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'I don't need to buy [my coworkers] gifts': Employee refuses to participate in Office Secret Santa, gets into conflict with HR

'I don't need to buy [my coworkers] gifts': Employee refuses to participate in Office Secret Santa, gets into conflict with HR

'I think I did better than expected': Boss instructs deaf employee to transcribe a tape

'I think I did better than expected': Boss instructs deaf employee to transcribe a tape, cue employee's malicious compliance

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'Did my employee rage-quit, or did I fire her?': Manager joins HR to figure out what to do about twice-fired employee

'Did my employee rage-quit, or did I fire her?': Manager joins HR to figure out what to do about twice-fired employee

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'I parked in their space... somebody else got jealous and tattled to HR': IT worker conspires with their boss to snag a good parking spot through malicious compliance

'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

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'I dunno, I’ll have to ask my mom': 30+ Job interviewees who didn't get the job after answering questions wrong

'I dunno, I’ll have to ask my mom': 30+ Job interviewees who didn't get the job thanks to their hilariously wrong answers

'One guy [complained] that his coworker was mimicking his get up [...] said that it's identity theft': 20+ ridiculous complaints as told by HR

'One guy [complained] that his coworker was mimicking his get up [...] said that it's identity theft': 20+ ridiculous complaints as told by HR

'They canceled my two weeks off': HR approves employee's PTO for their mother's funeral, then cancels request, employee has an outburst

'They canceled my two weeks off': HR approves employee's PTO for her mother's funeral, then cancels request, employee has an outburst

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'He got laid off. An hour into his first day': 10+ wild workplace stories as told by HR

'He got laid off. An hour into his first day': 10+ wild workplace stories as told by HR

'Rep has horrible body odor': Employee has had it with coworker's B.O. problem, files a complaint to management

'Rep has horrible body odor': Employee has had it with coworker's B.O. problem, files a complaint to management

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

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'News of Shannon's self-firing raced through the building': Assistant director investigates 'untouchable' employee's performance

'News of Shannon's self-firing raced through the building': Assistant director investigates 'untouchable' employee's performance

'I don't believe in vacation': 30+ Interviewees who spotted red flags at the workplace and ran

'I don't believe in vacation': 30+ Interviewees who spotted red flags at the workplace and ran the other direction

'I went full Karen': Job applicant loses it at hiring manager's process, contacts HR, manager gets reprimanded

'I went full Karen': Job applicant rejects hiring manager's process, contacts HR, manager gets reprimanded

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'Completely unacceptable': Employee misses orientation, has to write 1000+ word essay, maliciously complies and frustrates HR

'Completely unacceptable': Employee misses orientation, has to write 1000+ word essay, maliciously complies and frustrates HR

'At the end of day two, I have spent 36 hours at work': Hourly employee gets 'salaried' treatment from boss

'At the end of day two, I have spent 36 hours at work': Hourly employee gets 'salaried' treatment from boss who refuses to listen to them

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Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Company spends $263,000 a year on engineering team’s daily meeting instead of letting them work: ‘Decisions made during standup: zero’

Company spends $263,000 a year on engineering team’s daily meeting instead of letting them work: ‘Decisions made during standup: zero’

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'

Freelance employee quits after being overworked and underpaid for 8 months, 4 years later he sees they're still using his Dropbox, so he deletes everything: ‘[Everything] they've been relying on for years will be gone.'

Freelance employee quits after being overworked and underpaid for 8 months, 4 years later he sees they're still using his Dropbox, so he deletes everything: ‘[Everything] they've been relying on for years will be gone.'

Boss tries to pin stock discrepancy on team, only to be proven wrong by employee who documented everything: ‘He did not bring it up again’

Boss tries to pin stock discrepancy on team, only to be proven wrong by employee who documented everything: ‘He did not bring it up again’

Residents refuse entitled woman who demands they move away from their own apartment doorway, knowing she doesn’t even live in the complex

Residents refuse entitled woman who demands they move away from their own apartment doorway, knowing she doesn’t even live in the complex

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