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Competitive coworker tries to get engineer fired, ends up getting fired himself: ''[He's] trying to play games with my career!'

Competitive coworker tries to get engineer fired, ends up getting fired himself: ''[He's] trying to play games with my career!'

Fast food worker fired by manager for throwing his half-filled soda away, gets immediately reinstated by his manager's boss: 'He asked why I was back since he fired me'

Fast food worker fired by manager for throwing his half-filled soda away, gets immediately reinstated by his manager's boss: 'He asked why I was back since he fired me'

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Employee is fired after being placed on a PIP and being given the cold shoulder immediately following medical leave : 'HR is not your friend. Learned that the hard way...'

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Overworked startup employee gets ghosted by boss for weeks and then suddenly fired and blamed for the business's failures: 'They're using you as a scapegoat'

Overworked startup employee gets ghosted by boss for weeks and then suddenly fired and blamed for the business's failures: 'They're using you as a scapegoat'

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UPDATE: 'He didn't take it well': New boss demands employee stay to work unscheduled overtime, employee hits him with a "no," gets fired

Boss fires employee but refuses to give them their final paycheck, employee files a formal complaint, forcing boss to reply: ‘Considering my kindness letting you go, very disappointed in you’

Boss fires employee but refuses to give them their final paycheck, employee files a formal complaint, forcing boss to reply: ‘Considering my kindness letting you go, very disappointed in you’

'[He] stole a 25 lb bag of onions!': 10+ new hires who got fired for ridiculous reasons

10+ new hires who got fired for ridiculous reasons: ''[The new] cook stole a 25 lb bag of onions!'

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Manager finds out employee they recommended for the job is about to get fired, they try to prevent it without employee's knowledge, only to make it worse: ‘I saved her job, which led to her getting super fired’

Manager finds out employee they recommended for the job is about to get fired, they try to prevent it without employee's knowledge, only to make it worse: ‘I saved her job, which led to her getting super fired’

Employee gets his car towed after refusing to move it from coworker's private parking spot for over a day: ‘Turns out it's the fourth complaint for his license plate’

Employee gets his car towed after refusing to move it from coworker's private parking spot for over a day: ‘Turns out it's the fourth complaint for his license plate’

Manager tries to use petty reason to fire employee on worker's comp, instead, the employee ends up getting 20 people fired and is offered a promotion: ‘I let out a big sigh and I started smiling.’

Manager tries to use petty reason to fire employee on worker's comp, instead, the employee ends up getting 20 people fired and is offered a promotion: ‘I let out a big sigh and I started smiling.’

Elna McHilderson

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Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Elna McHilderson

19-year-old fast food worker keeps getting skipped for raise because 17-year-old manager holds a petty grudge against him, so he gets her fired: ‘I had unnecessary amounts euphoria.’

19-year-old fast food worker keeps getting skipped for raise because 17-year-old manager holds a petty grudge against him, so he gets her fired: ‘I had unnecessary amounts euphoria.’

Elna McHilderson

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Grocery manager calls cashier "replacable," acts surprised when they quit on the spot: 'He was shocked and couldn't understand why'

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Loyal employee of 10+ years gets made ‘redundant’ so company's nepo baby employees can climb the latter, gets a new job that Friday and leaves old boss on read: 'The equipment was all signed into my personal emails…'

Loyal employee of 10+ years gets made ‘redundant’ so company's nepo baby employees can climb the latter, gets a new job that Friday and leaves old boss on read: 'The equipment was all signed into my personal emails…'

Elna McHilderson

20-year-old receptionist gets fired after 4 days for lack of experience despite insisting she was qualified: 'I don't understand why this happened'

20-year-old receptionist gets fired after 4 days for lack of experience despite insisting she was qualified: 'I don't understand why this happened'

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Resident allows neighbors to use their backyard gate as shortcut to school, until neighbors start making demands about the yard's appearance: ‘It will never end’

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Job candidate rescinds application after waiting almost 2 hours to be interviewed: 'It was literally 11:45am. Almost noon. My interview was at 10:00am'

Job candidate rescinds application after waiting almost 2 hours to be interviewed: 'It was literally 11:45am. Almost noon. My interview was at 10:00am'

Man with 17 years of experience, an MBA, and a solid track record gets used as a human calendar for 11 months after being hired for strategic partnerships

Man with 17 years of experience, an MBA, and a solid track record gets used as a human calendar for 11 months after being hired for strategic partnerships

Manager demands warehouse employee follow closing checklist to the letter, they comply getting overtime and making the manager late to leave: 'By the time I finished everything, we were almost an hour past closing time'

Manager demands warehouse employee follow closing checklist to the letter, they comply getting overtime and making the manager late to leave: 'By the time I finished everything, we were almost an hour past closing time'

'A couple broke up during their $180k wedding': 10 Newlyweds who instantly regretted getting married

'A couple broke up during their $180k wedding': 10 Newlyweds who instantly regretted getting married

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