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'Projects started running behind': HR micromanager asks everyone to start work at the same time

'Projects started running behind': HR micromanager demands everyone starts work at the same time, cue "mass malicious compliance"

‘HR quashed the employee’s raise': HR override manager who approves employee's request for 8% raise, employee quits, company crumbles

‘HR quashed the employee’s raise': HR override manager who approves employee's request for 8% raise, employee quits, company crumbles

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'Boss wants me to work more hours': Part-time student takes former coworker's work with extra hours but no extra pay

'Boss wants me to work more hours': Part-time student takes on former coworker's work with extra hours but no extra pay

Company policy outranks a written contract? Okay, we'll stick to policy then.

'We just wanted them to honor the contract': Couple moving for work discover they won't be fully repaid, HR director steps in to enforce policy

'I’m the only female in the group': Boss makes only female engineer organize office lunches, she stands up for herself

'I’m the only female in the group': Boss makes only female engineer organize office lunches, employee stands her ground

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'She demanded I hire her': Manager's old company calls begging him to hire his useless ex-coworker to get her off their hands

'Karen was put on stress leave': Unqualified Nepo Baby Karen processes coworker's leave incorrectly, coworker gets to go on leave again

'Karen was put on stress leave': Unqualified Nepo Baby Karen processes coworker's leave incorrectly, coworker gets to go on leave again

'Just got passed up for a promotion': IT employee denied promotion by CEO because HR says he's part-time

'Just got passed up for a promotion': IT employee denied promotion by CEO because HR says he's part-time

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Update: 'So you lied to me:' HR denies raise promised to employee, employee gets back at HR by canceling furniture order for her office

Update: 'So you lied to me:' HR denies raise promised to employee, employee gets back at HR by canceling furniture order for her office

'One of us had to go': Boss pressures employee to leave because of jealous wife, employee goes to HR

'One of us had to go': Employee goes to HR after boss pressured her to leave because of his jealous wife

'She tells me I am going to be fired': HR Karen changes dress code to try and fire workers, they comply by wearing women's clothing

'She tells me I am going to be fired': HR Karen changes dress code to try and fire workers, they comply by wearing women's clothing

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'He's a compulsive liar': Coworker always one-ups everyone else in the office, gets caught in a lie, HR intervenes

'He's a compulsive liar': Coworker always one-ups everyone else in the office, gets caught in a lie, HR intervenes

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'I applaud your father for... calling their bluff': Employee refutes his job's petty HR team with his own evidence

they CAN NOT be serious

'An overpayment has been identified': Former CVS employee receives request to send a check for one cent after overpayment error

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Not even entitled to my own leave. Requested it a month and a half earlier btw.

'Your request cannot be granted': Employee denied PTO request because boss can't plan ahead

Let’s shame people for using their medical benefits

'It was a slap in the face': Pregnant employee's boss shames her at the company meeting for having to go to the emergency room

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Sister gives up inherited land to brother, then demands to have it back after property values skyrocket: 'Now that it’s valuable, they want it back'

Sister gives up inherited land to brother, then demands to have it back after property values skyrocket: 'Now that it’s valuable, they want it back'

Manager schedules ‘mandatory’ staff meeting during the day, night shift employee shows up in sleepwear to send him a message: ’[It] cut into my sleep schedule’

Manager schedules ‘mandatory’ staff meeting during the day, night shift employee shows up in sleepwear to send him a message: ’[It] cut into my sleep schedule’

‘Sure, I'll think outside the box’: Corporate employee is fed up with workplace jargon, so he takes his boss's advice literally during an important client presentation

‘Sure, I'll think outside the box’: Corporate employee is fed up with workplace jargon, so he takes his boss's advice literally during an important client presentation

Management bans an employee from being friends with her coworkers, then complains she isn’t friendly enough with the new hires: ‘I've been called yesterday with 2 managers and the CEO. Needless to say I fell off my chair’

Management bans an employee from being friends with her coworkers, then complains she isn’t friendly enough with the new hires: ‘I've been called yesterday with 2 managers and the CEO. Needless to say I fell off my chair’

‘He made me take a personality test’: Employees discuss the moment they realized their managers were bizarrely toxic

‘He made me take a personality test’: Employees discuss the moment they realized their managers were bizarrely toxic

‘The gloves were off’: Couple purchases seats on either side of man in an empty theater, so he teaches them a lesson by ways of popcorn, candy, and commentary

‘The gloves were off’: Couple purchases seats on either side of man in an empty theater, so he teaches them a lesson by ways of popcorn, candy, and commentary

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