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Coworker complains about tech support worker getting credit for their unfinished jobs, forced to finish them himself: 'So now, he’s doing twice, sometimes 3 times the work, all because he wanted full credit for partial results'

Giving full credit for something to the person who "finishes" it is generally a poor idea, as it completely discounts other contributors' efforts. You see this with things like sales where the person to “finalize” the deal gets credit for the sale against their figures, regardless of whether or not they were the one to work on it originally. Really, absolute policies might be easy and cut and clean, but they create nightmares down the line whenever there are situations that aren't as black and…
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'[I'm] not playing their games': Employee quits 2 hours before his first shift after getting lowballed on his salary offer by a swindling supervisor

Starting off on the wrong foot
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'So I put my two weeks in. Happy Holidays!': Employee rage quits when his PTO is denied for the holidays, leaving a stingy supervisor rightfully short-staffed

It was requested 6 months ago!
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'Ring ring! Here's me on your off day!': Employee bothers their boss with trivial work matters on their day off to prove a point about office hours, earning uninterrupted weekends for 2 years

Weekends are sacred
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'Every! Single! Thing!': Nurses bombard their micromanaging boss with updates when she refuses to let them use their own judgment with patients, then the manager finally snaps during a 36-hour shift

Trust us, we're nurses
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Boiler room worker earns double overtime for his entire department when his clueless manager insists he participate in a fire drill: ‘It cost them a day's production'

Always consult the guy who knows what he's talking about
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Update: Coworkers join forces to confront paralegal who blocks doors when he sees women approach: 'HR won’t do anything'

This group of employees wasn't sure how to handle the workplace weirdo … because he doesn't technically work with them. This person wrote in for advice using a throwaway account called u/throwRA-nonSeq. They shared that they work in an office complex with a bunch of different businesses, and there's one dude who's being an utter creep. He's being just annoying enough to really weird out the other employees, especially the women, who he seems to target in particular. But, as is often the case wi…
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Coworkers stealing food from break room fridge for 6 months learn they've been eating gorumet dog food the entire time: '[They] gave me horrified looks'

It's impolite to steal people's stuff, and ultimately, they're not really responsible if what you're stealing isn't what you thought you were stealing. Besides, when you're taking things without asking, there isn't really a chance for the person you're stealing from to tell you what it is that you're stealing from them. Having food going missing from the workplace fridge is an all-too-common office frustration, driving some to go to considerable lengths in order to secure their food in the frid…
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'Makes me want to show up and work hard': 11 Awesome Bosses Who Deserve a Year-End Bonus Just as Much as Their Workforce Does

Workplace unicorns
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Entitled coworker steals a child's birthday cake from the office fridge, then the furious parent scorches the earth in the workplace: 'Everyone is a suspect'

Not your cake
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'He hulked out': Burnt out employee smashes $10,000 worth of equipment after upper management snubs their department head's input

HULK SMASH
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'Bless your heart, Boss': Interviewee gets denied a cashier position solely because of a chemotherapy-related gap in his resume, holds them accountable by taking the proof straight to the owner

No misunderstandings here...
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Boss tries to steal PTO from their employees, but gets pwned when one hairstylist returns from a 10-day vacation in Italy with lawyers in tow: ‘No way, no how’

Lawsuit otw
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Honest subcontractor gets fired after refusing to lie to the client about a phony $800 bill from his boss, sues his shady ex-employer: 'The homeowner will go to bat with me, he's furious'

Karma comes back around
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'He crossed a line': 30-year-old boyfriend answers call from 28-year-old girlfriend's boss and tells him that she's "too busy relaxing to talk"

It's hard to imagine intervening in your spouse's workplace drama, even to vouch for them, but especially to side against them. There are certain lines that should not be crossed when it comes to your professional and personal lives. Muddying the waters between the two is never a good idea. This is doubly—no, triply true when it comes to your spouse's workplace, outside of being an agreeable plus one at workplace holiday parties and functions, you should never have anything to do with their wor…
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‘I got extra pay, a box of chocolates, [and] an apology': Karen gets fired after screaming for 40 minutes at a customer service rep because they refuse to break company policy

Is it really so difficult to be kind to the customer service person trying to troubleshoot your problem over the phone? I get it, everything's falling to pieces on your end, but it doesn't make any logical sense to be unsavory to the one person who can actually help you.
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