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Boss continually schedules mandatory meetings during unpaid lunch break: 'I don’t want to get marked as difficult, but I’m burnt out'

JR Atkinson

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Workplace contacts employee's emergency contact for a non-emergency, worker wonders if it's a privacy violation: 'They called my mother and left a voice note'

JR Atkinson

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Company lays off employee, wants to throw a farewell party for them: 'Genuinely don’t know how to feel or react to this'

JR Atkinson

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Employee travels 1700 miles for new job, is laid off after 1 month for not having enough experience in an entry-level position: 'How are young people supposed to make it in this world?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee sends fake resume to the company where he works out of curiosity, leaves the link to his real portfolio, they catch him, and now he's getting in trouble with HR

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Woman refuses to keep watering neighbor's plants after neighbor starts leaving a to-do list every time she's out of town: ‘A favor shouldn’t turn into a second job’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Prospective employee is rejected because they didn't agree to the job before seeing the final offer: 'The wanted me to give up on all negotiating'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker constantly takes credit for colleague's work, colleague starts leaving easter eggs in their notes: 'I embedded a completely fake bullet point right in the middle'

JR Atkinson

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Newark Airport self-checkout demands 18% tip even though no employee is working: 'He had to click out of it'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is fired via group chat in front of coworkers as a fear tactic: 'He just put her on blast in front of the whole company'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is written up as 'no call no show' even though they were not notified of the shift change: 'I don’t think my personal phone should be a job requirement'

JR Atkinson

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37-year-old puts his high-school crush down as a reference when applying to her job, even though they hadn't seen each other in 22 years: 'He had an unhealthy obsession with me.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss Puts Employee on Commission Pay After Deciding They Make Too Much Money, Employee Refuses to Work: ‘I don't get paid to answer the phone’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss continually pings employee during the weekends without offering overtime: 'My weekends feel like they don’t belong to me anymore'

JR Atkinson

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Company charges $18 for 'free' employee appreciation lunch without warning: 'I just find it ridiculous that a company can turn a thank you into something you owe them for'

JR Atkinson

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Boss denies employee a promotion, forces them to do the work anyway: 'I've been dragged in again and again to provide fixes, guidance and steer for the new member of staff'

JR Atkinson

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