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Boss increases salaried employees hours from 9-5 to 7-5 after team goes from 5 employees to 2 employees: 'Is that a red flag?'

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Boss demands employee attend an unpaid ‘mandatory fun day’ on Saturday despite knowing she has a second job, warns that missing shows lack of commitment: '[She said] it would be "noted in my file’

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"Is everyone short-staffed?": Workers everywhere wonder how and why seemingly every workplace is operating at a near-permanent reduction in staffing levels

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Employee refuses to charge coworkers for the free candy bowl he's stocked for years, office committee blames him for taking profits away from its snack fundraiser: 'You're not being a team player'

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CTO enforces rule stating employees should only work if they're at their office desks, they all comply, resulting in client crisis during the weekend: ‘Nobody was working'

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Florida employee accepts a new job to learn they must pay a $1000 onboarding fee and stay a full year to get it back: ‘Is it even legal to charge a fee?’

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Employee automates 15 hours of weekly work, only to get fired by boss immediately after: ‘I literally worked myself out of a salary’

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Los Angeles employee returns from a pre-approved vacation only to get fired and denied months of earned bonuses and commissions after boss claims they're "discretionary"

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New hire refuses to comply with CEO's demand for a full return to the office after signing as remote employee: ‘I fell for a total bait and switch’

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Employee asks her coworker to stop washing his hands because she's sensitive to the scent of the office soap: 'Does that mean she's not washing her hands?'

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Employee gets fired for low attendance after HR forgot to put in their PTO, only to get called back to work after HR realized their mistake: ‘My bad, if you come back, we'll pay you’

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New hire has lunch alone in park, gets criticized by manager for not eating in breakroom instead: 'It is starting to read as not being interested in the team'

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28-year-old employee gets fired, but her boss claims she resigned—all after she left work early upon being lectured for 2 hours about her request to be treated with respect: 'I received an email that he interpreted it as resigning and I could not return'

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Restaurant owners cut hardworking employees hours down from 48 hours a week to 32 hours a week so their lazy nephews can work more, get angry when he gets a 2nd job on the weekends

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Company gets rid of evening security guard, then demands last employee to leave to take care of closing duties, employee refuses: ‘I'm leaving at 5 from now on’

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Boss's assistant demands employee stop over-documenting, employee proves they followed her exact instructions, boss takes employee's side: ‘She is getting what she asked for’