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Employee develops crush on boss, gets fired for not acting on it: 'I just wanted to do the right thing'

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Manager cuts all employees hours from 30-40 hours per week to 10-15 hours per week, leaving facility barely functional: 'The AC was stuck at 82 degrees during the 95+ degree heatwave.'

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Employee gets blamed for boss's poor performance after boss disappears for 6 weeks, employee collects evidence to show HR: ‘I had not heard one complaint’

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Boss denies employee’s bereavement leave, schedules "mandatory fun" team event after working hours instead

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Manager refuses to fund underperforming employee's training on critical thinking, claiming it's “wasting money” on a failing employee

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New manager suggests getting rid of entire department because "AI is going to do it all soon anyway": 'Why would this information be shared if not to make people anxious?'

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Employee criticizes coworker for doing too much work on a company retreat and refusing to spend time with the team: 'Her working ruined the group dynamic for the rest of us.'

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2nd-shift factory worker forced to come in for 1 hour on his day off to help cover gaps in shift handover after the 1st shift complains about overtime, raising the issue of the personal cost and burnout

New employee receives warning after bragging about how company orders lunch for employees every day: 'You're not getting a lunch break'

New employee receives warning after bragging about how company orders lunch for employees every day: 'You're not getting a lunch break'

A male employee leans on a desk, speaking to a female coworker working on a computer in front of him.

High-performing employee leaves company, HR manager demands remaining employees provide 'roadmap' on how to be better: 'You guys aren't irreplaceable'

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Guest discovers he missed his hotel booking by a full year, proceeds to blame hotel for his mistake and demand a room anyway: ‘That's not how anything works’

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Employer demands all employees return to the office 4 days a week despite there not being enough desks or even seats for everyone—this marks a brutal end to the previous 2-day flexible working policy: 'People often have to work at the cafeteria'

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Employee gets yelled at for being 8 minutes late, quits when boss tries to take away their lunch break: 'I haven't gone back'

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Leadership forces all employees back to the office, only to have them Zoom each other from their desks: ‘I should have stayed in my sweatpants at home’

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Employee swaps broken chair with coworker's chair, gets annoyed when coworker fixes it and won't return it: 'You can have yours back now'