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Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

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Company fires hardworking employee to save $25,000, their arrogance ends up costing them $110,000: 'In my opinion, that's the best money they've ever spent.'

Company fires hardworking employee to save $25,000, that arrogance ends up costing them $110,000: 'In my opinion, that's the best money they've ever spent.'

Elna McHilderson

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15+ Workers who crashed out and got fired on the spot: 'He torched his entire career in 90 days'

Employee gets a flat tire on the way to work after having to come in late due to a medical emergency, leading boss to fire them on the spot

Employee gets a flat tire on the way to work after having to come in late due to a medical emergency, leading entitled boss to fire them on the spot: ‘You're done’

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Retiring employee accidentally discovers management's plans to lay off 50% of their workforce, decides to let coworkers know: ‘It was a good time to retire’

Retiring employee accidentally discovers management's plans to lay off 50% of their workforce, decides to let coworkers know: ‘It was a good time to retire’

HR tries to fire employee without severance after claiming employee took unapproved work-from-home days, employee proves them wrong: ‘My case is closed’

HR tries to fire employee without severance after claiming employee took unapproved work-from-home days, employee proves them wrong: ‘My case is closed’

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Nepobaby boss unjustly fires an irreplaceable employee 5 days before Christmas, then justice is served when the company goes bankrupt: ‘[I’m] living a fantasy'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Cybersecurity startup fires intern for secretly bypassing safeguards in live production systems “to think like an attacker,” sparking debate over whether termination was too harsh

Cybersecurity startup fires intern for secretly bypassing safeguards in live production systems “to think like an attacker,” sparking debate over whether termination was too harsh: ‘letting it slide would’ve sent the wrong message about security culture’

Employee ends lease and sells furniture after accepting a promotion taking him 2,000 miles away, severals week before the move company cancels everything: ‘[I'm] about to be homeless…'

Employee ends lease and sells furniture after accepting a promotion taking him 2,000 miles away, severals week before the move company cancels everything: ‘[I'm] about to be homeless…'

Elna McHilderson

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New CFO fires head IT guy and replaces him with incompetent nephew, company's system malfunctions sooner thereafter: 'Pam was gone within a month'

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Boss throws extravagant Christmas party after round of layoffs, then posts about it on social media: 'It was quite inconsiderate on their part'

HR demands employee quit their job after they submit a 79-page report about entitled boss's lack of management, which HR claims lacks proof: ‘I’m talking to a lawyer’

HR demands employee quit their job after they submit a 79-page report about entitled boss's lack of management, which HR claims lacks proof: ‘I’m talking to a lawyer’

Employee forced to work all night to cover for coworker after he lies about completing their project, they report him to their boss: ‘He got a formal written warning’

Employee forced to work all night to cover for coworker after he lies about completing their project, they report him to their boss: ‘He got a formal written warning’

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15+ Employees who got fired for odd reasons: '[He] fired both me and my boss on the spot'

Boss fires employee on sick leave after they refuse to answer her calls, then claims the employee resigned on their own: ‘You shouldn't come to work again’

Boss fires employee on sick leave after they refuse to answer her calls, then claims the employee resigned on their own: ‘You shouldn't come to work again’