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'Discussing pay amongst employees is within our rights': Employee engages in fiery exchange with HR over wage transparency

BenWeiss

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Red flags turn full-blown blaring sirens on employee’s first day at business claiming to be family, advised to run for his life: ‘Get out of there’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gives two weeks' notice while traveling for work, employer cancels their flight home: 'I have worked for this company for 3 years...'

Brad Dickson

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'Look busy!': Student worker gets paid $10,000 to sit on his phone, maliciously complying with boss's orders to take his time on new project

BenWeiss

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Boss demands employees provide details about their PTO, forcing them to lie to keep their private life, private: ‘Causes me unnecessary stress’

Etai Eshet

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Toxic boss changes company PTO policy only after employee turns in their resignation notice: ‘I only have 1.5 days according to them’

Lana DeGaetano

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'My boss is a literal insane person': New hire gets called into boss's office 3 weeks in with boss claiming no one likes her

BenWeiss

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Boss cancels employee's work-from-home policy following a bout of illness that took them out of work: ‘I’m on the verge of being fired'

Brad Dickson

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‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her but manager makes excuses to save face

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee told to drop everything to serve their boss coffee, drops 300 files on the ground and spills the coffee on him before quitting: 'I was working for the new company 22 minutes later'

Brad Dickson

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'At 5:00pm, I am leaving': Manager assigns "urgent" task 4:50pm to be completed by end of day, employee stands his ground

BenWeiss

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Manager rejects boss's request to have their assistant work on their day off: 'Work [shouldn't] take up 99% of your life and energy'

BenWeiss

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Manager scolds gym employee for consistently clocking out late because of a tardy coworker, so the employee leaves the gym at 6 AM sharp, leaving patrons inside unsupervised

Lana DeGaetano

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Management blames worker for their own decisions, accusing them of sabotaging the company: 'They started blaming me even though I had nothing to do with the decision'

Brad Dickson

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Job candidate receives bait-and-switch lowball offer after successfully interviewing for the role, quits two hours before their first shift: 'I quit two hours before my first shift this morning'

Brad Dickson

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