horrible bosses

'He can't justify giving me a raise': Two-faced boss gives employee glowing mid-year review, then denies him a raise for not going "above and beyond"

Ben Weiss

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Worker told they can't take their leave the day before they're set to leave, they take it anyway: 'I'm ignoring the fact that the leave isn't sanctioned now'

Brad Dickson

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New boss flexes muscles and enforces strict break schedule, team compliance causes public complaints: '[It was] a week of utter chaos'

Ben Weiss

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CEO pushes junior staff member for more productivity, they start working their scheduled hours: 'I worked exactly the hours I was paid to, instead of coming in 30 minutes early and staying 30 minutes longer as well'

Brad Dickson

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Boss makes employee put blazer back on in boiling hot weather because of his tattoos: '[I'm] so done with this place'

Ben Weiss

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Overworked truck depot worker calls boss's bluff after being reprimanded for working their scheduled hours like they were told: 'Clearly, you're not going to fire me. You have no one who can do my job'

Brad Dickson

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'You want me to work ZERO overtime? Sure thing boss': Manager complies with new bogus OT policy, results in team racking up tons of OT hours, manager embarrasses boss in front of CEO

Ben Weiss

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Annoying coworker tries to change employee's schedule despite having no authority to do so: 'He’s not a manager and no manager told him to do this'

Brad Dickson

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'You can't use a competitor's phone': Employee collects 9 hours of OT and gets new boss fired after not being allowed to make a call during a blizzard and power outage

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate doesn't show up to meeting, HR publicly shames them on the internet and posts their private messages: 'Look what she has done'

Isabella Penn

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Boss pressures employee to use vacation time, employee demands money to plan his trip: 'It quickly turned into a Boomer v. Millennial Showdown'

Ben Weiss

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Worker forced to return to the office despite doing all their calls on zoom in the office anyways

Brad Dickson

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Piano technician maliciously complies with overbearing boss's demand for punctuality: 'If you can't be on time, then don't!'

Ben Weiss

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Insane hiring manager rejects candidate for accepting a cup of coffee that was offered to her: 'She accepted a cup of coffee which is just really tacky'

Brad Dickson

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Boss sets strict dress code that they themselves are in violation, employee calls them out: 'My boss never came to me about [the] dress code after that'

Brad Dickson

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Employees expose major red flags they've encountered while working at companies: 'An overabundance of outdated motivational posters'

Isabella Penn

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