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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'

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'

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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'

Overworked admin quits after months of late paychecks and being denied wedding time off, CFO demands she trains her replacement during her honeymoon, worried she won't receive final paycheck if she refuses

Overworked admin quits after months of late paychecks and being denied wedding time off, CFO demands she trains her replacement during her honeymoon, worried she won't receive final paycheck if she refuses: 'This was my last straw'

Burned-out employee frustrated over company’s new $50k “wellness pods” purchase, after company refuses to hire new staff to lighten their employees' heavy workload, instead demanding they take a nap and get back to work

Burned-out employee frustrated over company’s new $50k “wellness pods” purchase, after company refuses to hire new staff to lighten their employees' heavy workload, instead demanding they take a nap and get back to work: 'They sell it like it’s a benefit'

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Retail worker accused by their boss of stealing for simply taking their lunch break: 'I told her if it’s unpaid, that time is mine'

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'I decided to test something': Qualified job candidate gets rejected, changes email and reapplies, ends up getting an offer

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Employee gets fired for "performance issues" two weeks after her wedding despite skyrocketing sales and glowing review: 'Your employer is pretty heartless'

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Company forces veteran employees to reapply for their roles at lower pay after a "restructure": 'Same job, same responsibilities. But [...] the posted salary is $8k less than what we're currently making'

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Boss writes employee up to HR for not following instructions, employee proves that boss contradicts himself constantly: 'Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done'

Junior ops worker refuses to fast-track coworker’s boyfriend's resume, so coworker secretly logs into their computer to do it anyway, when the worker reports the breach, tension is sparked in the workplace

Junior ops worker refuses to fast-track coworker’s boyfriend's resume, so coworker secretly logs into their computer to do it anyway, when the worker reports the breach, tension is sparked in the workplace: 'Her boyfriend was removed'

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Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Marketing employee refuses to work unpaid overtime, boss tries to guilt-trip him with the “we’re family” approach, he stands up to her, but is abruptly fired days later by HR for "cultural fit issues"

'I told her if it's that important, pay me overtime': Marketing employee refuses to work unpaid overtime, boss tries to guilt-trip him with the “we’re family” approach, he stands up to her, but is abruptly fired days later by HR for "cultural fit issues"

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Employee confronts boss after discovering that he has been stealing from employee's 401k account for over a year: '[I'm] contacting a lawyer!'

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Employee gets even with petty coworkers after they keep misspelling their name: 'It’s been effective at making sure they don’t do it again'

Office worker quits organizing monthly birthday funds after losing about $120 covering late or missing payments, igniting office drama over "ruining a nice tradition"

'I was now the person holding a bag of sugar and a pile of IOUs': Office worker quits organizing monthly birthday funds after losing about $120 covering late or missing payments, igniting office drama over "ruining a nice tradition"

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Tenant locks and unplugs neighbor's laundry machine after he kept taking other people's clothes out before the cycle was finished: 'Learn to pay for your [own] laundry!'

Tenant locks and unplugs neighbor's laundry machine after he kept taking other people's clothes out before the cycle was finished: 'Learn to pay for your [own] laundry!'

Boss demands that employees remain at their desks and tell him what they're doing every time they get up, they comply and message him so often that he is forced to reverse the order: 'Last week I sent him 9 messages in one day'

Boss demands that employees remain at their desks and tell him what they're doing every time they get up, they comply and message him so often that he is forced to reverse the order: 'Last week I sent him 9 messages in one day'

Employee changes strategy to "show, not tell" his boss that his ideas are terrible: 'I didn't have to say a word. He saw the error himself'

Employee changes strategy to "show, not tell" his boss that his ideas are terrible: 'I didn't have to say a word. He saw the error himself'

Staff treats newly hired restaurant server like trash and rushes him during his 1-hour break after a 12-hour shift, so he quits effective immediately: ‘This was my last straw.’

Staff treats newly hired restaurant server like trash and rushes him during his 1-hour break after a 12-hour shift, so he quits effective immediately: ‘This was my last straw.’

Homeowner blocks a delivery truck in her driveway because the driver calls her names after she asks why he parked on her property: ‘He suddenly had nothing to say’

Homeowner blocks a delivery truck in her driveway because the driver calls her names after she asks why he parked on her property: ‘He suddenly had nothing to say’

Employee turns the tables, uses micromanaging boss's own reports to trick her and expose her hypocrisy in her criticism of his work: 'I found the folder online and used her past work verbatim'

Employee turns the tables, uses micromanaging boss's own reports to trick her and expose her hypocrisy in her criticism of his work: 'I found the folder online and used her past work verbatim'

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