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'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

'Gave notice, got fired instead': Employee quits job but offers boss to stay until they find replacement, only to be told to leave effective immediately

'Gave notice, got fired instead': Employee quits job but offers boss to stay until they find replacement, only to be told to leave effective immediately

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Woman realizes she's about to get fired after only 2 days on the job, records the firing and finagles 8-weeks severance: ‘The VP… was in tears’

Woman realizes she's about to get fired after only 2 days on the job, records the firing and finagles 8-weeks severance: ‘The VP… was in tears’

Elna McHilderson

Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

Incompetent manager costs company 100x more by approving fraudulent claim, tries to skirt blame but employee has proof of his written approval: ‘A few days later [he] gets the sack’

Incompetent manager costs company 100x more by approving incorrect claim, tries to skirt blame but employee has proof of his written approval: ‘A few days later [he] gets the [fired]’

Elna McHilderson

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‘I locked him out’: Cyber security contractor locks a client out of their computer system after they refuse to pay an invoice, teaching them a lesson about weaseling out of their end of the deal

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘We each got a bobble head of one of the executives’: 20+ Employees share the worst bonuses they've received from their jobs

'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

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'They've now turned on me': Staff throw party in the breakroom and exclude new hire, coworkers blame her after boss finds employee eating alone and bans all office events

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‘She shamed my coworkers’: Loyal client defends a sales employee after the entire office neglects their birthday, shaming a company that supposedly ‘celebrates everyone’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

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'I got got': Customer boarders on entitled, but eventually wins over employee and gets $50 store credit

'I got got': Customer boarders on entitled, but eventually wins over employee and gets $50 store credit

Elna McHilderson

Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

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'Sorry it’s not a turkey sandwich, Kate': Coworker criticizes the home-cooked Thai food that her colleague shares with the office, then she gets singled out with a personalized dish of unseasoned veggies and ranch

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Candidate finds interviewer's insistent line of inappropriate personal questioning off-putting, they leave: 'We can’t continue this interview'

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Overworked employee doing a 3-person job solo gets denied PTO for a two-day vacation after her company laid off the rest of the department and never replaced anyone

Overworked employee doing a 3-person job solo gets denied PTO for a two-day vacation after her company laid off the rest of the department and never replaced anyone

Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

Recruiter sends strong offer to 24-year-old junior dev, gets a call an hour later from his mom demanding $15k more and extra vacation: 'I've been doing this for 8 years and this is a first'

Recruiter sends strong offer to 24-year-old junior dev, gets a call an hour later from his mom demanding $15k more and extra vacation: 'I've been doing this for 8 years and this is a first'

Teacher Fails Middle School Student for Being 'Really Poor': 'I thought I did actually pretty good... But then I get my grade afterwards. I failed.'

Teacher Fails Middle School Student for Being 'Really Poor': 'I thought I did actually pretty good... But then I get my grade afterwards. I failed.'

Tenant notices her water bill climbing month after month, discovers a neighbor has been running a laundry business from her apartment: 'The whole building was paying'

Tenant notices her water bill climbing month after month, discovers a neighbor has been running a laundry business from her apartment: 'The whole building was paying'

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