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'The hype is way overblown': 15 Employees quietly changing their career plans because of AI

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Manager bans employees from sitting on chairs while working, leading employees to constantly take “fatigue breaks” as issued by the handbook: ‘Chairs came back the next Monday’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Former employee refuses to help boss and colleagues when they ask questions about the vacant job, then decides to block them when they fail to stop: ‘Kindly kick rocks’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss demands employee stop leaving a minute early at the end of the workday, despite knowing employee also arrives early, employee responds: ‘Why nitpick?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee interrupts team-building meeting to complain about not needing the training, leading coworkers to call employee out: 'The team looked at me in disbelief'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Candidate spends 6 weeks and 4 interview rounds as top pick for a role that was frozen two months before he even applied, nobody told recruiting: ‘[The] role was frozen before I even applied.’

Inés Soubrie

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Ex-Employee Uses Fake Reference Check to Catch Their Former Boss Tarnishing Their Name to Potential Hiring Companies

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company installs tracking software that checks employees' mouse movements to determine productivity, until one employee proves the system is faulty: ‘He told me to wiggle my mouse’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Candidate shares salary expectations on startup screening call, recruiter laughs and says "that's cute," she hangs up immediately and gets a better offer days later: ‘I said “I don't think we're aligned, thanks for your time" and hit leave.'

Inés Soubrie

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Employee gets offer from rival company, decides to take the job, until current company gets word of it and demands employee stay: ‘Please be joking'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Texas employee changes LinkedIn status to "Open to Work," now seeks legal protection after boss treats his social media post as a resignation letter

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate refuses to have Zoom interview recorded after recruiter won't turn her camera on: 'If cameras are required, both should have it turned on'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate denies job offer after they sit through an interview without being asked a single question by the hiring manager: ‘He told me to be quiet’

Bar Mor Hazut

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AI-obsessed manager tells IT staff to automate “everything possible,” instantly regrets it after employee uses Claude to complete mandatory HIPAA training: ‘There are some things he doesn’t want AI doing’

Cata Holmes

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Update: Boss denies employee's July PTO request because it aligns with her vacation, employee refuses to cancel her trip, finds better job at competitor

Ben Weiss

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Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Bar Mor Hazut

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