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'You requested I do not use my own discretion': Haughty manager belittles the administration employee in charge of scheduling staff training, ends up getting 20+ sessions canceled because of malicious compliance

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New American boss tries to cut British-based employee's "excessive" PTO, HR sides with employee: 'I have referred this to HR because I think this isn't right'

Ben Weiss

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'[He] kept calling the shop manager a clown to his face': 20+ Employees whose poor decisions led them to get fired

Remy Millisky

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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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Co-worker refuses to contribute $50 to boss' birthday gift, the rest of the internet wonders why that's even happening in the first place: ‘Clock in, work, clock out. End of work interaction.’

Elna McHilderson

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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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'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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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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'There's ‘no room’ for me, but I'm still expected to drop $200?': Employee gets uninvited from their coworker's wedding at the last minute, then guilt-tripped into contributing $200 for a gift from the team, she refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Overworked and underpaid graphic designer quits and deletes all her work after being denied a raise: 'I regularly worked 60+ hour weeks with no overtime'

Brad Dickson

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'[I was] wildly conspicuously overdressed': Employee wears formalwear to a casual office after a micromanager complains about his dress code-compliant clothing, ends up getting his boss demoted by the CEO

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘[After] two shifts, I'm on the 4th season of Righteous Gemstones': Bored employee turns their cubicle into a binge-watching haven after management forces them to endure 12-hour shifts without any work to do

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee punished for underperforming for 1 day after over-performing for 2 years, stops doing the extra work they had been doing: 'I handle 40 cases, my daily requirement, and then I do NOTHING for the rest of my shift'

Brad Dickson

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Moviegoer reports loud theater guests, other viewers side with the talkative group: 'It's an empty theater, sit somewhere else'

Remy Millisky

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