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Receptionist refuses to do anything more than her job description after manager demands she stay in her lane, CEO promotes her to office coordinator when the office collapses without her: 'That was real quick'

Receptionist refuses to do anything more than her job description after manager demands she stay in her lane, CEO promotes her to office coordinator when the office collapses without her: 'That was real quick'

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

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Overworked startup employee gets ghosted by boss for weeks and then suddenly fired and blamed for the business's failures: 'They're using you as a scapegoat'

Overworked startup employee gets ghosted by boss for weeks and then suddenly fired and blamed for the business's failures: 'They're using you as a scapegoat'

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18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

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Customer insulted by grocery worker's nickname: 'They spent the rest of the week trying to get her fired for it'

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'Boss can only blame herself': Boss makes employee miss two days of pay, so he quits for better job and warns new hires so the vacancy wouldn't get filled

Job applicant accidentally roasts the company during his job interview, CEO finds it hilariously honest and offers him the job: ‘One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted.'

Job applicant accidentally roasts the company during his job interview, CEO finds it hilariously honest and offers him the job: ‘One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted.'

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Boss invited new hire to a 'casual dinner' at his house with him and his wife, confused employee contemplates whether they should accept: 'Is this weird?'

Boss invited new hire to a 'casual dinner' at his house with him and his wife, confused employee contemplates whether they should accept: 'Is this weird?'

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Interviewer tells candidate to stop talking when candidate's refusal to let them speak leads to candidate literally talking himself out of a job: 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job. Now that chance is zero'

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Office worker discovers company is secretly tracking his location after they force every employee to download a ‘timekeeping’ app, quits and takes half of the company with him: ‘They never fully recovered’

Office worker discovers company is secretly tracking his location after they force every employee to download a ‘timekeeping’ app, quits and takes half of the company with him: ‘They never fully recovered’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee shares her struggle of commuting 3 hours to work, leaving little personal time to even do chores, receives sound advice: 'In a single 24-hour weekday cycle, I have on average 4 hours a day to just exist without work'

Manager fears her employee will be more absent once she gets married, fires her two days before the ceremony, employee retaliates: 'I got quiet fired two days before my wedding'

Manager fears her employee will be more absent once she gets married, fires her two days before the ceremony, employee retaliates: 'I got quiet fired two days before my wedding'

Young woman aspires to become a plumber after deciding college is a waste of time, stands up to her mom's objection to the chosen trade: ‘A plumber is a man's job’

Young woman aspires to become a plumber after deciding college is a waste of time, stands up to her mom's objection to the chosen trade: ‘A plumber is a man's job’

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Boss refuses to accept employee's resignation after denying them a well-deserved raise: 'He thinks he can just order me not to quit'

Boss refuses to accept employee's resignation after denying them a well-deserved raise: 'He thinks he can just order me not to quit'

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UPDATE: 'He didn't take it well': New boss demands employee stay to work unscheduled overtime, employee hits him with a "no," gets fired

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‘Now they'll have to pay 50% more to replace me’: Tech manager tries to negotiate a lower raise with their star employee, only for her to resign and score a senior position elsewhere

‘Now they'll have to pay 50% more to replace me’: Tech manager tries to negotiate a lower raise with their star employee, only for her to resign and score a senior position elsewhere

Employee refuses to clock in for coworker who's always late, coworker accuses her of not being a team player: ‘You're getting me in trouble over nothing’

Employee refuses to clock in for coworker who's always late, coworker accuses her of not being a team player: ‘You're getting me in trouble over nothing’

20-year-old refuses to cover roommate's rent after she spent all her money on concert tickets: '[But] real friends help each other out!'

20-year-old refuses to cover roommate's rent after she spent all her money on concert tickets: '[But] real friends help each other out!'

Coworker creates a fake HR email to "secretly" air out his grievances, quickly gets caught by IT and fired: 'He said it was “just a social experiment.”'

Coworker creates a fake HR email to "secretly" air out his grievances, quickly gets caught by IT and fired: 'He said it was “just a social experiment.”'

‘She only worked at a small restaurant and a bakery before’: Hardworking employee gets skipped for promotion when company hires a newbie boss with no experience

‘She only worked at a small restaurant and a bakery before’: Hardworking employee gets skipped for promotion when company hires a newbie boss with no experience

Micromanager implements new policy requiring employees to notify management whenever they leave their desks, team maliciously complies by spamming micromanager's inbox: '[Their] mailbox was so full that even important emails were overlooked'

Micromanager implements new policy requiring employees to notify management whenever they leave their desks, team maliciously complies by spamming micromanager's inbox: '[Their] mailbox was so full that even important emails were overlooked'

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