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'They've already made at least $10K off my free labor': Developer gets tricked into building a full client website for interview test, only to get ghosted and find it live a week later

Isabella Penn

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Employee quits after getting written up for being 2 minutes late after covering 3 people's jobs for 6 months: 'I got a formal write-up'

Brad Dickson

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‘Suddenly no WFH… [So] I put in a request for all 23 of my unused PTO days:' Employees share times they used their PTO to teach management a lesson

Elna McHilderson

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Manager approves employees' unlimited overtime for Mother's Day week, only to take it back halfway through: ‘You are doing too much overtime’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘It will be devastating for him to lose me’: Overworked all-star employee gleefully gives her two-week notice, then uses all of her remaining PTO to get back at a micromanger who will soon realize she carries the entire department

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Overworked employee starts leaving right at 5pm making their boss think that they've suddenly got better at their job and have "stepped up their game": 'I got a raise after I started leaving exactly at 5pm'

Brad Dickson

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Remote employee transforms spare bedroom into home office, in-laws who visit once a year outraged they’ve lost their guest suite: '[We] live in a 2-bedroom apartment'

Isabella Penn

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New boss removes flexible working with "no exceptions" preventing employee from attending their cousin's wedding, employee takes all 23 days of their leave at the end of the quarter instead forcing their boss to cover for them: 'Two people quit'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled lady hassles random woman at the thrift store, so woman buys every single pants in that Karen's size: ‘It cost me less than $30… One of my proudest petty moments.'

Elna McHilderson

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'I've stopped trying [and] suddenly I'm promotion material': Burnt-out office ‘try-hard’ refuses to continue going above and beyond, ends up finally getting a 15% raise from the boss after setting healthy boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Husband secretly supports his mother with 50% of his salary, then begs her best friend not to tell her when they find out the truth, drama ensues: ‘He needs to come clean’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Still fills me with joy and pride': Boss disrespects and underpays beloved manager, so entire staff quits on the spot and 1/4 of their business closes within a year

Elna McHilderson

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Employee uses a paper trail to set the record straight when their petty supervisor begins to “performance manage” them out of a job: ‘I responded with facts and data. No response’

Brad Dickson

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‘Fate had my back’: Employee takes company truck to interview for another workplace after repeatedly being denied days off, gets the new job while on the clock

Bar Mor Hazut

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Stubborn FOH manager's entitlement gets everyone in the kitchen to quit, the last pastry chef to leave dishes out the pettiest revenge: 'I don't listen to her non-existent authority.'

Elna McHilderson

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New employee convinces coworkers to collect proof of boss's toxic behavior, takes it all to HR, and ends boss's career: ‘He went from manager to low-level employee’

Bar Mor Hazut

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