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'I want extra pay for extra responsibilities': Employee turns down a ‘promotion’ then gets punished when he tells a stuck-up newbie manager he wants more pay for more work

Jesse Kessenheimer

'They canceled my two weeks off': HR approves employee's PTO for their mother's funeral, then cancels request, employee has an outburst

'They canceled my two weeks off': HR approves employee's PTO for her mother's funeral, then cancels request, employee has an outburst

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'My boss's boss... saw my fringed mullhawk': Job tells food service employee to cut her hair, she gets the most surprising haircut imaginable

Update: 'My boss's boss... saw my fringed mullhawk': Job tells food service employee to cut her hair, she gets the worst haircut imaginable

'Is it ok if I fire you?': Boss fires employee for being late, then surprises them with offer

'Is it ok if I fire you?': Boss fires employee for being late, then surprises them with offer

'No, you can't use your vacation time': Worker takes 7,200 hours of vacation time after job insists he work on holidays for decades

'No, you can't use your vacation time': Worker takes 7,200 hours of vacation time after job insists he work on holidays for decades

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'Over 400 hectares [burned]': Arrogant supervisor pushes his railroad workers to bend the rules on safety protocols; starts a raging wildfire, then gets justly fired for negligence

Jesse Kessenheimer

'He got laid off. An hour into his first day': 10+ wild workplace stories as told by HR

'He got laid off. An hour into his first day': 10+ wild workplace stories as told by HR

'You can't use your phone': Company refuses to let workers without ‘management title’ to use phones; contractor stops working, employees follow his lead, costing company $100,000

'You can't use your phone': Company refuses to let workers without ‘management title’ to use phones; contractor stops working, employees follow his lead, costing company $100,000

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'[My boss] never called past 5 p.m. again:' Banker uses the time difference to his advantage to make his boss respect his work hours

'[My boss] never called past 5 p.m. again:' Banker uses the time difference to his advantage to make his boss respect his work hours

Elna McHilderson

‘Now I am working a job that pays me almost 50% more’: Manager scoffs at request for a raise, so employee leaves him high and dry

‘Now I am working a job that pays me almost 50% more’: Manager scoffs at request for a raise, so employee leaves him high and dry

Elna McHilderson

'[He] left a 1 star review': Movie-goer insists on buying tickets to action movie at a closed down theater

'[He] left a 1 star review': Movie-goer insists on buying tickets to action movie at a closed down theater

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'I just sent that to my entire team': Employee photoshops boss's face on photo of his entire family as a joke, then accidentally sends it to the whole team

'I just sent that to my entire team': Employee photoshops boss's face on photo of his entire family as a joke, then accidentally sends it to the whole team

'Win win for [me], not the company': Consultant finagles freebee PTO days when manager insist they work on impossible days

'Win win for [me], not the company': Consultant finagles freebee PTO days when manager insist they work on impossible days

Elna McHilderson

'Not a word was said, but my food stopped disappearing': Hospital employee stops coworker from stealing his food by using a classic dog training trick

'Not a word was said, but my food stopped disappearing': Hospital employee stops coworker from stealing his food by using a classic dog training trick

Elna McHilderson

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'You don't want to SEE these anymore? No problem!': Supervisor tells employee to stop being late, employee relays his words verbatim to HR and now no one ever gets reported late

'You don't want to SEE these anymore? No problem!': Supervisor tells employee to stop being late, employee relays his words verbatim to HR and now no one ever gets reported late

Elna McHilderson

'You are too expensive': Boss fires employee, employee forces boss to compensate them for a full year and gets job at the competition

'You are too expensive': Boss fires employee, employee forces boss to compensate him for a full year and gets job at the competition

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'Keep your word’: Carpenter tenant gets evicted after making a gentleman's agreement and spending $10k of his own money on renovations, rips everything out as he goes and gets the last laugh

'Keep your word’: Carpenter tenant gets evicted after making a gentleman's agreement and spending $10k of his own money on renovations, rips everything out as he goes and gets the last laugh

29-year-old woman refuses to share late parents' inheritance with her estranged, ’rebellious’ younger brother, resulting in a heated sibling feud: ‘He’d had years to reach out’

29-year-old woman refuses to share late parents' inheritance with her estranged, ’rebellious’ younger brother, resulting in a heated sibling feud: ‘He’d had years to reach out’

Customer complains after employee refuses to help them while on their lunch break, boss takes customer's side: 'My boss sat me down and told me I should have just helped her'

Customer complains after employee refuses to help them while on their lunch break, boss takes customer's side: 'My boss sat me down and told me I should have just helped her'

Boss pressures employee to respond to clients while on paternity leave, employee refuses, boss forced to leave: 'I didn't check my email for seven weeks'

Boss pressures employee to respond to clients while on paternity leave, employee refuses, boss forced to leave: 'I didn't check my email for seven weeks'

30 Funny Work Memes to Keep the Sunday Scaries at Bay

30 Funny Work Memes to Keep the Sunday Scaries at Bay

'Ring ring! Here's me on your off day!': Employee bothers their boss with trivial work matters on their day off to prove a point about office hours, earning uninterrupted weekends for 2 years

'Ring ring! Here's me on your off day!': Employee bothers their boss with trivial work matters on their day off to prove a point about office hours, earning uninterrupted weekends for 2 years

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