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'Don’t be that coworker that works through their lunch break': Employees discuss whether if it's okay or not to spend your lunch break working

María Cetra

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Boss refuses to approve employees' overtime, yet continuesly piles work on them 10 minutes before end of day, employee decides: ‘I clock out, grab my bag, and walk’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Out-of-work employee gets rejected after 5 rounds of interviews through a phone call that lasted 12 minutes with the VP of operations, who was in his car: 'Why do companies make candidates jump through endless hoops?'

María Cetra

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

JR Atkinson

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New work rule doubles employee's commute time home, refuses to let them leave 15 minutes early to avoid this: 'Are we being unreasonable?'

JR Atkinson

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Job deducts $37 per month from an employee's paycheck for meals, even though the employee brings his lunch every day: 'I'm still at the point where $37 a month actually matters.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom of 2 offers to babysit her friend's kids full time, only to have her friend tell her she needs to cut down her paycheck to half: 'I would have never agreed to this'

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Boss demands employee show up 1 hour earlier unpaid, sends an AI-generated message to motivate them: 'You have the potential to do great things'

JR Atkinson

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Boss extends new employee's probation period, so employee quits without notice after finding better job: ‘Boss threw an absolute fit’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager asks employee to clock them in 30 minutes before they arrive, ices them out when employee refuses: 'I'm not risking my job for someone else'

JR Atkinson

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Employee got his hours cut and gave them to the owner’s nephew, now they want him to go on weekends, but he already has a new job: ‘If your nephews are so amazing, why aren't you calling them to cover the weekend?'

María Cetra

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Boss asks employee to stay on for 4 weeks after being denied a full-time job to help train her replacement: 'I’m so frazzled'

JR Atkinson

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28-year-old employee gets fired, but her boss claims she resigned—all after she left work early upon being lectured for 2 hours about her request to be treated with respect: 'I received an email that he interpreted it as resigning and I could not return'

Brad Dickson

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Boss forces employee to sign offer letter with worse benefits and pitiful pay raise, threatens to fire them if they don't comply: 'I signed out of panic and fear'

JR Atkinson

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Restaurant owners cut hardworking employees hours down from 48 hours a week to 32 hours a week so their lazy nephews can work more, get angry when he gets a 2nd job on the weekends

Emmy Pratt

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Boss continually contacts employee after work hours with non-emergency asks: 'I'm muting her number going forward'

JR Atkinson

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