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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...'

Elna McHilderson

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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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Overworked employees simultaneously quit their jobs after their boss leaves, CFO attempts to convince them to stay, but they refuse: ‘Not feeling remotely guilty’

Overworked employees simultaneously quit their jobs after their boss leaves, CFO attempts to convince them to stay, but they refuse: ‘Not feeling remotely guilty’

Coworker brings friends out to party on company boat, finds a loophole and gets promoted instead: ‘Showed me how truly dysfunctional the entire department was’

Coworker brings friends out to party on company boat, finds a loophole and gets promoted instead: ‘Showed me how truly dysfunctional the entire department was’

Elna McHilderson

Employee cancels shift due to family emergency, manager rejects request and writes him up despite following protocol: 'That is really not a legitimate excuse'

Employee cancels shift due to family emergency, manager rejects request and writes him up despite following protocol: 'That is really not a legitimate excuse'

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Entitled executive director sends company-wide email demanding employees post positive reviews: 'Salary may be withheld entirely'

Regular customer throws tantrum that convenience store employee doesn't know her order by heart: 'I try to explain [my] short-term memory loss'

Regular customer throws tantrum that convenience store employee doesn't know her order by heart: 'I try to explain [my] short-term memory loss'

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Job advertised as remote until interviewer reveals mandatory office days because they're a "family": 'We do 3 days in the office and 2 at home'

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Worker offered “promotion” without additional compensation, finds a new job and takes half the team with him: 'Another company offered him the same management role—with actual compensation'

Server gets $2500 tip from kind customer, only for manager to refuse to process it, server accuses restaurant of stealing: 'Corporate will likely void it instead of giving it to me'

Server gets $2500 tip from kind customer, only for manager to refuse to process it, server accuses restaurant of stealing: 'Corporate will likely void it instead of giving it to me'

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$1.5 million quote goes unfinished thanks to a bad office internet connection and rigid remote work policy: 'Ah, well. If only I could go home to use my working internet'

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Employee attempts to sabotage coworker's promotion by taking important files from their desk, coworker finds out, secretly records him in the act to show HR: 'I got proof'

Employee attempts to sabotage coworker's promotion by taking important files from their desk, coworker finds out, secretly records him in the act to show HR: 'I got proof'

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‘Oops’: Bean-counting manager slashes company travel budget, gets his comeuppance after his own horrendous ‘budget’ business trip ends up costing double in changed flights, sketchy motels, and missed meetings

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

Manager demands strict clean-desk policy in the office, employee comply by wasting company time packing and unpacking their belongings every day: ‘Just following the policy’

Manager demands strict clean-desk policy in the office, employee comply by wasting company time packing and unpacking their belongings every day: ‘Just following the policy’

Resident pays teenager to dig their car out of snow, only for a neighbor to demand to park in that spot instead, resident refuses: ‘Dig yourself out’

Resident pays teenager to dig their car out of snow, only for a neighbor to demand to park in that spot instead, resident refuses: ‘Dig yourself out’

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'

Corporate management refuses to use 1 of 3 allocated "storm days" to shut down the facility despite 1 foot of snowfall, forcing employees to use their own PTO instead: 'The VP started the email with "Happy Tuesday!!"'

Corporate management refuses to use 1 of 3 allocated "storm days" to shut down the facility despite 1 foot of snowfall, forcing employees to use their own PTO instead: 'The VP started the email with "Happy Tuesday!!"'

Bosses demand worker pick up item with 2-hour car ride, employee maliciously complies: '2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am now spending in my car'

Bosses demand worker pick up item with 2-hour car ride, employee maliciously complies: '2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am now spending in my car'

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