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'No employee is allowed to work from home': Remote employee forced to come in unexpectedly despite medical issues, boss won't return his phone calls

'No employee is allowed to work from home': Remote employee forced to come in unexpectedly despite medical issues, boss won't return his phone calls

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Slothful coworker demands employee's bonus claiming that she deserves it more, gets 3-week suspension: '[She] is going around the office calling me “selfish” and “greedy”'

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My employer has decided to give us a monthly in-person mandatory meeting at 8am one Sunday every month: 'the meetings are always things that could easily be covered in a simple email'

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'Manager wanted me to arrive 30 minutes early to get ready before clocking in': Manager demands worker arrive 30 minutes before their shift is set to start to begin working

Toxic supervisor gets what he deserves when scorned employee lights a fire underneath him, former scorned employees follow suit and he gets fired

‘I was so angry’: Employee reveals workplace mistreatment by toxic boss and starts a chain reaction from former scorned employees, boss gets fired as a result

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Graphic designer passed up for promotion they were promised for 2 years in favor of do-nothing social-climbing coworker, they quit: 'My manager was shocked, begging me to stay'

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Employee denied raise and told they're replaceable after becoming sole engineer on a project, costs the company big when they quit: '$500,000 and two years of productivity over a $40,000/yr raise'

Boss fires employee but expects him to stick around and work harder during 3-month notice period, so the employee decides to talk to recruiters to get his life back

‘Management is acting more toxic’: Employee is fired but expected to work harder during his 3-month notice period, so he talks to recruiters during office hours

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'I don't want a sandwich, I want a raise': Employee discovers newly-hired 16-year-old makes more money than them, gets offered food instead of a raise

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Restaurant forces staff to compete for a chance to keep their jobs, letting customer reviews decide who keeps their job: 'Slacking off is not an option'

Picked-on employee resigns and gives boss piece of his mind, tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk in return for years of torment

Boss gets handed revenge that reeks when scorned employee tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk, never to be found again: ‘Well played, Petty Crocker’

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Manager's obsessive cost-cutting initiatives cost the company more money when double-sided printing policy causes problems with important client: 'All printing must be double-sided—no exceptions'

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Employee laid-off by new owners gets even via remote access, uninstalling personal software: 'You should've been nicer when you laid me off'

CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call mid-6AM flight, refuses to use headphones and passenger wonders if this is tolerable behavior

Fortune 25 CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call on a 6 AM flight, passenger claims he refused to use headphones and spoke with an ‘I'm the eldest boy’ level of volume: ‘Is this okay?’

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Employee gets reprimanded by toxic boss for pausing work to eat bagel: 'A bagel provided by the company as part of Employee Appreciation Week'

Employee gets reprimanded by toxic boss for pausing work to eat bagel: 'A bagel provided by the company as part of Employee Appreciation Week'

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Machine operator forced to adhere to strict new schedule by new management stalling line and costing plant millions in production: 'I got the new boss off my back and he got reamed'

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Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Boss demands lab employees provide testing reports earlier in the day, they warn him that the data won't be complete, his insistence leads to more work for him: ‘He can't figure it out’

Boss demands lab employees provide testing reports earlier in the day, they warn him that the data won't be complete, his insistence leads to more work for him: ‘He can't figure it out’

Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Company forces veteran employees to reapply for their roles at lower pay after a "restructure": 'Same job, same responsibilities. But [...] the posted salary is $8k less than what we're currently making'

Company forces veteran employees to reapply for their roles at lower pay after a "restructure": 'Same job, same responsibilities. But [...] the posted salary is $8k less than what we're currently making'

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

‘I got reverse scammed’: Contractor builds new chicken coop for homeowner, then disappears without getting paid, homeowner spends months trying to find him

‘I got reverse scammed’: Contractor builds new chicken coop for homeowner, then disappears without getting paid, homeowner spends months trying to find him

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