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'Everything will be late': Boss denies a salaried employee's work-from-home request, so they refuses to work after hours or answer any work-related calls after 5:00 PM; derails operations

Jesse Kessenheimer

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CEO tries to take employee's personal office chair because it's nicer than his, employee keeps it in the back of his car where everyone coming to the office can see it: 'I'm 100% certain they thought I was just going to give in and let him have my chair'

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‘I smiled and said, “have a great day miss!"': Karen customer refuses to trust 22-year-old bike shop manager, gets put in her place by 50+-year-old employee

‘I smiled and said, “have a great day miss!"': Karen customer refuses to trust 22-year-old bike shop manager, gets put in her place by 50+-year-old employee

Elna McHilderson

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

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'I want to work, keep my head down, and go home': Pushy coworker gets reported to HR after a reserved new employee protects their privacy

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Print shop boss demands large print job start 'this instant' when preparation is incomplete, has to be redone, and costs the company a lot of money: 'Job was late, we lost any profit we were looking forward to through overnight delivery, reprint, etc.'

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Employee steals coworker’s idea and gets praised by boss, but flops and misses tight deadlines when original idea-owner refuses to help: 'She says were a team and should help each other'

'i requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

'I requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

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Job candidate roasts panel interviewers to their faces, accidentally impresses CEO and gets the job: 'One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted'

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Employee told they're not allowed to work from home, when they're asked to finish something urgently on the weekend they remind management of "the policy": 'I will get to it on Monday whenever I have the opportunity. Everything will be late'

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CEO kept moving employee’s personal chair to his desk every morning, so employee quietly ended the fight by storing it in his car: '[He] said it wasn't right I had a nicer chair than he did'

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Employee at a large property management company sees through his shady manager's demands, gives them a pile of paperwork and quits two weeks later: ‘[The] defeated looks on their faces!’

Employee at a large property management company sees through his shady manager's demands, gives them a pile of paperwork and quits two weeks later: ‘[The] defeated looks on their faces!’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee comes in to the office when they are sick at their boss's demand, boss soon regrets it: 'Boss said no working from home'

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'Stop calling me 'mom' in the office': Coworker's lets his 6-year-old daughter bombard his colleague with affection in the workplace, so she takes parenting lessons into her own hands to set boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee is fired after being placed on a PIP and being given the cold shoulder immediately following medical leave : 'HR is not your friend. Learned that the hard way...'

Former employee confesses to receiving over $80,000 in overpayment after he quit 1.4 years ago: '[I'm] still receiving the same bi-weekly pay [...] as if I still work there!'

Former employee confesses to receiving over $80,000 in overpayment after he quit 1.4 years ago: '[I'm] still receiving the same bi-weekly pay [...] as if I still work there!'

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18-year-old high schooler boards flight alone, leaving mom, stepfather, and 3 and 6-year-old half-siblings behind: 'I was basically expected to take over my mom's part of the parenting'

18-year-old high schooler boards flight alone, leaving mom, stepfather, and 3 and 6-year-old half-siblings behind: 'I was basically expected to take over my mom's part of the parenting'

15+ Employees who quit their jobs for good reasons: 'The boss started insisting on 4-6 hours of overtime almost every day'

15+ Employees who quit their jobs for good reasons: 'The boss started insisting on 4-6 hours of overtime almost every day'

HR pressures employee returning from 3 years of medical leave to input all of their time-off requests once they return to work, then gets mad when they use all 75 accrued days: ‘Still makes me smile like a maniac’

HR pressures employee returning from 3 years of medical leave to input all of their time-off requests once they return to work, then gets mad when they use all 75 accrued days: ‘Still makes me smile like a maniac’

Finnish worker finishes working and quits restaurant job after being overworked during university exam week, then shuts down the boss’s guilt-tripping attempts: ‘I told boss it's my right to resign effective immediately’

Finnish worker finishes working and quits restaurant job after being overworked during university exam week, then shuts down the boss’s guilt-tripping attempts: ‘I told boss it's my right to resign effective immediately’

'I couldn’t believe the audacity': Woman running small business from home debates confronting employee who treats her home like a free buffet, going through her cupboards and taking snacks for home, but fears it will jeopardize their work relationship

'I couldn’t believe the audacity': Woman running small business from home debates confronting employee who treats her home like a free buffet, going through her cupboards and taking snacks for home, but fears it will jeopardize their work relationship

Boss overloads employee with work to try to get him to quit, he confronts her directly: 'If you want me gone, you'll have to fire me and pay my severance'

Boss overloads employee with work to try to get him to quit, he confronts her directly: 'If you want me gone, you'll have to fire me and pay my severance'

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