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'If I leave, my pension will be cut by two-thirds': With a $70k pension on the line, boss tries to get a loyal employee to quit by being insufferable in the workplace

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I worked [there] for $16/hour... Now they’re willing to pay $150k': Ex-company tries to recruit an old employee for 4.5x the salary; he laughs in their face

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Gratitude won't pay our bills': Company wide meeting goes off the rails when CEO announces that, even after record profits, Christmas bonuses will be pushed to March

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘The dude "released" me without notice’: Boss fires 3-year contractor, tries to bypass giving him unemployment by rehiring him as a 'new employee'

Elna McHilderson

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'I'm quitting in January': Manager doesn't ‘feel like’ working on Christmas then tries to guilt-trip an employee into covering their shift; he flat out refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Throwing a Christmas party instead of giving employees a Christmas bonus': 30 workers share what normal workplace practices might become illegal in 50 years

Isabella Penn

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'Can't help you, I was told to zip it and leave you alone': Man refuses to wait his turn while waiting to purchase beverage

Sienna Varady

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'They nervously laughed that the meeting was timed badly': Employee fired one hour before office Christmas party that he already paid for

Isabella Penn

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'I got 10 months of pay on my 10th anniversary': 32 employees share what their companies gifted them after 10 years of service

Isabella Penn

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'This will 100% blow up in your face': Single guy tries to fake his way into getting 2 months of paternity leave, gets saved by strangers online from fraud, felony charges, and jail time

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘The place looked barren’: Beloved coworker quits and coworkers encourage her to take back everything she ever bought for the workplace, boss threatens to sue and she laughs in their face

Elna McHilderson

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'Don't play games with my paycheck': After getting 20 hours docked from their paycheck, employee reports their bumbling payroll manager to the big boss

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'It's the [21st century]'... Nobody had a fax machine': Company requires antiquated method for employees to get paid on time thinking no one would do it, but one heroic employee does it for them all

Elna McHilderson

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'I desperately need my [bonus]': Boss withholds holiday bonuses and throws a Christmas party instead, ignoring the votes of the majority of the office

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'That's close to $1,200': Principal outlaws a teacher's homemade ergonomic desk chair; teacher forces HR to replace his entire workstation to comply with the same 'health and safety rules'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I went above and beyond and was awarded an exceptional yearly performance review': Company cancels $1,500 Christmas bonuses just 10 days prior to distribution

Isabella Penn

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