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What would you do when your boss is increasingly demanding you be available 24/7, impacting your personal life and other obligations? These employment demands create an all-too-common problem for employees When there's a lot being asked of you for not a whole lot in return, there's a slippery slope of expectation that occurs. It can be hard to draw a line in the sand when you're constantly under pressure.

Intern fired for declining boss's demand to immediately join last-minute 3:30 pm Sunday meeting on Memorial Day weekend, raising concerns of unrealistic employment demands: 'They just expect 24/7 availability from interns getting paid the bare minimum'

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Employee quiet quits for 4 years straight, gets a raise and then promoted, they tell how they did it: 'I got a raise and a promotion'

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Manager demands remote employee drive to the office on their 2nd day, forcing them to drive 90 minutes to the office 3 times a week for an RTO policy they weren't told about, they quit immediately instead : 'I thought he was joking. I laughed'

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'Took a counteroffer 8 months ago. Don't do what I did...': Employee's warning to others about accepting counteroffers after their manager's verbal promise of a promotion never eventuates, and the company undergoes reorganization

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CEO singles out employee during a company meeting and makes a mockery of their request for reimbursement of commute costs amid rising fuel costs and a hypocritical RTO policy: 'He works fully remotely and makes several million a year'

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New data analyst discovers they're retiring employee's replacement, decides to quit after uncovering the amount of work they are forced to take over: ‘I'm out’

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10+ Employees whose ridiculous workplace mistakes got them fired on the spot: 'She was walked out within 4 hours of starting'

10+ Employees whose ridiculous workplace mistakes got them fired on the spot: 'She was walked out within 4 hours of starting'

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