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‘What a mess up!’: New employee accidentally prints 3,600 shipping labels instead of 1 on his third day there, sparks others to share their embarrassing new job stories

‘What a mess up!’: New employee accidentally prints 3,600 shipping labels instead of 1 on his third day there, sparks others to share their embarrassing new job stories

Elna McHilderson

‘Kiss getting a full-time offer goodbye’: CEO of small company sends mass email talking down to the intern, gets private follow up email saying the intern was actually in the right

‘Kiss getting a full-time offer goodbye’: CEO of small company sends mass email talking down to the intern, gets private follow up email saying the intern was actually in the right

Elna McHilderson

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'Enjoy the stress!': Minimum wage worker finds herself scheduled even though her vacation days were approved a month prior, leaves them high and dry

'Enjoy the stress!': Minimum wage worker finds herself scheduled even though her vacation days were approved a month prior, leaves them high and dry

Elna McHilderson

‘We fired… A customer!’: Arts and crafts store employees share times they had to ban customers who were regular Karens

‘We fired… A customer!’: Arts and crafts store employees share times they had to ban customers who were regular Karens

Elna McHilderson

'[Microwaving] fish in the communal area should be a fireable offense.’: Coworker gets called out for stinking up the entire office with her lunch, threatens to go to HR for ‘food shaming’

'[Microwaving] fish in the communal area should be a fireable offense.’: Coworker gets called out for stinking up the entire office with her lunch, threatens to go to HR for ‘food shaming’

Elna McHilderson

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‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

Elna McHilderson

'Never let someone tell you how much you are worth': Loyal employee gets denied raise and then finds her position listed on a job site, quits on the spot and gets $30k more

'Never let someone tell you how much you are worth': Loyal employee gets denied raise and then finds her position listed on a job site, quits on the spot and gets $30k more

Elna McHilderson

‘It broke my heart, but I couldn’t tolerate it anymore’: Karen manager secretly changes schedule and ‘forces’ employee to quit, higher ups apologize and ask her to return but it's too late

‘It broke my heart, but I couldn’t tolerate it anymore’: Karen manager secretly changes schedule and ‘forces’ employee to quit, higher ups apologize and ask her to return but it's too late

Elna McHilderson

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'[She] quit before lunch on the first day': The quickest on-the-spot quits employees have witnessed firsthand

'[She] quit before lunch on the first day': The quickest on-the-spot quits employees have witnessed firsthand

Elna McHilderson

‘[He] regretted it': Entitled supervisor at a casino kitchen tries to get dishwasher to work for free, ruins his own career

‘[He] regretted it': Entitled supervisor at a casino kitchen tries to get dishwasher to work for free, ruins his own career

Elna McHilderson

'He shorted himself': Electronics specialist inadvertently gets petty revenge on new entitled boss when he corrects him in front of a big wig, boss gets transferred

'He shorted himself': Electronics specialist inadvertently gets petty revenge on new entitled boss when he corrects him in front of a big wig, boss gets transferred

Elna McHilderson

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‘Sorry, I have no desire to help’: Unjustly fired employee takes 18 coworkers with him and 6 months severance, gets revenge a couple of years later by inadvertently shutting down their website

‘Sorry, I have no desire to help’: Unjustly fired employee takes 18 coworkers with him and 6 months severance, gets revenge a couple of years later by inadvertently shutting down their website

Elna McHilderson

'I love justice': Smug boss fires employee but twists it to say he quit, ends up digging himself a ditch and now owes the ex-employee $500 extra

'I love justice': Smug boss fires employee but twists it to say he quit, ends up digging himself a ditch and now owes the ex-employee $500 extra

Elna McHilderson

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20+ Employees share coworkers they saw get fired on their first day: 'Drove a skid into the side of the house we were working on'

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A Pink Slip of Memes and Tweets to Send Your Boss If You Want to Quit Your Job

A Pink Slip of Memes and Tweets to Send Your Boss If You're Trying to Quit Your Job

Elna McHilderson

‘Hundreds of pies… Stopped [by me]’: Pizza place manager forced to apologize and then fired after snubbing customer responsible for corporate's largest yearly order

‘Hundreds of pies… Stopped [by me]’: Pizza place manager forced to apologize and then fired after snubbing customer responsible for corporate's largest yearly order

Elna McHilderson

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'I called her a pathetic insecure woman who I wanted nothing more to do with:' Stepmom rejoices in woman's pregnancy complications, bringing their strained relationship to a head

'I called her a pathetic insecure woman who I wanted nothing more to do with:' Stepmom rejoices in woman's pregnancy complications, bringing their strained relationship to a head

28-year-old coworker asks for 30-year-old employee's help, then goes to HR accusing him of taking credit: 'I didn’t take credit away from her'

28-year-old coworker asks for 30-year-old employee's help, then goes to HR accusing him of taking credit: 'I didn’t take credit away from her'

'I owe the HOA $0.01': Resident discovers his annual HOA maintenance fees were $161.64 instead of the $161.63 amount he paid, prepares to fight back

'I owe the HOA $0.01': Resident discovers his annual HOA maintenance fees were $161.64 instead of the $161.63 amount he paid, prepares to fight back

College student abandons entitled friend's family after they make her their personal vacation worker for 9 people: '[The parents] did a double-take seeing me on the beach'

College student abandons entitled friend's family after they make her their personal vacation worker for 9 people: '[The parents] did a double-take seeing me on the beach'

Woman's husband has band practice in their house, woman gets stuck babysitting band members' kids: 'My husband thinks I am weird for saying I don’t want to take care of his bandmates kids'

Woman's husband has band practice in their house, woman gets stuck babysitting band members' kids: 'My husband thinks I am weird for saying I don’t want to take care of his bandmates kids'

Employee forces entitled customer out after coming in five minutes before closing with a complicated order: 'I pointed him to the door'

Employee forces entitled customer out after coming in five minutes before closing with a complicated order: 'I pointed him to the door'

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