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Job candidate blindsided when their new employer terminates them on their first day on the basis of their first day being a "trial period": 'I had accepted a full-time job at $22/hour'

Brad Dickson

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'They expected me to... work for free': 15+ Employees who quit their jobs for good reasons

Remy Millisky

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Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

Brad Dickson

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Pharmacy manager fails to follow up on a help ticket for a faulty drive-through medicine drawer despite their employee's efforts to get their attention, ends up costing the company $25k in repairs: ‘Listen to the workers and you'll save money’

Lana DeGaetano

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10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

Remy Millisky

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Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Brad Dickson

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Boss tells employee they "lack passion" for not responding to messages at 10 pm, despite them having not received a raise for 3 years: 'I make $19/hr'

Brad Dickson

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‘I thought he was joking…’: Mediocre tech who's worked for the company for 3 years preaches about flat earth to the new manager of 2 months, gets fired

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker accidentally sends workplace gossip about an employee to that employee creating a tense environment and leading to her changing departments: 'Once they realized I wasn't joining in, they kept it to private chats'

Brad Dickson

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15+ Brand new hires who quit a job on day 1: 'It took me about 2 hours to realize... then I left'

Remy Millisky

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'[He] got chewed out for that for sure': FAA facility manager gets humbled after his rule forbidding airplane techs from talking to the clients gets him on a ‘Performance Improvement Plan’

Elna McHilderson

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'I'm not a computer person': IT department refuses to walk incompetent employees through basic tech issues, claiming it's 2025

Ben Weiss

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Boss tells employee to be grateful she has a job after reprimanding her for taking her 30-minute unpaid lunch break, forcing her to make a hard decision about the future of her employment: '[I] sent out 5 applications during my lunch break today'

Brad Dickson

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Employee cautiously convinced to give colleague a single ride home regrets it when she immediately turns to demanding rides at her own convenience like a personal chauffeur: 'From that day on, she started acting like I was her personal ride'

Brad Dickson

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'I REFUSE to work if I’m not getting paid': Overworked employee goes part time, leaving entitled coworkers to fend for themselves

Elna McHilderson

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Employee gets fired with no warning the day their vacation was set to begin, gets a string of frantic messages not even 24 hours later about returning their equipment after they've already left home: 'I cannot get over how insensitive it feels'

Brad Dickson

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