Horrible Bosses

Man with 17 years of experience, an MBA, and a solid track record gets used as a human calendar for 11 months after being hired for strategic partnerships

Etai Eshet

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55-year-old Gen X dad reacts with disappointment when his 26-year-old daughter tells him she is reducing her work schedule from 6 days a week to 5 days a week and 40 hours: 'In his eyes, wanting 1 extra day to breathe is equivalent to laziness'

Brad Dickson

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‘I'm disgusted. Is this even legal??’: Australian woman discovers her manager has been secretly screenshotting and saving cropped images of her face during video calls for six months

Etai Eshet

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Remote employee concerned when new ownership pushes Return-to-Office mandate under a new CEO, pushing higher productivity and always-online culture: 'Our past CEO just jumped ship to let the rest of us drown'

Brad Dickson

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33-year-old brother-in-law refuses to share his $20K Lotto winnings with his financially irresponsible sister and her husband after they demand a cut: 'He proceeded to waste $520 on scratch-offs'

Brad Dickson

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22-year-old nanny quits on the spot and walks out when the mother of the 2 kids demands she take an over 50% pay cut, says she's greedy: 'She would only pay $50 for the entire day'

Brad Dickson

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Engineer complies with manager's insistence to never stay past 5:00 PM by pausing an imminent project at the end of the day: 'Greg had explicitly told me to leave even if the building was on fire'

Ben Weiss

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Boss reverses policy requiring employees to earn approval every time they need to send an external email, jeopardizing relationships with frustrated clients

Ben Weiss

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Employee forces boss to apologize to his wife after waking them up at 5:55 AM for a non-urgent issue: 'This was unacceptable behavior'

Ben Weiss

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Manager fires top performer over contract dispute to intimidate the rest of the team: 'Keep in line, produce, and don't cause trouble'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets written up for going to his 2:00pm dentist appointment during working hours

Ben Weiss

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Manager ignores grocery store worker's availability with Friday night text message, says their personal life shouldn't interfere with work : 'I make $14 an hour stocking shelves'

Brad Dickson

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Boss writes 3-page document critiquing working mom's productivity, she responds by handing in her resignation

Ben Weiss

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Absent boss gets backlash for demanding fully remote team to come into the office "5 days a week (8 AM - 5 PM)"

Ben Weiss

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Employee resigns after 10 years at the company after expecting salary boost to get him to stay: '[I'm] offended that they didn’t counteroffer when I first presented the resignation'

Ben Weiss

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Kentucky pizzeria threatens 24-year-old prospective business owner with lawsuit over an NDA they signed while working there as their first job at 17-years-old: 'I was 17 and just happy to get the job'

Brad Dickson

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