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34-year-old employee asks his 31-year-old coworker to stop calling herself his "work wife" after his real wife becomes uncomfortable with their relationship: 'She got offended and said I was “making it weird”'

Brad Dickson

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Company instates 'return to office' policy after 3 years of remote work, attempts to fix morale by holding a "pizza party" but doesn't buy enough pizza: 'They only bought five pizzas for a team of 25. by the time I got there, it was just empty boxes'

Brad Dickson

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'Yeah, I'm not coming back. I quit!': Boss takes away employee's lunch break after he is late one time, employee leaves for good

Ben Weiss

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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'

Brad Dickson

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Update: Job candidate holds his ground after recruiter tries to cheat him out of the proper salary range: 'The number I gave [you] is my minimum'

Ben Weiss

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19-year-old woman shares experiencing a two-hour-long assessment for a first-round job interview for a minimum wage role, all applicants under 30 are asked to leave: 'The first task was to rank items by importance for surviving on a desert island'

Brad Dickson

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29-year-old architect gets let go and brought back as a contractor, then former boss demands all her design files: 'I refused, saying those were my intellectual property'

Ben Weiss

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Manager asks employee over text message to join meetings and assist with "knowledge transfer" after firing them: 'Are you available to jump on a call?'

Brad Dickson

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Manager conspires to get 19-year-old Boba Shop employee fired, she files a complaint after not receiving her final paycheck: 'I got the whole place shut down'

Ben Weiss

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20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

Brad Dickson

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20-year-old electronics salesman gets commission for $15,000 sale and then quits on the spot after helping a customer that nobody else would: 'I said only 4 words. "Thank you. I Quit"'

Brad Dickson

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Full-time employee informed he's going part-time despite having to complete the same amount of work per day: 'I didn't see how all this work could get done'

Ben Weiss

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HR announces in-person office policy to fully remote team, sparking mass exodus: '[I] sent my resignation letter right there!'

Ben Weiss

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'I literally couldn't get a single word out': 22-year-old college graduate freezes during job interview, prompting hiring manager to walk out

Ben Weiss

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58-year-old essential employee gets laid off 1 year before retiring, entire team quits out of loyalty, HR begs them to come back for double their original pay: 'I'll come back for 13 weeks'

Brad Dickson

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Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

Brad Dickson

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