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'I was hired and fired within the span of 3 hours': New employee fired three hours after being hired and shown around the company's offices

Brad Dickson

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'This is what you asked for': IT guy drops ~$18,000 on company phones after his technologically illiterate boss bans the largest operating system in the world, learns a lesson in malicious compliance

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Slothful coworker demands employee's bonus claiming that she deserves it more, gets 3-week suspension: '[She] is going around the office calling me “selfish” and “greedy”'

Brad Dickson

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‘She literally put my life at risk’: Employee gets the office Karen fired after she tries to defraud their medical alert service dog, taking things dangerously far for the sake of being 'right'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Artist gets fired when a shady studio director suspects they're a whistleblower for OSHA, 3 years later, they get their revenge through subsequent success: ‘I have $30k in savings and I’m booked through 2026'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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My employer has decided to give us a monthly in-person mandatory meeting at 8am one Sunday every month: 'the meetings are always things that could easily be covered in a simple email'

Brad Dickson

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'Manager wanted me to arrive 30 minutes early to get ready before clocking in': Manager demands worker arrive 30 minutes before their shift is set to start to begin working

Brad Dickson

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'I am doing more babysitting than my actual job': Employee brings toddlers to office constantly and expects female coworker to watch them all day

Remy Millisky

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'You're the new hire right?': Good-guy CEO surprises his new worker after getting a scalding cup of coffee spilled all over him, buying the employee a replacement cup as a welcome

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I just burst out laughing': Interviewee walks out of a laughably terrible job interview after getting 'offered' $16/hour, no travel compensation, and zero hours

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I spilled coffee on [my company's CEO] on my first day': New hire makes dreaded first-day mistake when they spill coffee all over the company's CEO

Brad Dickson

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Graphic designer passed up for promotion they were promised for 2 years in favor of do-nothing social-climbing coworker, they quit: 'My manager was shocked, begging me to stay'

Brad Dickson

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Employee denied raise and told they're replaceable after becoming sole engineer on a project, costs the company big when they quit: '$500,000 and two years of productivity over a $40,000/yr raise'

Brad Dickson

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Restaurant forces staff to compete for a chance to keep their jobs, letting customer reviews decide who keeps their job: 'Slacking off is not an option'

Brad Dickson

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Manager's obsessive cost-cutting initiatives cost the company more money when double-sided printing policy causes problems with important client: 'All printing must be double-sided—no exceptions'

Brad Dickson

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'Steal my lunch? Lose your job': Hangry senior manager catches lunch thieves on camera stealing his meal and fires them immediately

Jesse Kessenheimer

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