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'Look busy!': Student worker gets paid $10,000 to sit on his phone, maliciously complying with boss's orders to take his time on new project

'Look busy!': Student worker gets paid $10,000 to sit on his phone, maliciously complying with boss's orders to take his time on new project

Boss demands employees provide details about their PTO, forcing them to lie to keep their private life, private: ‘Causes me unnecessary stress’

Boss demands employees provide details about their PTO, forcing them to lie to keep their private life, private: ‘Causes me unnecessary stress’

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Toxic boss changes company PTO policy only after employee turns in their resignation notice: ‘I only have 1.5 days according to them’

Toxic boss changes company PTO policy only after employee turns in their resignation notice: ‘I only have 1.5 days according to them’

'My boss is a literal insane person': New hire gets called into boss's office 3 weeks in with boss claiming no one likes her

'My boss is a literal insane person': New hire gets called into boss's office 3 weeks in with boss claiming no one likes her

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Boss cancels employee's work-from-home policy following a bout of illness that took them out of work: ‘I’m on the verge of being fired'

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‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her to HR and manager makes excuses to save face

‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her but manager makes excuses to save face

‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

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Employee told to drop everything to serve their boss coffee, drops 300 files on the ground and spills the coffee on him before quitting: 'I was working for the new company 22 minutes later'

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'At 5:00pm, I am leaving': Manager assigns "urgent" task 4:50pm to be completed by end of day, employee stands his ground

'At 5:00pm, I am leaving': Manager assigns "urgent" task 4:50pm to be completed by end of day, employee stands his ground

Manager rejects boss's request to have their assistant work on their day off: 'Work [shouldn't] take up 99% of your life and energy'

Manager rejects boss's request to have their assistant work on their day off: 'Work [shouldn't] take up 99% of your life and energy'

Manager scolds gym employee for consistently clocking out late because of a tardy coworker, so the employee leaves the gym at 6AM sharp, leaving patrons unsupervised

Manager scolds gym employee for consistently clocking out late because of a tardy coworker, so the employee leaves the gym at 6 AM sharp, leaving patrons inside unsupervised

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Management blames worker for their own decisions, accusing them of sabotaging the company: 'They started blaming me even though I had nothing to do with the decision'

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Job candidate receives bait-and-switch lowball offer after successfully interviewing for the role, quits two hours before their first shift: 'I quit two hours before my first shift this morning'

Micromanager boss insists reliable employee finish urgent project by ‘strictly adher[ing]’ to company manual, so the employee take his sweet time and flops on deadline

Micromanager boss insists reliable employee finish urgent project by ‘strictly adher[ing]’ to company manual, so the employee takes his sweet time and purposefully flops on deadline

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'My boss is stealing money from my 401k': Employee seeks legal action after discovering his boss has been secretly withdrawing contributions to his retirement account

'My boss is stealing money from my 401k': Employee seeks legal action after discovering his boss has been secretly withdrawing contributions to his retirement account

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Customer complains after employee refuses to help them while on their lunch break, boss takes customer's side: 'My boss sat me down and told me I should have just helped her'

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Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

Oregon tenant comes home to find her landlord entered without notice and moved bedroom furniture around while “checking for a possible moisture issue”

Oregon tenant comes home to find her landlord entered without notice and moved bedroom furniture around while “checking for a possible moisture issue”

Boss replaces his employees with AI, then begs everyone to come back when his business goes up in flames: ‘Their clients are suing them’

Boss replaces his employees with AI, then begs everyone to come back when his business goes up in flames: ‘Their clients are suing them’

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'I literally told her not to': Entitled 23-year-old gets German Shepherd without roommate's approval, roommate ends up doing all the work

'I literally told her not to': Entitled 23-year-old gets German Shepherd without roommate's approval, roommate ends up doing all the work

29-year-old wife is tired of her same-age husband’s people-pleasing tendencies. 'No one sees the other side of the coin, where he’s completely bitter and resentful because he feels that he gives more than he gets.'

29-year-old wife is tired of her same-age husband’s people-pleasing tendencies. 'No one sees the other side of the coin, where he’s completely bitter and resentful because he feels that he gives more than he gets.'

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