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'Our boss had banned... birthday celebrations': 30+ "Cool" companies that turned out to be cringy and toxic

Remy Millisky

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‘Our eyes met; she knew it was up to me': Employee uses promotion to shut down boss's retail store, leading to boss's termination

Eleonora Bader

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'I found a better job and quit': Lab technician forced to work in the call center after their entire staff quits, gets payback by transferring angry customers to his swindling manager's office line

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'That was the day I got to fire an entire company': 15+ Bosses recall the most satisfying times they fired incompetant employees

Remy Millisky

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'Supervisor was suspended': Trucker sticks to company's strict (yet inconsistent) safety protocol, risking a nasty performance review to prove a point to management; wins a weekend of PTO and a new pair of boots

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Everyone left the company on my first day’: New hire gets left in charge of IT systems after everyone quits

Eleonora Bader

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‘They called corporate': Customers try to get waiter fired after he laughs at their demands

Eleonora Bader

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'Company event was a cringe fest': CEO requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

Ben Weiss

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‘Here's your electricity bill, then': Landlord pays thousands in electricity after IT business owner gets even with him for refusing to pay $400 in HVAC building maintenance

Eleonora Bader

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'It’s rough out there for employers and employees': Promoted employee denied raise because of company's building rent, his wife suspects lies

Ben Weiss

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'Does she think this is my dream job?!': Interview goes horribly wrong when the interviewee forgets the position he applied for

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'[He] doesn't understand the consequences': Boss demands IT worker shut down company emails all weekend, quickly regrets locking himself out

Remy Millisky

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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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'She didn't say we had to be seen': Employee rebels against her boss who forced her to turn her camera on during virtual meetings, maliciously complying by sitting out of frame

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Not for less than $45/hour': Irreplaceable employee gets fired after falling sick; two years later, the company begs him to return; he refuses unless he gets a 40% raise

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘HR quashed the employee’s raise': HR override manager who approves employee's request for 8% raise, employee quits, company crumbles

Eleonora Bader

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