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Top employee of 10 years finally reaches her wits end, quits and leaves with just a ‘good luck’ from the company: ‘10 years and [that's] all my boss could muster??’

Top employee of 10 years finally reaches her wits end, quits and leaves with just a ‘good luck’ from the company: ‘10 years and [that's] all my boss could muster??’

Elna McHilderson

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New hire reserves office microwave for 30 minutes every day for dietary reasons, ends up getting banned by HR from using it after unplugging it to keep others out: 'But... the microwave was free'

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Employees discover coworker is pretending to have a twin to skip meetings: 'The only difference was that he wore glasses and a beanie'

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'Time off and extra cash!': Long-standing employee uses their absentee boss's negligence to score a free 2-week vacation and still get paid PTO

Jesse Kessenheimer

Overworked employee working 75 hours a week gets criticized for not being efficient enough, leading employee to cut their work time in half: ‘This was my wake-up call’

Overworked employee working 75 hours a week gets criticized for not being efficient enough, leading employee to cut their work time in half: ‘This was my wake-up call’

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18-year-old worker told not to come in at all if she's late for work, turns around and goes home: 'Instead of rushing in, I turned around and went home'

‘The most corporate sounding story ever!': New management expects IT employee to be multiple places at once, maliciously complies, takes a 3-week vacation, and quits, company folds

‘The most corporate sounding story ever!': New management expects IT employee to be multiple places at once, maliciously complies, takes a 3-week vacation, and quits, company folds

Elna McHilderson

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Boss takes 15 minutes off construction worker's pay when he was 1 minute late, his refusal to work sparks chain reaction with other staff: 'I'm not getting paid until 6:15 so I'm not doing any work until 6:15. I enjoy what I do but I don't do it for free'

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Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Nanny refuses entitled coworker's demand to babysit her kids on her day off after discovering coworker doesn't plan to pay her: ‘I’m not a free on-demand nanny for coworkers’

Nanny refuses entitled coworker's demand to babysit her kids on her day off after discovering coworker doesn't plan to pay her: ‘I’m not a free on-demand nanny for coworkers’

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Marketing demands review of all technical documents, programmer creates a fake protocol to mess with them: '[It was] called the "TP Protocol." [I]t could be implemented as a 2 or 3-layer network, each layer called a "ply"'

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‘Funny thing…’: Guy clocks in at 9:01 instead of 9 and gets in trouble by the supervisor he always covers, next time leaves right at 5 and chaos ensues

‘Funny thing…’: Guy clocks in at 9:01 instead of 9 and gets in trouble by the supervisor he always covers, next time leaves right at 5 and chaos ensues

Elna McHilderson

Unknown employee keeps stealing coworker's lunch, forcing him to buy a mini fridge and lock his food inside, other coworkers mock him: 'We get it, you're special'

Unknown employee keeps stealing coworker's lunch, forcing him to buy a mini fridge and lock his food inside, other coworkers mock him: 'We get it, you're special'

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‘Alright, enjoy the chaos’: 18-year-old receptionist gets told to ‘stay in her lane’ by a new manager, then everything falls apart when she stops going above and beyond

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

Chef makes an effort to bake cakes for coworkers' birthdays, only to have none of them do anything for her birthday, she refuses to keep the tradition: ‘It's not worth the effort’

Chef makes an effort to bake cakes for coworkers' birthdays, only to have none of them do anything for her birthday, she refuses to keep the tradition: ‘It's not worth the effort’

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‘Just fix it’: Retail customer blames employee for not stopping her from buying the wrong phone charger for her iPhone, then demands a refund without a receipt, worker refuses

‘Just fix it’: Retail customer blames employee for not stopping her from buying the wrong phone charger for her iPhone, then demands a refund without a receipt, worker refuses

Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

15 Employees who happily quit their jobs: 'I got a whole 15 cent per hour salary increase... [I] just walked out'

15 Employees who happily quit their jobs: 'I got a whole 15 cent per hour salary increase... [I] just walked out'

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'

Years after a turbulent firing, former employee’s warning to HR leads company to cut major partnership with nonprofit that let her go: 'I did not spare any details'

Years after a turbulent firing, former employee’s warning to HR leads company to cut major partnership with nonprofit that let her go: 'I did not spare any details'

Boss demands remote employees decorate their home office for Christmas, one employee refuses, boss blames them for ruining the holiday spirit: 'It isn't my job to decorate for her’

Boss demands remote employees decorate their home office for Christmas, one employee refuses, boss blames them for ruining the holiday spirit: 'It isn't my job to decorate for her’

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