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A young worker talks on his phone outside his office building, deciding what to do about his job.

Employee accepts 18k raise and promotion, quickly finds himself wishing he was back in his old job because of the increased time, stress, and responsibility: 'Now I spend 60% of my time in meetings'

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HR panics after employee walks into the office wearing auto-recording smart glasses: 'Nobody knows what the policy is because the policy doesn't exist'

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Stubborn HR training lands grocery store employee some extra cash: ‘My time is my time, and I'm getting paid for it’

Restaurant manager stands up to upper management after they demand employees walk to work during a blizzard: ‘People staying home for their own safety is not costing us anything’

Restaurant manager stands up to upper management after they demand employees walk to work during a blizzard: ‘People staying home for their own safety is not costing us anything’

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Employee refuses to send template to shady coworker after not getting proper credit for helping him out: 'I'm not sending him the file'

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Employee gets even with entitled coworker by stealing her pizza and wings after she discarded everyone's lunches the week before: 'I don't feel bad and I would do it again'

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New management tells employees they're all "easily replaceable," package handler tests that theory: 'You know what? The company itself is easily replaceable too'

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Student working retail declines to cover coworker's shift, leaving them wondering about whether or not they should be covering every shift they are requested to cover: 'They didn’t get mad, but they were clearly annoyed'

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Tech support insists on helping via voice texts, until IT manager does the same to them with all their passwords: ‘Suddenly they switched to text’

Company tech support insists on only helping via voice texts, until exasperated IT manager does the same to them with all their passwords: ‘Suddenly they switched to text’

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Entitled Kevin gets put in his place by customer service representative: 'Sir, there comes a time in every man's life when he must [...] take full responsibility for himself'

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Employee rejoices in new 4-day work week policy, only to be let go so the company can compensate for the change: 'It's not personal'

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UPDATE: Senior admin employee demands a $5/hour raise, exposing HR when she discovers the company pays new hires more than experienced workers: '$21 an hour is a huge win'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New mom forced to come into the office in snowy weather but turns around when front door is frozen shut: 'I was standing outside [...] in below freezing weather'

Client refuses to let graphic designer use any color other than blue for their ad, leading designer to print a giant blue square, client learns their lesson: ‘I didn’t get in any trouble’

Client refuses to let graphic designer use any color other than blue for their ad, leading designer to print a giant blue square, client learns their lesson: ‘I didn’t get in any trouble’

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Micromanager who berates employees for silly little things like forgetting to put on a name tag gets fired for not focusing on the bigger picture: ‘Should have thought of that before…’

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Job candidate lies about having a partner in an interview for a family-oriented company, she gets the job, then panics about keeping up the lie: ‘They keep asking about my partner’

Job candidate lies about having a partner in an interview for a family-oriented company, she gets the job, then panics about keeping up the lie: ‘They keep asking about my partner’