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Company's South African branch unexpectedly receives $1,800 donation, manager uses it to create a successful staff micro-loan fund, only for head office to shut it down, demanding the money’s return:

Company's South African branch unexpectedly receives $1,800 donation, manager uses it to create a successful staff micro-loan fund, only for head office to shut it down, demanding the money's return: 'Widely regarded as incredibly helpful'

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Minimum wage baker takes their crooked boss down after catching them pocketing 75% of the bakery's weekly tips: 'Boss says we aren’t entitled to the tips we made'

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Coworker Kim demands changing desks, claiming her crystals need better energy flow by the window to work and align better with her aura: ‘I laughed because I thought she was joking. She wasn’t’

Coworker Kim demands changing desks, claiming her crystals need better energy flow by the window to work and align better with her aura: ‘I laughed because I thought she was joking. She wasn’t’

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Employee uses obscure employee handbook loophole to take PTO when their boss forbids them from taking it before it expires: 'PTO requests not explicitly denied [...] within 48 business hours are [...] approved.”'

‘She quit a week later. Three others followed. All four mentioned the "family" hypocrisy’: CEO calls company family for years, denies financial help to a longtime employee after she loses her house, then criticizes her for not being “team player”

‘She quit a week later. Three others followed. All four mentioned the "family" hypocrisy’: CEO calls company family for years, denies financial help to a longtime employee after she loses her house, then criticizes her for not being “team player”

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Employee refuses to text overbearing boss every time she leaves the house, asserting boundaries: 'I'm literally never late'

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Company seemingly forges their former employee's signature on a company NDA after they quit: ‘[I want] my name off any documents I did not sign’

Company says basic office supplies are for managers only, new hire brings his own and forces a policy change overnight

Company says basic office supplies are for managers only, new hire brings his own and forces a policy change overnight: 'Facial tissues are not for non-managers'

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‘She only worked at a small restaurant and a bakery before’: Hardworking employee gets skipped for promotion when company hires a newbie boss with no experience

‘She only worked at a small restaurant and a bakery before’: Hardworking employee gets skipped for promotion when company hires a newbie boss with no experience

‘I’ve complained to about him, but nothing can be done as he is the head of his area’: Senior staffer exhausts new employee with late-night texts and power plays, pushing him to ignore the senior and avoid the office

‘I’ve complained about him, but nothing can be done as he is the head of his area’: Senior staffer exhausts new employee with late-night texts and power plays, pushing him to ignore the senior and avoid the office

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‘Now they'll have to pay 50% more to replace me’: Tech manager tries to negotiate a lower raise with their star employee, only for her to resign and score a senior position elsewhere

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'PTO is not permission to vanish': Boss bothers employee with constant non-urgent messages during his vacation, employee forwards messages to HR

Veteran employee gets written up by new boss for clocking in 5 minutes later than his usual early time, even though he was early: ‘I told him my shift doesn’t start until 5:00, he said it doesn’t matter when my actual shift starts’

Veteran employee gets written up by new boss for clocking in 5 minutes later than his usual early time, even though he was early: ‘I told him my shift doesn’t start until 5:00, he said it doesn’t matter when my actual shift starts’

32-year-old employee leads major project, but when her 45-year-old boss presents it to executives as his own work, she exposes him in the meeting, clarifying his deception and sparking major workplace tension

'You're undermining the chain of command': 32-year-old employee leads major project, but when her 45-year-old boss presents it to executives as his own work, she exposes him in the meeting, clarifying his deception and sparking major workplace tension

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Management tells employees they're no longer allowed to discuss "burnout" in their 1:1s and are then surprised when the employee asks for stress leave: 'I got 7 weeks off and partial pay, and they had to cover my job'

Boss writes employee up for discussing burnout in meetings, HR gives worker seven weeks of paid leave for burnout

'Management was shocked': Boss writes employee up for discussing burnout in meetings, HR gives worker seven weeks of paid leave for burnout

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Worker finally resigns after a five-year promotion stall, only for the company to offer the immediate role they claimed didn’t exist: 'Your loyalty should be to yourself, not to a company that won't hesitate to string you along'

Worker finally resigns after a five-year promotion stall, only for the company to offer the immediate role they claimed didn’t exist: 'Your loyalty should be to yourself, not to a company that won't hesitate to string you along'

15+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: '[Boss] said, "If you leave I can replace you..." So I did'

15+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: '[Boss] said, "If you leave I can replace you..." So I did'

Boss tells employee to be grateful she has a job after reprimanding her for taking her 30-minute unpaid lunch break, forcing her to make a hard decision about the future of her employment: '[I] sent out 5 applications during my lunch break today'

Boss tells employee to be grateful she has a job after reprimanding her for taking her 30-minute unpaid lunch break, forcing her to make a hard decision about the future of her employment: '[I] sent out 5 applications during my lunch break today'

Employee social fund gets tense when 23-year-old fresh graduate new hire asks for evidence of costs, coworkers single her out for being "stingy" and not contributing: 'I told him I’d be happy to once I got the breakdown I’d asked for'

Employee social fund gets tense when 23-year-old fresh graduate new hire asks for evidence of costs, coworkers single her out for being "stingy" and not contributing: 'I told him I’d be happy to once I got the breakdown I’d asked for'

Employee cautiously convinced to give colleague a single ride home regrets it when she immediately turns to demanding rides at her own convenience like a personal chauffeur: 'From that day on, she started acting like I was her personal ride'

Employee cautiously convinced to give colleague a single ride home regrets it when she immediately turns to demanding rides at her own convenience like a personal chauffeur: 'From that day on, she started acting like I was her personal ride'

72-year-old trust fund baby who retired at 50 tries to lecture younger relatives about work ethic, conveniently ignoring a life built on inherited monthly checks and zero work: ‘His sister in law asked: "Don't you have a trust fund?"’

72-year-old trust fund baby who retired at 50 tries to lecture younger relatives about work ethic, conveniently ignoring a life built on inherited monthly checks and zero work: ‘His sister in law asked: "Don't you have a trust fund?"’

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