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Bus company refuses to allow driver to work for another company due to 'conflict of interest', driver backs out of the job: ‘If you want to control my time, pay for it’

Bus company refuses to allow driver to work for another company due to 'conflict of interest', driver backs out of the job: ‘If you want to control my time, pay for it’

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'Respect my time off the clock': Retail worker calls out a needy colleague after they badger them with work questions while on vacation

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

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27 Intrinsically Rewarding Jobs That'll Make Burnt Out Employees Reconsider the Value of Money

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee discreetly looks for a new job, then discovers a hiring manager contacted their boss and revealed their intentions, boss confronts them: ‘Not cool’

Employee discreetly looks for a new job, then discovers a hiring manager contacted their boss and revealed their intentions, boss confronts them: ‘Not cool’

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Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Employee is forced to wait hours at emergency room to get a doctor's note for two sick days, doctor comes through by ensuring she gets a two weeks paid sick leave: ‘She went home with a lovely note’

Employee is forced to wait hours at emergency room to get a doctor's note for two sick days, doctor comes through by ensuring she gets a two weeks paid sick leave: ‘She went home with a lovely note’

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New supervisor reorganizes labor, leaving inspector to work a loading bay on his own, he refuses to work it: 'Goods started arriving, but I didn’t touch a single box'

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Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

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Boss calls 20-year-old woman working her first job "ungrateful" for not working unpaid overtime: 'Now I'm worried they're going to cut my hours or make my life harder'

Entitled customer screams at new supermarket employee, she spends a year making him pay for it by hiding away all his favorite products: 'Don't scream at the people who handle your food'

Entitled customer screams at new supermarket employee, she spends a year making him pay for it by hiding away all his favorite products: 'Don't scream at the people who handle your food'

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Retail employee gets co-worker fired for being lazy and then quits, manager gets stuck with $200 bill: ‘The best part? [The co-worker] brought her mom in the next day...'

Retail employee gets co-worker fired for being lazy and then quits, manager gets stuck with $200 bill: ‘The best part? [The co-worker] brought her mom in the next day...'

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Hotel quiet fires porter over scheduling conflicts, they refuse to return their uniform when their boss demands it back: 'You want your uniform back? Come and get it'

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'Today [is my] second and last day': New hire baker saved from a red-flag-filled company when the woman he's replacing warns him about tyrannical, absentee bosses

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee gets fired without warning for "poor performance" after doing the jobs of 3 other people: 'Fired because I put in too much effort during the busiest time of year and was fired when it got quieter again'

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'I've never felt so powerful': Last-minute $1.5M contract falls apart after the company's WiFi goes out, then an employee reminds his pushy boss the limits of their stringent WFH policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Company spends $263,000 a year on engineering team’s daily meeting instead of letting them work: ‘Decisions made during standup: zero’

Company spends $263,000 a year on engineering team’s daily meeting instead of letting them work: ‘Decisions made during standup: zero’

Residents refuse entitled woman who demands they move away from their own apartment doorway, knowing she doesn’t even live in the complex

Residents refuse entitled woman who demands they move away from their own apartment doorway, knowing she doesn’t even live in the complex

Employee realizes that they have taken less PTO since the company instituted "unlimited" policy due to the implied threat from HR: 'It's just this weird psychological thing where you feel like youre being watched or judged'

Employee realizes that they have taken less PTO since the company instituted "unlimited" policy due to the implied threat from HR: 'It's just this weird psychological thing where you feel like youre being watched or judged'

Freelance employee quits after being overworked and underpaid for 8 months, 4 years later he sees they're still using his Dropbox, so he deletes everything: ‘[Everything] they've been relying on for years will be gone.'

Freelance employee quits after being overworked and underpaid for 8 months, 4 years later he sees they're still using his Dropbox, so he deletes everything: ‘[Everything] they've been relying on for years will be gone.'

Micromanaging Warehouse Supervisor tells employee to start "documenting everything," they comply and use their paperwork to save themselves from being scapegoated: 'I started writing down every single thing'

Micromanaging Warehouse Supervisor tells employee to start "documenting everything," they comply and use their paperwork to save themselves from being scapegoated: 'I started writing down every single thing'

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