in the workplace

Coworker reports employee to HR for not inviting her to her private wedding, forcing her to have to explain to HR why she's not invited: 'Some people really do think they’re the main character'

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High-achiever "quiet quits" and gets a job in a different area of the company with better pay when manager ignores their repeated warnings about impending issues, watches as the disaster happens exactly as they predicted: 'My new job is a piece of cake'

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Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

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New supervisor tells warehouse worker to mind her own business when she points out that one of the other machines is smoking, '10 minutes later, the thing actually caught fire'

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Employee labeled as having an "unprofessional attitude" by their employer after inquiring about their missing and late paycheck: 'My last paycheck was late. Not by a day or two, almost a full week'

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Overworked employee is unceremoniously fired after giving their 2 weeks' notice, which was to end with 3 days of leave: '55+ [hour] weeks with no overtime'

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Coworker gets banned from break room coffee machine after trying to make oatmeal in it and refusing to contribute to supplies: 'Danielle is no longer permitted to use this machine'

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CEO tries to take employee's personal office chair because it's nicer than his, employee keeps it in the back of his car where everyone coming to the office can see it: 'I'm 100% certain they thought I was just going to give in and let him have my chair'

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Print shop boss demands large print job start 'this instant' when preparation is incomplete, has to be redone, and costs the company a lot of money: 'Job was late, we lost any profit we were looking forward to through overnight delivery, reprint, etc.'

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Employee told they're not allowed to work from home, when they're asked to finish something urgently on the weekend they remind management of "the policy": 'I will get to it on Monday whenever I have the opportunity. Everything will be late'

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Employee comes in to the office when they are sick at their boss's demand, boss soon regrets it: 'Boss said no working from home'

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Employee is fired after being placed on a PIP and being given the cold shoulder immediately following medical leave : 'HR is not your friend. Learned that the hard way...'

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18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

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Interviewer tells candidate to stop talking when candidate's refusal to let them speak leads to candidate literally talking himself out of a job: 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job. Now that chance is zero'

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Employee shares her struggle of commuting 3 hours to work, leaving little personal time to even do chores, receives sound advice: 'In a single 24-hour weekday cycle, I have on average 4 hours a day to just exist without work'

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UPDATE: 'He didn't take it well': New boss demands employee stay to work unscheduled overtime, employee hits him with a "no," gets fired

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