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'Can I tell my job the REAL reason why I’m leaving?': Man is ready to quit thanks to his wildly difficult new boss

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'[I] got my entire Chain of Command fired': Bosses tell employee to check the same inventory over and over, employee anonymously reports their bosses

'[I] got my entire Chain of Command fired': Bosses demand employee check the same inventory over and over, employee anonymously reports their bosses

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'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

'Didn't I just sign a paper where I promised that I never would talk back to you?': Fast food worker forced to never talk back to manager after defending coworker, cue malicious compliance

'Didn't I just sign a paper where I promised that I never would talk back to you?': Fast food worker forced to never talk back to manager after defending coworker, cue malicious compliance

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'Having a window is "above my position"': Boss freaks out on office worker for moving desks to one that's too good for them

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'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

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'They blew up her phone at work': Boss repeatedly calls worker's wife when he calls out due to family emergency

'Company event was a cringe fest': Boss requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

'Company event was a cringe fest': CEO requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

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‘It felt so… power-trippy?’: Job candidate asked to show recruiter around their room during Zoom interview

‘It felt so…power-trippy?’: Job candidate asked to show recruiter around their room during Zoom interview

‘I couldn’t believe my ears’: Company asks employees to deduct up to $5K out of paychecks to be ‘team players’

‘I couldn’t believe my ears’: Company asks employees to deduct up to $5K out of paychecks to be ‘team players’

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'My boss keeps calling me when I'm home with pneumonia': Boss texts sick employee 15+ times asking for 'quick tasks'

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'Our place was fined': Overworked employee has to take on incompetent coworker's job, maliciously complies and gets boss in trouble

'Our place was fined': Overworked employee has to take on incompetent coworker's job, maliciously complies and gets boss in trouble

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'She quit': Boss can't handle a taste of their own medicine, quits

'Suddenly they could give me a $2.25 raise': Boss tells employee they can't give him a raise, employee gets better job, boss coughs up the money

'Suddenly they could give me a $2.25 raise': Boss tells employee they can't give him a raise, employee gets better job, boss coughs up the money

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'This looks like a personal print job': Boss makes employees pay to use printer for personal use, employee catches boss breaking the rules

'This looks like a personal print job': Boss makes employees pay to use printer for personal use, employee catches boss breaking the rules

'Quit the next day': 10+ dream jobs that weren't what they were cracked up to be

'Quit the next day': 10+ dream jobs that weren't what they were cracked up to be

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Employee gets fired with no warning the day their vacation was set to begin, gets a string of frantic messages not even 24 hours later about returning their equipment after they've already left home: 'I cannot get over how insensitive it feels'

Employee gets fired with no warning the day their vacation was set to begin, gets a string of frantic messages not even 24 hours later about returning their equipment after they've already left home: 'I cannot get over how insensitive it feels'

Work-from-home employee rebels after boss starts tracking mouse and keyboard activity: 'Remote work was supposed to be about trust and flexibility'

Work-from-home employee rebels after boss starts tracking mouse and keyboard activity: 'Remote work was supposed to be about trust and flexibility'

Boss tries to push construction engineer to apply for demotion to lower-level lower-pay position when their contract ends, claiming he’s not invested enough: ‘I don't live for my projects. And I don't see how that's a bad thing’

Boss tries to push construction engineer to apply for demotion to lower-level lower-pay position when their contract ends, claiming he’s not invested enough: ‘I don't live for my projects. And I don't see how that's a bad thing’

Boss dates secretary and fast-tracks her promotion into power, sidelining his longest-serving worker’s career: ‘My career has stagnated while she gets all the good projects’

Boss dates secretary and fast-tracks her promotion into power, sidelining his longest-serving worker’s career: ‘My career has stagnated while she gets all the good projects’

'I REFUSE to work if I’m not getting paid': Overworked employee goes part time, leaving entitled coworkers to fend for themselves

'I REFUSE to work if I’m not getting paid': Overworked employee goes part time, leaving entitled coworkers to fend for themselves

‘I quit that job about 3 months later’: Mechanic is left alone after coworkers walk out on an overbooked post‑Thanksgiving Saturday, grinds through the chaos, gets praised with a fast-food gift card by management

‘I quit that job about 3 months later’: Mechanic is left alone after coworkers walk out on an overbooked post‑Thanksgiving Saturday, grinds through the chaos, gets praised with a fast-food gift card by management

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