know anything that goes on under the hood and it's rare that we see their arrogant ineptitude called out.
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‘Your company deserves to fail’: Overworked employee quits job without notice after years of carrying company on their back, boss claims he'll sue for losses

‘Your company deserves to fail’: Overworked employee quits job without notice after years of carrying company on their back, boss claims he'll sue for losses

There is an extremely thin line between being a valued employee with a balanced workload and being an overworked employee who has way too much depended on them. Many employees, in an understandable attempt to be an asset to their company, cross that line and create an unhealthy relationship with their work when they suddenly realize they have taken on too much. Much like the employee in this Reddit story, who had been stuck in a company for 3 years, overflowing with workload by their boss, and…
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''Please return home and shave [your beard]'… I never went back': 15 Employees who quit a new job faster than you can say 'OSHA'

There are moments in our lives when we have pristine clarity about our careers. It's rare, but when you get that gut feeling to run away from the workplace (not the dreaded, ‘I don’t feel like going to work today' feeling, but a REAL gut feeling), it's time to listen up. They say that our instincts are designed to protect us from harm, so when the red flags are waving , the managers are screaming, and our coworkers give us a sheepish look, perhaps it's time to quit onsite. Working folks in our…
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Rental car company loses nearly $80,000,000 in business after trying to rip off a frequent customer for an extra $70: 'My company won't be renting from you again'

Much like the used car sales industry, the rental car biz can be a little shady. Like so many industries that take advantage of their customers being stranded, rental car companies are known to try and rip off their customers for every cent–however, one diligently vengeful traveling employee saw to it that his continued business was far more valuable than a tack-on fee.
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‘Cancel [your] wedding… show up to work instead’: Employee gets told to ‘prepare to cancel or reschedule’ their wedding after getting PTO denied by management

Black tie optional
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