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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

Ben Weiss

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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'

Ben Weiss

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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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Micromanager boss insists reliable employee finish urgent project by ‘strictly adher[ing]’ to company manual, so the employee takes his sweet time and purposefully flops on deadline

Lana DeGaetano

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'My boss is stealing money from my 401k': Employee seeks legal action after discovering his boss has been secretly withdrawing contributions to his retirement account

Ben Weiss

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Customer complains after employee refuses to help them while on their lunch break, boss takes customer's side: 'My boss sat me down and told me I should have just helped her'

Brad Dickson

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Boss pressures employee to respond to clients while on paternity leave, employee refuses, boss forced to leave: 'I didn't check my email for seven weeks'

Ben Weiss

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Petty boss refuses employee's request for paid sick leave, then fires employee when she puts in her 5-week resignation notice: ‘At this point I’ve had enough’

Lana DeGaetano

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'My boss just decided water isn’t free anymore': Warehouse worker shares their frustration when their boss declares employees now need to buy water

Brad Dickson

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Employee faces retribution from employer after critically answering "anonymous" survey: 'It quickly became clear she could guess who wrote what'

Brad Dickson

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Micromanager demands employee rush through a major inventory check, employee outs her when $1K+ of inventory is missing from the books and scores a bonus as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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Repair technicians band together to maliciously comply with new manager's system, causing him to get fired: 'Productivity plummets'

Ben Weiss

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