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'You want me to log every minute? Sure thing, boss!': Micromanager enforces new time-tracking to policy to "optimize productivity," team maliciously complies to prove productivity would plummet

'You want me to log every minute? Sure thing, boss!': Micromanager enforces new time-tracking to policy to "optimize productivity," team maliciously complies to prove productivity would plummet

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‘Game on’: Arrogant boss tries to micromanage high-performing employee into quitting, fails miserably

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Coworker throws a fit and delivers a mini TED Talk on teamwork after being politely refused help with a task she was perfectly capable of doing herself: ‘I told her that nothing would have happened to her too if she wrote it’

Coworker throws a fit and delivers a mini TED Talk on teamwork after being politely refused help with a task she was perfectly capable of doing herself: ‘I told her that nothing would have happened to her too if she wrote it’

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Employee uses a paper trail to set the record straight when their petty supervisor begins to “performance manage” them out of a job: ‘I responded with facts and data. No response’

Guy builds device for 32 remote employees to bypass company's new idle time requirements, now CEO wants one too: 'You wanted zero idle times!'

Guy builds device for 32 remote employees to bypass company's new idle time requirements, now CEO wants one too: 'You wanted zero idle times!'

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‘I’m tired of asking him to do his job. Our department is breaking down because of his refusal to communicate’: Boss goes into hiding every time an employee quits, insisting it isn’t his job to communicate the departures when confronted

‘I’m tired of asking him to do his job. Our department is breaking down because of his refusal to communicate’: Boss goes into hiding every time an employee quits, insisting it isn’t his job to communicate the departures when confronted

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Boss and coworker have a loud ‘introvert bash session’ and trash-talk friends for refusing to play a card game: ‘Tell me you don’t respect boundaries without telling me you don’t respect boundaries’

‘I put in a one-week notice, laughed, and left’: Employee put on a surprise 30-day performance improvement plan during annual evaluation by boss who can’t remember his job duties, quits after landing a better offer

‘I put in a one-week notice, laughed, and left’: Employee put on a surprise 30-day performance improvement plan during annual evaluation by boss who can’t remember his job duties, quits after landing a better offer

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'He fired me 30 minutes before my shift ended': Boss makes employee do extremely tedious task before firing him, so he reorganizes every file out of order as a parting gift

Employer denies PTO to a remote employee with 90 hours accrued, desperate to care for his declining mom, pushing the worker to find fresh job offer and consider the most satisfying way to walk out: “for as much financial security as I can get”

Employer denies PTO to a remote employee with 90 hours accrued, desperate to care for his declining mom, pushing the worker to find fresh job offer and consider the most satisfying way to walk out: “for as much financial security as I can get”

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Overworked and underpaid graphic designer quits and deletes all her work after being denied a raise: 'I regularly worked 60+ hour weeks with no overtime'

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20+ infuriating comments from bosses, teachers, and other authority figures: 'So I pay you all this money just to push a few buttons'

20+ infuriating comments from bosses, teachers, and other authority figures: 'So I pay you all this money just to push a few buttons'

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Apathetic boss calls employee ‘overdramatic’ for taking a PTO day after they put down their sick family cat, employee reports boss to HR: ‘The way my boss handled this was just unacceptable’

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'Let's play the quiet game with just you two': Manager snaps at coworkers quietly chatting while working, so they give her the silent treatment, permanently

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Restaurant employee is ostracized after speaking up about the manager's newborn baby being in the kitchen during working hours: ‘Holy OSHA violation’

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'I decided to be petty': Boss tells employee to dress better, so he wears a full suit out of spite and gets boss demoted by the CEO

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Online handbag seller refuses to send bag to entitled customer after they demand a refund for two past orders, leading to a dispute on the site: ‘I decided to cancel the order’

Online handbag seller refuses to send bag to entitled customer after they demand a refund for two past orders, leading to a dispute on the site: ‘I decided to cancel the order’

Employee resigns for better opportunity, manager ignores him for two weeks, then panics right before his final day: '[He] asked what it would take for me to stay...'

Employee resigns for better opportunity, manager ignores him for two weeks, then panics right before his final day: '[He] asked what it would take for me to stay...'

15+ Retail employees who got even with their most entitled customers: '[I] told my boss that since he wouldn't let me quit, he had to fire me now'

15+ Retail employees who got even with their most entitled customers: '[I] told my boss that since he wouldn't let me quit, he had to fire me now'

Employer revokes 2x and 3x bonus incentive to work weekends and holidays, is shocked when nobody decides to work those days resulting in missed deadlines: 'The company now stands to lose close to a 6 figure amount in penalties for missed turnaround times'

Employer revokes 2x and 3x bonus incentive to work weekends and holidays, is shocked when nobody decides to work those days resulting in missed deadlines: 'The company now stands to lose close to a 6 figure amount in penalties for missed turnaround times'

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Retail employee tells off their manager, Gary, pointing out his failure to handle his own tasks when he starts micromanaging theirs: ‘Slow clap for the hero in aisle 7'

Retail employee tells off their manager, Gary, pointing out his failure to handle his own tasks when he starts micromanaging theirs: ‘Slow clap for the hero in aisle 7'

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