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Automotive product planning employee gets promoted and boss fired by booking wheels and tires as checked luggage when boss tries to blame him for a misdelivered shipment of wheels for a photoshoot: 'He had no one else to blame'

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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'

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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'

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Coworker sets ultimatum and demands pizza from employer after she misses office pizza party, resigns when they refuse to oblige: 'She quit because of pizza'

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Coworker demands employee cancel scheduled Christmas vacation so that she can spend leave with her children, escalates to false accusations forcing HR to get involved: '[She] has a meeting with HR on Friday and she will more than likely be fired'

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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

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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'

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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'

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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'

Job applicant declines an AI-only first interview on principle, viewing it as a cultural red flag, despite the company offering him a human alternative after his refusal

Job applicant declines an AI-only first interview on principle, viewing it as a cultural red flag, despite the company offering him a human alternative after his refusal: 'I'm not interested in continuing with a process that relies on AI'

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Mother refuses to give adult daughter her own birth certificate and passport sparking a family disagreement about their ownership: 'She said that they aren't mine legally [but] they are'

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Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

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Office workers maliciously comply with manager's strict email requirements, forcing the policy to be reversed after a flurry of email spamming: 'The outcome? Inbox mess'

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Architect reprimanded for making daughter’s birthday invitation on work laptop, so she refused to use personal phone for on-site job photos, forcing boss to buy her company Samsung and pay for entire second trip to the site

Architect reprimanded for making daughter’s birthday invitation on work laptop, so she refused to use personal phone for on-site job photos, forcing boss to buy her company Samsung and pay for entire second trip to the site: 'I doubled all the expenses'

70-employee warehouse runs out of toilet paper, manager tells employees to use Kleenex instead, after failing to place online order in advance: 'They're one ply off-brand generics'

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New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

'I MUST be there in person for 9 hours': Boss compels employee to go into the office despite 95% of meetings being online

'I MUST be there in person for 9 hours': Boss compels employee to go into the office despite 95% of meetings being online

Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

Company gets rid of bonus incentives to work on holidays, then reprimands employees for not volunteering to work: ‘You only get as much loyalty as you pay for’

Company gets rid of bonus incentives to work on holidays, then reprimands employees for not volunteering to work: ‘You only get as much loyalty as you pay for’

40 employees quit at unmanaged retail store, leaving 3 brave managers to run it alone: 'Callie [tells] me to call the entire staff 1 by 1'

40 employees quit at unmanaged retail store, leaving 3 brave managers to run it alone: 'Callie [tells] me to call the entire staff 1 by 1'

Retail employee maliciously complies with manager's new rule, leaving customers confused: 'You have to use the kiosk for that'

Retail employee maliciously complies with manager's new rule, leaving customers confused: 'You have to use the kiosk for that'

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