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27-year-old employee gets micromanaged by incompetent boss, spends a year becoming invaluable to the company, then quits and gets his boss fired: ‘Don’t try me.'

Elna McHilderson

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Boss enforces "clean desk policy," throws away everything on employees' desks after 6:00 PM: '[My] colleague had a framed photo of her kids taken three times in the same week'

Ben Weiss

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Employee demands more benefits after their promised pay increase in new contract turns into major pay cut: ‘I will move on if my demands aren't met’

Bar Mor Hazut

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HR requires a 500-word "reason" alongside each PTO request, so a witty employee writes an entire essay to go to their cousin's wedding: 'I began [by] explaining the historical significance of marriage'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee CC's entire 40-person team on every email per his manager's request, clogging everyone's inbox: 'I was just following the policy he set'

Ben Weiss

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Boss refuses to try employee's organizational methods and demands things done his way, employee follows, until boss realizes he was wrong: 'He couldn’t find what he needed'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee resigns, boss tries to cheap out by offering $20 less per hour than what he's worth to keep him on as a contractor: 'Their offer was not acceptable'

Ben Weiss

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Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Coworker asks employee to clock her in early, then lets the employee get written up when she gets caught: 'I won't be helping her ever again'

Ben Weiss

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'It is basically a $50 "loyalty tax" to keep your name off the troublemaker list': HR tries to force workers to "donate" $50 for the CEO's birthday party, until one brave employee stands up to them

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss insists employees work from the office all the time without flexible arrangements, but works from home herself halting production while everyone waits for her to show up: 'My first complaint is, if boss isn't there, there's a halt in work'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled boss causes 8 employees to resign, understaffed company demands he cancel his vacation to Disneyland: 'His family went off on holiday without him'

Bar Mor Hazut

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New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

Ben Weiss

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UPDATE: Boss fires employee as an April Fools joke, boss gets fired for real when entire team walks out: 'It's April fools! It was a joke! Get back in here!'

Brad Dickson

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Car dealership manager backtracks and says it's a prank after employee quits in response to being told he was fired for refusing to buy a car from the manager: 'I already had a better job that was able to start me immediately'

Brad Dickson

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27-year-old employee refuses to assist the new hire she trained after she gets their dream promotion: 'I wont help her anymore'

Ben Weiss

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