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'At the end of the month everyone was behind': Strict policy enforcement results in malicious compliance to derail micromanaging boss

‘She received EXACTLY what was written on her list’: Boss instructs employee to collect ex-wife's belongings from his home according to a list provided by his lawyer

‘She received EXACTLY what was written on her list’: Boss instructs employee to collect ex-wife's belongings from his home according to a list provided by his lawyer

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'No natural light, all day long': Worker quits job because of dismal 'Open Plan' office

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'Someone at work [felt] targeted': HR gets involved when joke about office 'White Elephant' exchange goes wrong

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'1 month later I'm getting phone calls asking for help': Worker gets laid off by employer who panics after things go sideways

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'I'd like to rescind my application': Candidate rescind's application over interviewer's impolite email

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'I was fired [...] right before Christmas for sticking up for myself': Office manager instantly fired for reporting workplace harassment

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'The GM was an unbearable human': Server takes as many customer orders as possible before quitting and walking out

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'Nobody reapplied': New owners layoff all staff and force them to reapply for their jobs, no one does

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'[I] was immediately laid off when the app was complete': Development team gets gutted by new owner as soon as they deliver new app

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'Throwing a Christmas party instead of giving employees a Christmas bonus': 30 workers share what normal workplace practices might become illegal in 50 years

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‘I’m not coming in': Employee gets fired for refusing to come in on her day off, despite not agreeing to extra shifts

‘I’m not coming in': Employee gets fired for refusing to come in on her day off, despite not agreeing to extra shifts

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'Withdrew my application and told them to...': Candidate gives strongly worded response to recruiter's unreasonable request

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'I always put in 8 hours': Micromanaging boss doesn't believe top-performing worker is actually working at home

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'[I cost them an] annual $300k of business': Worker cheated on raise and bonus, costs employer biggest client

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'I was laid off right before raises and bonuses were due': Worker promised raise and bonus, gets fired instead

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Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

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Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

'She’ll text me 'be there in 2 minutes' and still come out 10 minutes later': Employee leaves a chronically late coworker to fend for herself when their ride-share agreement makes them late for work for 2 months

'She’ll text me 'be there in 2 minutes' and still come out 10 minutes later': Employee leaves a chronically late coworker to fend for herself when their ride-share agreement makes them late for work for 2 months

Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

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24-year-old refuses to risk her career for her reckless brother, standing her ground against her parents’ pressure: ‘He’s 28 and literally is the most careless person in this world’

24-year-old refuses to risk her career for her reckless brother, standing her ground against her parents’ pressure: ‘He’s 28 and literally is the most careless person in this world’

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