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'Boss can only blame herself': Boss makes employee miss two days of pay, so he quits for better job and warns new hires so the vacancy wouldn't get filled

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Interviewer tells candidate to stop talking when candidate's refusal to let them speak leads to candidate literally talking himself out of a job: 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job. Now that chance is zero'

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Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

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Higher-ups reject employee's work pitch for years, then expect them to leave a 'plan' detailing the idea after they put in their two weeks: ‘I'd re-pitch the idea, every year, nothing moved’

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Employee shares her struggle of commuting 3 hours to work, leaving little personal time to even do chores, receives sound advice: 'In a single 24-hour weekday cycle, I have on average 4 hours a day to just exist without work'

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Boss refuses to accept employee's resignation after denying them a well-deserved raise: 'He thinks he can just order me not to quit'

Boss refuses to accept employee's resignation after denying them a well-deserved raise: 'He thinks he can just order me not to quit'

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UPDATE: 'He didn't take it well': New boss demands employee stay to work unscheduled overtime, employee hits him with a "no," gets fired

Boss goes against painter's advice, orders painter to use corrosive paint, now costs a fortune to fix: 'When I say it's not going to work, it won't!'

Boss goes against painter's advice, orders painter to use corrosive paint, now costs a fortune to fix: 'When I say it's not going to work, it won't!'

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18-year-old call center worker reprimanded for deviating from the script, maliciously complies to prove her point: 'You told me to stick to the script!'

18-year-old call center worker reprimanded for deviating from the script, maliciously complies to prove her point: 'You told me to stick to the script!'

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Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

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Social media manager buries micromanaging boss in approval requests and business starts to suffer, owner steps in and gives manager more control and a raise: 'The problem is she takes forever to respond'

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Worker who always comes to work 20 to 30 minutes early is late to work once, prompting reprimand from their boss, the next time they're late they show up 2.5 hours late instead: 'Same penalty for being 6 minutes late as for being 3 hours late? Ok boss'

‘Now I sell by myself and make tons more money’: Friends try to hijack a homemade ice cream business by eating the inventory, inviting freeloaders, and cutting out the owner, forcing the real entrepreneur to take everything and leave

‘Now I sell by myself and make tons more money’: Friends try to hijack a homemade ice cream business by eating the inventory, inviting freeloaders, and cutting out the owner, forcing the real entrepreneur to take everything and leave

Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

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Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Retail worker’s attempt to resign turns into a game of cat and mouse as her boss ignores and keeps calling her in for shifts she’s already quit: ‘I make it clear I’m resigning, not taking leave, she tells me to “let her know when I'm ready to come back”’

Retail worker’s attempt to resign turns into a game of cat and mouse as her boss ignores and keeps calling her in for shifts she’s already quit: ‘I make it clear I’m resigning, not taking leave, she tells me to “let her know when I'm ready to come back”’