Horrible Bosses

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Managers often share credit for the success of their teams, but when does this go too far? And what should employees do about it?

Employee realizes her boss is taking credit for her work when he repeatedly refuses to promote her—she starts working to her job description, and company sales plummet: 'Took 3 months off and got another job at a 35% salary increase'

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Boss forced to admit they need employee more than the employee needs them after a firm “no” to overtime, then tries to save face by publicly reprimanding and issuing vague warnings

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Job candidate gets rejected after 4 interview rounds, then 5 days later HR calls admitting they messed up, asking to re-interview and send an offer

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Manager gets fired after employee reports her bad behavior, leading manager to spend her last days making employee’s work life a nightmare: ‘She has dropped all pretenses of being a professional’

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Employee starts booking approved leave for weekends 2 weeks in advance, exactly as HR policy requires, forcing management to finally give notice before scheduling Saturday shifts

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‘It’s the same move every time’: Peer Executive Assistant keeps making up rules she has no authority over, then blames the chaos she caused on the colleague she's undermining

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"Big profits, no raises, but hey here's some stale pizza and a generic thank you email": Company posts record profits, denies raises and throws a mandatory pizza party instead

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Employee's new boss wants to swap his earned department head role with a coworker's, calling it a "fair chance" that feels a lot like a demotion

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College student advisor decides to leave after 1 year being overworked and underappreciated by her boss and her ‘flying monkey’ subordinate: ‘I literally broke down and cried at my desk’

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Fortune 500 company fires worker over a rigged survey metric that's nearly impossible to pass: ‘Apparently the world’s leading financial tech company couldn’t afford to keep me around anymore’

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Employee gives manager a 10-day notice as he found a new job that is in his field, boss made a scene and disrespected the employee, so he resigned in the middle of the shift: 'I've already gotten messages asking if I'm coming back'

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'I've never worked there, lady': Harris Teeter manager, Christie, calls a job applicant months after she declined the job offer to yell at her for not showing up to a shift

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‘Started a new job today and the red flags are flying’: New hire spends day one with no equipment, a delayed iPad, and broken IT logins, then gets brushed off when she raises concerns

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'Daily reminder, your boss doesn’t care about you': Boss snubs employee who went above and beyond for a year, denying her a raise, piling on micromanagement, and forgetting her name

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Employee discovers her CEO hired her toxic ex-friend as her direct manager, and put her in charge of training her new boss: ‘I feel trapped. It was the CEO's decision’

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Boss gets upset employee accepted a new job paying $28k more after waiting 7 months for a promised raise at her current company

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