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Employee of the month confesses to giving boss and coworkers decaf coffee for 5+ months: 'I don't feel guilty'

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Job recruiter approaches prospective candidate to attend an interview and then ghosts them, accuses them of having an attitude when they try to follow up: 'I waited for a full 20 minutes, thinking maybe there was a technical issue or something'

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Retirement home employee teaches neglectful family a lesson by turning down the thermostat to get them to leave so grandma can enjoy her holiday in peace

'Nothing like a little chill to match their cold hearts': Retirement home employee teaches neglectful family a lesson by turning down the thermostat to get them to leave so grandma can enjoy her holiday in peace

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34-year-old employee asks his 31-year-old coworker to stop calling herself his "work wife" after his real wife becomes uncomfortable with their relationship: 'She got offended and said I was “making it weird”'

Boss refuses to approve assistant's last-minute PTO request, assistant goes over boss's head and lies to upper management to get the vacation approved: 'I will not be treated this way'

Boss refuses to approve assistant's last-minute PTO request, assistant goes over boss's head and lies to upper management to get the vacation approved: 'I will not be treated this way'

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'I gave them process... and panic': IT employee has it with the inefficient demands of his manager, maliciously complies and gets his way

'I gave them process... and panic': IT employee has it with the inefficient demands of his manager, maliciously complies and gets his way

Elna McHilderson

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Company instates 'return to office' policy after 3 years of remote work, attempts to fix morale by holding a "pizza party" but doesn't buy enough pizza: 'They only bought five pizzas for a team of 25. by the time I got there, it was just empty boxes'

CEO reprimands unpaid intern for coming to mandatory Halloween party in a “scary” costume, intern claims he didn't get the memo

CEO reprimands unpaid intern for coming to mandatory Halloween party in a “scary” costume, intern claims he didn't get the memo stating it wasn't allowed: ‘I was not properly informed’

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'She’ll text me 'be there in 2 minutes' and still come out 10 minutes later': Employee leaves a chronically late coworker to fend for herself when their ride-share agreement makes them late for work for 2 months

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Yeah, I'm not coming back. I quit!': Boss takes away employee's lunch break after he is late one time, employee leaves for good

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Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

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College student working at pet resort is scheduled alone on chaotic Sunday to manage over 100 dogs with no support, she breaks down in front of customer after being overworked, boss then demotes her for crying

College student working at pet resort is scheduled alone on chaotic Sunday to manage over 100 dogs with no support, she breaks down in front of customer after being overworked, boss then demotes her for crying: 'You need to be stronger to work up front'

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Employee plans exit after getting reprimanded for not requesting PTO in advance despite family emergency: 'I'm so done!'

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Unorganized boss tries to blame his own mistake on an employee in front of the company owner, employee claps back with receipts: ‘The owner… patted me on the shoulder’

Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

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Years after a turbulent firing, former employee’s warning to HR leads company to cut major partnership with nonprofit that let her go: 'I did not spare any details'

Years after a turbulent firing, former employee’s warning to HR leads company to cut major partnership with nonprofit that let her go: 'I did not spare any details'

Job applicant walks out of interview before it starts after waiting for 30+ minutes, but not before giving the hiring manager a piece of his mind: 'My time [is] more valuable than this!'

Job applicant walks out of interview before it starts after waiting for 30+ minutes, but not before giving the hiring manager a piece of his mind: 'My time [is] more valuable than this!'

Job candidate arrives early for 10:00 AM interview, manager shows up 10 minutes late and blames it on the candidate: 'I don't know if I want to interview someone who's late'

Job candidate arrives early for 10:00 AM interview, manager shows up 10 minutes late and blames it on the candidate: 'I don't know if I want to interview someone who's late'

Employee double-checks a grant detail to prove his right, accidentally uncovers widespread legal noncompliance that everyone in the organization ignored for years: ‘This entire situation happened because I wasn’t about to let someone tell me I’m wrong’

Employee double-checks a grant detail to prove his right, accidentally uncovers widespread legal noncompliance that everyone in the organization ignored for years: ‘This entire situation happened because I wasn’t about to let someone tell me I’m wrong’

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

31-year-old takes her first vacation in years, aunt crashes it with her kids and tries to get her to switch her ocean view room with her: ‘I told her I was not a travel charity!’

31-year-old takes her first vacation in years, aunt crashes it with her kids and tries to get her to switch her ocean view room with her: ‘I told her I was not a travel charity!’

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