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Cake decorator calls out employer, refuses to bring glitter or fondant to work: 'The store... expects [me] to use my own money to decorate a cake'

After remote employee is forced to start workdays from the office, they decide to commute on bike, resulting in only two hours of active work a day: ‘I was paid to cycle around'

After remote employee is forced to start workdays from the office, they decide to commute on bike, resulting in only two hours of active work a day: ‘I was paid to cycle around'

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Boss refuses employee expenses because one receipt is over by £0.03, ends up owing £250 when they resubmit their expense sheet according to company guidelines: 'I found all the extras'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

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Manager forces fast food employee to work while sick, employee goes over manager's head: 'Let's see what YOUR boss has to say'

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Employee refuses to promote company's products on their personal social media platforms, despite having a big following, boss insists it's wasted potential: 'Get your followers to join'

Employee refuses to promote company's products on their personal social media platforms, despite having a big following, boss insists it's wasted potential: 'Get your followers to join'

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New hire automates 100% of his job after one month at the company: 'What am I supposed to do now?'

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Lazy coworker "Chad" accuses employee of "throwing him under the bus" in meeting with CEO, employee pulls out receipts: 'Chad denies it, vehemently'

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Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

'I'm the one who ended my own interview': Recruiter lowballs job candidate and demeans their resume over zoom, so candidate wishes them ‘good luck’ and abruptly ends the call

'I'm the one who ended my own interview': Recruiter lowballs job candidate and demeans their resume over zoom, so candidate wishes them ‘good luck’ and abruptly ends the call

Elna McHilderson

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Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

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Boss preaches family values, then rejects an employee's PTO to attend a relative's wedding, so when the boss begs them take on 2x the workload, the employee refuses: ‘My loyalty is officially at zero'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Retail employee tells off their manager, Gary, pointing out his failure to handle his own tasks when he starts micromanaging theirs: ‘Slow clap for the hero in aisle 7'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Company fires hardworking employee to save $25,000, their arrogance ends up costing them $110,000: 'In my opinion, that's the best money they've ever spent.'

Company fires hardworking employee to save $25,000, that arrogance ends up costing them $110,000: 'In my opinion, that's the best money they've ever spent.'

Elna McHilderson

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Employee calls out coworker after her 12-year-old son kept eating her lunch in the office: 'Now I'm afraid I'm seen as the Karen'