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New supervisor tells warehouse worker to mind her own business when she points out that one of the other machines is smoking, '10 minutes later, the thing actually caught fire'

Brad Dickson

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Employee labeled as having an "unprofessional attitude" by their employer after inquiring about their missing and late paycheck: 'My last paycheck was late. Not by a day or two, almost a full week'

Brad Dickson

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'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register': 10+ Managers share the most memorable employees they had to fire

Ben Weiss

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Overworked employee is unceremoniously fired after giving their 2 weeks' notice, which was to end with 3 days of leave: '55+ [hour] weeks with no overtime'

Brad Dickson

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10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

Ben Weiss

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‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

Elna McHilderson

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HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

Ben Weiss

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Old fella overlooks early 20-something-year-old mechanic due to her age and being a woman, next customer teaches him a lesson: ‘I happily helped [her] get some petty revenge.’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee earns a 10-precent raise because she refuses to use ChatGPT, supervisor spends months negotiating with upper management for her: ‘I take pride in my work…’

Elna McHilderson

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'Everything will be late': Boss denies a salaried employee's work-from-home request, so they refuses to work after hours or answer any work-related calls after 5:00 PM; derails operations

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I smiled and said, “have a great day miss!"': Karen customer refuses to trust 22-year-old bike shop manager, gets put in her place by 50+-year-old employee

Elna McHilderson

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'I want to work, keep my head down, and go home': Pushy coworker gets reported to HR after a reserved new employee protects their privacy

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee comes in to the office when they are sick at their boss's demand, boss soon regrets it: 'Boss said no working from home'

Brad Dickson

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'Stop calling me 'mom' in the office': Coworker's lets his 6-year-old daughter bombard his colleague with affection in the workplace, so she takes parenting lessons into her own hands to set boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee is fired after being placed on a PIP and being given the cold shoulder immediately following medical leave : 'HR is not your friend. Learned that the hard way...'

Brad Dickson

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‘I left a stressful job. Amen!’: Delivery woman on her last straw gets tested by entitled co-worker, quits on the spot and leaves her with over 13 hours of work

Elna McHilderson

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