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HR tries to convince employees that raises are bad for them and gets sharp backlash: ‘Lots of people are really, really dumb and still have jobs’

HR tries to convince employees that raises are bad for them and gets sharp backlash: ‘Lots of people are really, really dumb and still have jobs’

Employee gets instantly fired via phone call from boss and HR for requesting WFH during snowstorm

Employee gets instantly fired after asking to work from home during a snowstorm: ‘I got a call back from my boss and HR together’

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Employee books $1,200 hotel stay on company card after poor enforcement of new expenses policy: 'Have fun paying for than double for the room'

Employee books $1,200 hotel stay on company card after poor enforcement of new expenses policy: 'Have fun paying for than double for the room'

Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send 4 selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send four selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Boss revokes honeymoon PTO planned a year in advance and offers employee to quit when they refuse to cancel

Boss revokes honeymoon PTO planned a year in advance and offers employee to quit when they refuse to cancel

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Employee sabotages toxic boss's favorite chili cook-off competition, purchases chili from a popular food chain and wins by a landslide: ‘The look on his face was absolutely priceless’

Employee sabotages toxic boss's favorite chili cook-off competition, purchases chili from a popular food chain and wins by a landslide: ‘The look on his face was absolutely priceless’

Office lunch thief eats birthday cake for employee's daughter, employee loses it: 'Your boss ate the cake'

Office lunch thief eats birthday cake meant for employee's daughter, employee loses it: 'Your boss ate the cake'

Workplace allocates 40 annual hours of sick time, forcing employee to work through illness or get fired after they use half of their time by January 4th: 'I’m down to 16 hours of sick time for the next year'

Workplace allocates 40 annual hours of sick time, forcing employee to work through illness or get fired after they use half of their time by January 4th: 'I’m down to 16 hours of sick time for the next year'

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Hardworking employee discovers supervisors got 11k bonus while he settled for expiring, one-time, in-store discount

Hardworking employee discovers supervisors got 11k bonus while he settled for expiring, one-time, in-store discount: ‘$11,000 to do nothing? How does that make sense??’

Employee finds his job posting online, goes to HR and gets boss fired: 'Maybe you aren't a good fit here'

Employee finds his job posting online, goes to HR and gets boss fired: 'Maybe you aren't a good fit here'

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Employees cost employer coveted award by submitting unlimited anonymous responses to corporate survey: 'The company never really recovered from that point onward'

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‘I don't believe in PTO’: Disgruntled employees reflect on the worst things their toxic bosses have said to them on the clock

‘I don't believe in PTO’: Disgruntled employees reflect on the worst things their toxic bosses have said to them on the clock

Employer replaces all vacation day benefits with a one-time pay increase of $0.80/hour: 'This is a "full staff quits on the spot" level of egregiousness'

Employer replaces all vacation day benefits with a one-time pay increase of $0.80/hour: 'This is a "full staff quits on the spot" level of egregiousness'

'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

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Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Client refuses to pay and keeps ‘forgetting’ invoices, forcing freelancer to send blitz email barrage to get what’s owed: ‘Oh, I thought you needed them resent’

Client refuses to pay and keeps ‘forgetting’ invoices, forcing freelancer to send blitz email barrage to get what’s owed: ‘Oh, I thought you needed them resent’

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UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities

UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities

36-year-old employee frustrated at the lack of upward mobility after being stuck in the same job for 5 years due to aging bosses' refusal to retire: 'My manager is 71. Been in his role for 19 years.'

36-year-old employee frustrated at the lack of upward mobility after being stuck in the same job for 5 years due to aging bosses' refusal to retire: 'My manager is 71. Been in his role for 19 years.'

Healthcare worker catches virus on the job, refuses to work 2 extra weeks after being fired under strict attendance policy: 'Finally I just told her if I wasn’t fired then I quit!'

Healthcare worker catches virus on the job, refuses to work 2 extra weeks after being fired under strict attendance policy: 'Finally I just told her if I wasn’t fired then I quit!'

Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’

Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’

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...'

17-year-old uninvites friend from 18th birthday party after she brings "incompetent" cake: 'She spent ages on the cake. I said, "I don't care"'

17-year-old uninvites friend from 18th birthday party after she brings "incompetent" cake: 'She spent ages on the cake. I said, "I don't care"'

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