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'I was hired and fired within the span of 3 hours': New employee fired three hours after being hired and shown around the company's offices

Customer support employee complies with entitled supervisor's suggestion to never go off script, then supervisor gets put on performance review for his suggestion

Arrogant supervisor tells customer support employee to never go off script, so the employee maliciously complies and causes a ‘Million-Dollar Client Meltdown’

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'I wasn't going to sign something that wasn't my fault': Micromanager tries to shame barista for leaving work due to family emergency despite advanced warning

'I wasn't going to sign something that wasn't my fault': Micromanager tries to shame barista for leaving work due to family emergency despite advanced warning

'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'

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Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

Manager demands strict clean-desk policy in the office, employee comply by wasting company time packing and unpacking their belongings every day: ‘Just following the policy’

Manager demands strict clean-desk policy in the office, employee comply by wasting company time packing and unpacking their belongings every day: ‘Just following the policy’

Resident pays teenager to dig their car out of snow, only for a neighbor to demand to park in that spot instead, resident refuses: ‘Dig yourself out’

Resident pays teenager to dig their car out of snow, only for a neighbor to demand to park in that spot instead, resident refuses: ‘Dig yourself out’

Employee realizes that they have taken less PTO since the company instituted "unlimited" policy due to the implied threat from HR: 'It's just this weird psychological thing where you feel like youre being watched or judged'

Employee realizes that they have taken less PTO since the company instituted "unlimited" policy due to the implied threat from HR: 'It's just this weird psychological thing where you feel like youre being watched or judged'

Corporate management refuses to use 1 of 3 allocated "storm days" to shut down the facility despite 1 foot of snowfall, forcing employees to use their own PTO instead: 'The VP started the email with "Happy Tuesday!!"'

Corporate management refuses to use 1 of 3 allocated "storm days" to shut down the facility despite 1 foot of snowfall, forcing employees to use their own PTO instead: 'The VP started the email with "Happy Tuesday!!"'

Bosses demand worker pick up item with 2-hour car ride, employee maliciously complies: '2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am now spending in my car'

Bosses demand worker pick up item with 2-hour car ride, employee maliciously complies: '2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am now spending in my car'

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