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Employee gets fired on the spot after giving their 2-week notice, boss then calls them later begging them to come back and finish out their notice period: 'I gave 2 weeks' notice. They fired me on the spot, then begged me to finish the week'

Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

Elna McHilderson

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Employee tricks his lackadaisical coworker, Seth, into self-sabotage, exposing that he hasn't been doing his own work and making others do it for him: 'He got lambasted for [messing] up such an important project and was put on temporary leave without pay'

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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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Mom of 9, 6, 4, and 3-year-old kids bakes 150 cookies for school events, husband demands she make him extra: 'He told me a few more shouldn't be hard'

Mom of 9, 6, 4, and 3-year-old kids bakes 150 cookies for school events, husband demands she make him extra: 'He told me a few more shouldn't be hard'

Staff refuse to work without a shift supervisor on site, boss demands one employee take charge without promotion, and fails: 'I saw nothing but eye rolls'

Staff refuse to work without a shift supervisor on site, boss demands one employee take charge without promotion, and fails: 'I saw nothing but eye rolls'

Tenant locks and unplugs neighbor's laundry machine after he kept taking other people's clothes out before the cycle was finished: 'Learn to pay for your [own] laundry!'

Tenant locks and unplugs neighbor's laundry machine after he kept taking other people's clothes out before the cycle was finished: 'Learn to pay for your [own] laundry!'

Landlord charges longtime tenants a $10,000 renovation bill for a 1989 California apartment after they move out, using minor damage to make them pay for a full unit upgrade he was planning anyway

Landlord charges longtime tenants a $10,000 renovation bill for a 1989 California apartment after they move out, using minor damage to make them pay for a full unit upgrade he was planning anyway

Staff treats newly hired restaurant server like trash and rushes him during his 1-hour break after a 12-hour shift, so he quits effective immediately: ‘This was my last straw.’

Staff treats newly hired restaurant server like trash and rushes him during his 1-hour break after a 12-hour shift, so he quits effective immediately: ‘This was my last straw.’

15+ Bosses who hired the wrong person for the job: 'Hired a dishwasher... [he] doesn't like to get his hands wet'

15+ Bosses who hired the wrong person for the job: 'Hired a dishwasher... [he] doesn't like to get his hands wet'

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