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Cell tower technician forbidden from using competitor's phone, leaving them unable to communicate while working on site, leading to boss's firing: 'You can't use a competitors phone!'

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Employee automates boss's job and boss's boss's job and gets them both fired: 'I automated all her tasks and the CEO fired her'

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Boss makes employee get doctor's note, doctor gives them even more time off: 'Now he’s paying me 4 days, 32 hours. He can’t refuse a second of it'

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Employee gets buried in busywork when boss sees their clean desk, going forward they pretend to be busy with decoy files and folders: 'I learned my lesson'

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'I clock in every day [and] play video games or whatever': Employee automates all their work being able to complete their 8-hour work day in 10 minutes from home

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Employee walks out of performance review after being told they don't respond well to feedback, internet is divided: 'I was stunned…'

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Employee offered disappointing 5% raise, gets a new job paying 32% more and rejects employer's counter offer: 'Less than a month ago 5% was all they could do...'

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Business tries to pay employees in pizza for representing the company at local charity: 'Asked us to do paid charity work then changed it to unpaid at the last minute'

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New "nepo baby" boss strong-arms lead mechanic into organizing his tools for the boss to use, mechanic locks up his tools and leaves: 'I am currently sitting in my car [...] browsing job listings'

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Manager insists all personal phone calls be directed to them in an effort to stop employees needing their phones at work, predictably backfires: 'No phones allowed at work, tell them to call me directly!'

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'Try to pile on more work to increase your bonus? Not gonna happen...': Manager tries to put the work of 12 people onto a 7 person team to get a bigger bonus, supervisor won't let that happen

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Cook quits 2 days into their 2 week notice when their boss takes it poorly: 'He got so angry he’s been slamming and throwing things near me'

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HR person incorrectly calculates 10% raise underpaying employee, confidently shares their incorrect equation when challenged: 'This was their response...'

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Boss cancels remote work policy for all employees but himself: 'My boss is totally incompetent'

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Job candidate leverages trumped-up title to land executive role at a start-up, begins to panic when the realize they're in over their head: 'If I don't get fired by Friday, I'll be absolutely shocked'

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Worker resigns from their role, writing comprehensive tell-all resignation email: 'A complete disregard for safety'

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