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Nepo-hire project manager tries to outwit his engineer, leading to a construction site failure that costs millions, engineer provides email receipts to prove his innocence to management: ‘He was sacked… Even his uncle couldn’t save him'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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IT worker told to stop wasting time helping their coworkers, IT tickets get out of control when all the small problems are no longer getting fixed: 'Everyone was quietly enjoying the fact that Boss's ridiculous policy had backfired spectacularly'

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Boss insists employees wear full uniform in 100-degree heat, security guard collapses and workplace gets robbed: 'My work gave me a bonus'

Employee saves her company from signing a deal with shady business after overhearing them conspire in another language: 'Do not scheme people and talk about it in another language, they might understand it'

Employee saves her company from signing a deal with shady business after overhearing them conspire in another language: 'Do not scheme people and talk about it in another language, they might understand it'

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'Proof or not, there’s a perspective you are not at work': Boss accuses a hybrid employee of skipping work, so they respond with detailed daily reports of all of their activity, boss backtracks immediately

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee challenges CEO by denying him coffee at company workshop: 'New rules'

Employee challenges power-tripping CEO by denying him coffee at company workshop: 'We can't have coffee? You can't have coffee!'

Boss forces new employee to clock out and continue working for 30 more minutes without pay, employee decides to confront boss's boss about it: ‘I'm so infuriated’

Boss forces new employee to clock out and continue working for 30 more minutes without pay, employee decides to confront boss's boss about it: ‘I'm so infuriated’

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Boss demands that everyone take lunch at exactly 12:00 PM, left handling an empty office when the time arrives: '12:00 hits. We all just… walk away. Phones ringing, customers mid-sentence---not our problem. Boss looked panicked, trying to handle it all.'

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Company revokes offer from job candidate without explanation after candidate attempts to negotiate the salary: ‘This feels like shady business practice’

Company revokes offer from job candidate without explanation after candidate attempts to negotiate the salary: ‘This feels like shady business practice’

'They kept messing it up': Employee refuses to come to work after boss insists on complicated shift schedules despite being warned it creates confusion, leading to a dispute

'They kept messing it up': Employee refuses to come to work after boss insists on complicated shift schedules despite being warned it creates confusion, leading to a dispute

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Neighbor declares homeowner's front yard to be a "community parking area," gets towed: 'As soon as she parked her car there again I immediately called a tow [truck]'

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Employee discovers 100 company laptops were stolen after boss refuses to invest in asset management software, uses it to strengthen their case: ‘I just want to do my job’

Employee discovers 100 company laptops were stolen after boss refuses to invest in asset management software, uses it to strengthen their case: ‘I just want to do my job’

Employee gets exposed for taking credit for coworker's software work after he is forced to admit he doesn't know how to fix a system bug: ‘He had no idea where to even begin’

Employee gets exposed for taking credit for coworker's software work after he is forced to admit he doesn't know how to fix a system bug: ‘He had no idea where to even begin’

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HR employee single-handedly establishes a company's mental health day policy to improve office morale, gets a private ‘thank you’ from the burnt out coworker that inspired them: ‘I realized HR could be more than just paperwork’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Fired employee gets payback by deleting thousands of hours of work after discovering his team was still using his folder: 'This is my drive and my work'

Fired employee gets payback by deleting thousands of hours of work after discovering his team was still using his folder: 'This is my drive and my work'

'I've been set up for failure': Boss informs overworked employee their annual bonus would be $0, insulted employee quits on the spot in response

'I've been set up for failure': Boss informs overworked employee their annual bonus would be $0, insulted employee quits on the spot in response

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Business owner refuses to share the PIN to sensitive work documents with their employee: ‘I want things done legally and safely’

Business owner refuses to share the PIN to sensitive work documents with their employee: ‘I want things done legally and safely’

'I laughed for a solid minute. It caught me off guard': 15+ Hiring managers who read hilarious resumes

'I laughed for a solid minute. It caught me off guard': 15+ Hiring managers who read hilarious resumes

Neighborhood stalemate ensues because the big truck owner next door thinks he's entitled to the whole street, so the neighbor gets the city to paint the curbs red: 'He's not moving his truck for me'

Neighborhood stalemate ensues because the big truck owner next door thinks he's entitled to the whole street, so the neighbor gets the city to paint the curbs red: 'He's not moving his truck for me'

Woman tries to take credit for a volunteer's work at a non-profit, so they let her fail miserably in an important presentation: ‘The most peaceful payback I've had in years’

Woman tries to take credit for a volunteer's work at a non-profit, so they let her fail miserably in an important presentation: ‘The most peaceful payback I've had in years’

'I’m not going to parent my adult sister': Helicopter parents demand their adult son let his sister live with him as supervision, after accidentally starting a small college fire, but he refuses

'I’m not going to parent my adult sister': Helicopter parents demand their adult son let his sister live with him as supervision, after accidentally starting a small college fire, but he refuses

Neighbor shovels snow from elderly resident's driveway every morning, decides to confront other neighbors for not offering to help too: ‘How would you feel if she was your mother?’

Neighbor shovels snow from elderly resident's driveway every morning, decides to confront other neighbors for not offering to help too: ‘How would you feel if she was your mother?’

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