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When should you go above and beyond at work, and when should you know to stop? When is your extra effort simply being taken advantage of? These workers gathered in a viral thread to share the thing that made them stop putting in the extra effort.

22 Workers shared the thing that made them finally stop caring about "going above and beyond" at work—It is often seen as an important trait, but when should you stop?

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Coworker brings nothing to company potluck, packs several containers with everyone else’s food to take home, then grabs the cookies too, prompting a colleague to call him out: 'He didn’t want to cook after his shift'

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Engineer is forced into a management promotion she repeatedly said she didn't want, boss admits he did it on purpose to advance his own career: 'He joked that he ruined my day'

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'Firing someone in front of their mother': Employee refuses a meeting with manager after realizing she is getting fired, then decides to invite her mom as "support person"

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Supermarket Manager Calls 20-Year-Old Employee Demanding He Show Up for His Shift, Except He Never Worked There Having Declined an Earlier Job Offer There After a Chaotic Interview—I Don’t Think I Want That Minimum Wage Paycheck

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Instead of firing employee, manager demands that they resign and offers a good reference in exchange, employee claims: ‘I don't know if I can trust her’

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Manager ignores employee's written requests, then blames everyone else for work mistakes, leading employee to confront him in front of client: ‘I stopped letting vague instructions become my responsibility’

'Quitting and not regretting it': Coffee shop manager takes employee off schedule after claiming they're not “excited to work”, employee resigns immediately

'Quitting and not regretting it': Coffee shop manager takes employee off schedule after claiming they're not “excited to work”, employee resigns immediately

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CEO says employee's prototypes are bad, lays her off and then steals her ideas: 'I should have just quit'

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Restaurant Manager Demands 26-Year-Old Employee Get a Doctor’s Note When They Try to Call Out for 1 Day, Doctor Writes Him off for 4 Instead—"Well, you need a doctor's note or it's an unexcused absence"

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Employee stops working hard after manager complains they are taking too long to finish tasks, realizes that's the key to becoming a “good" worker: ‘I'm officially done trying’

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Underpaid master's graduate resigns after being forced to absorb multiple coworkers' responsibilities, then discovers her "temporary" workload was actually 3 separate jobs: 'Why not just pay me more?'

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Boss rejects employee's PTO request after not being able to find replacement for over 5 months, employee decides to quit altogether: ‘Not my problem’

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Retail manager yells at employee in front of customers for trying to explain to her how to change a price in the system: ‘You completely threw me under the bus’

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Potential hire gets rejected from camp counseling job, only to be contacted by boss a week before camp starts, asking about their first shift: ‘I didn't think I got the job’

Company shuts off the AC at 3 pm to save money, forcing employees to buy desk fans, until they discover management floor is exempt: ‘Their floor was freezing’

Company shuts off the AC at 3 pm to save money, forcing employees to buy desk fans, until they discover management floor is exempt: ‘Their floor was freezing’