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'My boss forces us to turn our cameras on for every meeting': Fully remote team rebels against new boss's camera mandate by using eyebrow-raising filters and backgrounds

'My boss forces us to turn our cameras on for every meeting': Fully remote team rebels against new boss's camera mandate by using eyebrow-raising filters and backgrounds

'I will be reporting this!': Entitled hotel concierge demands that her coworker show up 30-45 minutes early to every shift, coworker refuses and gets their manager involved

'I will be reporting this!': Entitled hotel concierge demands that her coworker show up 30-45 minutes early to every shift, coworker refuses and gets their manager involved

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Employee chastised for picking up new office supplies during lunch, maliciously complies with boss's new bogus policy: 'No work-related errands at lunchtime? OK.'

Employee chastised for picking up new office supplies during lunch, maliciously complies with boss's new bogus policy: 'No work-related errands at lunchtime? OK.'

'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

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‘Time to start butchering their names’: Entire office refuses to call employee by their rightful name for over a year, employee calls them out to HR

‘Time to start butchering their names’: Entire office refuses to call employee by their rightful name for over a year, employee calls them out to HR

Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

Boss pressures employee to postpone PTO due to upcoming project deadline, employee refuses, citing HR policy: 'Managers are responsible for planning around employee availability'

Boss pressures employee to postpone PTO due to upcoming project deadline, employee refuses, citing HR policy: 'Managers are responsible for planning around employee availability'

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"British" coworker gets caught using real accent, employees discover he's been from Indiana this whole time: 'Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?'

"British" coworker gets caught using real accent, employees discover he's been from Indiana this whole time: 'Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?'

57-year-old candidate interviews with a recruiter he belittled years ago, now the tables have turned: 'You can show yourself out'

57-year-old candidate interviews with a recruiter he belittled years ago, now the tables have turned: 'You can show yourself out'

Entitled coworker keeps taking employee's mug without permission, employee gets even by lining the rim with cat food: 'Smells like victory!'

Entitled coworker keeps taking employee's mug without permission, employee gets even by lining the rim with cat food: 'Smells like victory!'

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'I was ghosted without pay': Website designer cheated out of $1,500, tricks former client into getting properly paid

'I was ghosted without pay': Website designer cheated out of $1,500, tricks former client into getting properly paid

New American boss tries to cut British-based employee's "excessive" PTO, HR sides with employee: 'I have referred this to HR because I think this isn't right'

New American boss tries to cut British-based employee's "excessive" PTO, HR sides with employee: 'I have referred this to HR because I think this isn't right'

20+ Job Interview Memes for Folks Who Can’t Stand Being Asked What Their Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses Are

20+ Job Interview Memes for Folks Who Can’t Stand Being Asked What Their Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses Are

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'Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day': Fired employee gets even with boss by redirecting hundreds of clients to spam her inbox

'Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day': Fired employee gets even with boss by redirecting hundreds of clients to spam her inbox

Boss at call center sends vague call to action, then reprimands employees for conversing about it, the whole team maliciously complies: 'If you have a problem with my direction, you come to me!'

Boss at call center sends vague call to action, then reprimands employees for conversing about it, the whole team maliciously complies: 'If you have a problem with my direction, you come to me!'

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Landowning couple returns home from cruise vacation to find their neighbor has trespassed and dug a creek through their property: 'Our fence is broken, but he says he will fix it and pay for it…'

Landowning couple returns home from cruise vacation to find their neighbor has trespassed and dug a creek through their property: 'Our fence is broken, but he says he will fix it and pay for it…'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

'Actions have consequences. Lose my number': Ex-coworker who made employee’s life miserable calls him 10 years later to blame him, says she lost career and husband

'Actions have consequences. Lose my number': Ex-coworker who made employee’s life miserable calls him 10 years later to blame him, says she lost career and husband

'If you can’t do it my way, don’t do it at all': Boss reprimands obnoxious coworker over not being a team player after employee maliciously complies with her demands

'If you can’t do it my way, don’t do it at all': Boss reprimands obnoxious coworker over not being a team player after employee maliciously complies with her demands

35 Funny signs with stories behind them: 'We are short-staffed... If you run out of patience, ask for an application'

35 Funny signs with stories behind them: 'We are short-staffed... If you run out of patience, ask for an application'

Employee quits job, then reveals to CEO the reason is their toxic manager, manager refuses to accept it: ‘I kept thinking that I was the problem’

Employee quits job, then reveals to CEO the reason is their toxic manager, manager refuses to accept it: ‘I kept thinking that I was the problem’

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