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Labourer told "just do your job" while running boss's entire manufacturing operation and doing 4 jobs after the other 3 workers quit, they oblige and quickly put the company under: ‘[In] 3 weeks the company ended up going into liquidation’

Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

Elna McHilderson

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18-year-old working her first job takes her loafing coworker up on his offer after he tells her to "do it herself", takes his job after doing his work for him: 'I’m doing it myself now. With a raise'

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Marketing associate cleverly doubles her micromanager's workload, taking their nitpicky demands very literally: ‘By EOD, I had sent her 17 approval requests… By EOW, it was over 100’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boss refuses to read emails, demands employee print them out for him instead, employee complies by making his desk look like a filing cabinet: 'He couldn’t find anything’

Boss refuses to read emails, demands employee print them out for him instead, employee complies by making his desk look like a filing cabinet: 'He couldn’t find anything’

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PTO Memes for Employees Already Planning Their Next Vacation

21 PTO Memes for Employees Planning Their Next Vacation

Elna McHilderson

Entitled coworker conspires to get 11 employees fired, one employee stands up to her and ends up taking her job: 'She took it too far when she tried to mess with me'

Entitled coworker conspires to get 11 employees fired, one employee stands up to her and ends up taking her job: 'She took it too far when she tried to mess with me'

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Friendship torched after a guy persuades his childhood friend to leave a stable job to help launch a construction business, ends up firing him via mail, then ghosting him: ‘My role has been eliminated due to 'streamlining''

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I don’t need to be babysat': Project coordinator gets told to stop reminding supervisor about overdue tasks, only to be reprimanded when supervisor misses a deadline

'I don’t need to be babysat': Project coordinator gets told to stop reminding supervisor about overdue tasks, only to be reprimanded when supervisor misses a deadline

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Supervisor tells team project coordinator to stop reminding him about a deadline, misses it: 'Now he thanks me every time I send a reminder'

Employee gets written up for not staying late one shift after covering for manager countless times before, decides to quit without notice: ‘No more fixing other people's work’

Employee gets written up for not staying late one shift after covering for manager countless times before, decides to quit without notice: ‘No more fixing other people's work’

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Part-time employee promoted to full-time only gets half of new paycheck, takes back his hours: ‘I’m sure the pile of broken gear will still be there waiting for me.’

Part-time employee promoted to full-time only gets half of new paycheck, takes back his hours: ‘I’m sure the pile of broken gear will still be there waiting for me.’

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker insists nurse trades shifts with her so that she can spend time with her 2 children who are under 10-years-old, begins telling their coworkers that the nurse is selfish: 'You don't have kids, so it's easier for you'

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‘It’s not like it’s your own money’: Entitled dad tries to steal a traveling employee's laptop at the airport, then he gets caught and guilt-trips them into giving away company property because his son is a good student

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'We need a doctor's note': Employee requests 3 days off due to burnout, boss demands a doctor's note, doctor demands a full month off

'We need a doctor's note': Employee requests 3 days off due to burnout, boss demands a doctor's note, doctor demands a full month off

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Employee at electric vehicle company gets put on a PIP after having an argument with their new manager, who was hired only 3 months ago: 'The most [foolish] man I've ever had the awful displeasure of working with'

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Company forces return to office to increase productivity, accidentally teaches employees to stop working after 5 pm: 'These bosses don't understand the world changing around them'

Company forces return to office to increase productivity, accidentally teaches employees to stop working after 5 pm: 'These bosses don't understand the world changing around them'

Supervisor insists employee can't work from home after blizzard drops 10 inches of snow, employee takes vacation day instead, gets a free snow day fully paid after working 10 minutes: '[He tells me] I need to drive the 50+ miles to work or take vacation'

Supervisor insists employee can't work from home after blizzard drops 10 inches of snow, employee takes vacation day instead, gets a free snow day fully paid after working 10 minutes: '[He tells me] I need to drive the 50+ miles to work or take vacation'

Job applicant changes ethnic first name on applications and finally lands interviews after 2 years of job hunting while unemployed

Job applicant changes ethnic first name on applications and finally lands interviews after 2 years of job hunting while unemployed

Employee who thrives on workplace drama loses his mind after coworker launches a silent revenge campaign: 'If you can't tell, I don't like Jim'

Employee who thrives on workplace drama loses his mind after coworker launches a silent revenge campaign: 'If you can't tell, I don't like Jim'

Parents sabotage daughter’s dream school scholarship acceptance, secretly committing her to a local university: ‘My parents have a whole separate plan for my life’

Parents sabotage daughter’s dream school scholarship acceptance, secretly committing her to a local university: ‘My parents have a whole separate plan for my life’

Guy calls out HR for violating minimum wage laws for salaried employees after receiving a 15% pay cut: 'Several salaried employees didn't even make the minimum'

Guy calls out HR for violating minimum wage laws for salaried employees after receiving a 15% pay cut: 'Several salaried employees didn't even make the minimum'

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