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Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks

Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks: 'My ex-boss quit [just] two weeks after I left'

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Boss demands 24/7 "urgent" access to employee, interrupting the employee's evenings and weekends with tasks that could have waited: 'If I’m not answering emails at 10PM, I’ll wake up to passive aggressive messages'

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Executive directors accidentally send job candidate private meeting video discussing her job interview

UPDATE: Executive directors accidentally send job candidate private meeting video discussing her job interview: 'Do I just pretend I didn't see the recap?'

Underpaid employee scores $170k job offer elsewhere, then recruits 6 other colleagues to leave their stingy company high and dry

Underpaid employee scores $170k job offer elsewhere, then recruits 6 other colleagues to leave their stingy company high and dry: ‘The feeling of vindication is unreal’

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Experienced employee revokes their job candidacy after 6 months of interviewing with the same company, calling out their flawed system before accepting a higher paying job: 'So much time had been wasted'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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10+ Unwritten rules employees shared about their workplace environments

10+ Unwritten rules employees shared about their workplace environments: 'Speak to the boss as if you were talking to a young child'

Entitled friend demands a cut of her friend's $500 referral work bonus

Entitled friend demands a cut of her friend's $500 referral work bonus: ‘I laughed it off and didn’t think she was being serious’

‘Pretty sure the cat was the real hiring manager': Guy ends up having to wrangle a cat loose in the office during his job interview, gets the cat and gets hired

‘Pretty sure the cat was the real hiring manager': Guy ends up having to wrangle a cat loose in the office during his job interview, gets the cat and gets hired

Elna McHilderson

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Underpaid and overworked employee scores a unicorn job offer and resigns from their current role, boss loses it

‘And just like that, the tables have completely turned’: Underpaid and overworked employee lands a unicorn job offer and resigns from their current role, boss loses it

27-year-old told by 50-year-old employer that she's "too old" to work at a smoothie shop

27-year-old told by 50-year-old employer that she's "too old" to work at a smoothie shop: 'I'm sure Leonardo DiCaprio would love this place'

New hire overhears coworker say she won’t last 3 months, employee sticks it out and confronts coworker on her last day

New hire overhears coworker say she won’t last 3 months, employee sticks it out and confronts coworker on her last day: ‘So, I guess I lasted longer than 3 months!’

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48-year-old job candidate gets grilled about a gap in his resume from 20+ years ago: 'Can you tell us what you were doing during that time?'

48-year-old job candidate gets grilled about a gap in his resume from 20+ years ago: 'Can you tell us what you were doing during that time?'

Tech employee discovers job candidate used AI during interview, refuses to hire them

Tech CEO discovers job candidate used AI during interview, refuses to hire them: 'It was dishonest... We will not be moving forward with the hiring process'

Job candidates withdraw from final interview after hiring manager sends them an assignment that requires hours of unpaid work: ‘I find [it] very unprofessional’

Job candidates withdraw from final interview after hiring manager sends them an assignment that requires hours of unpaid work: ‘I find [it] very unprofessional’

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Employee quits stable job for better position elsewhere, then gets fired on day four with no justified explanation: '[They] told me I wasn't the right fit!'

Employee quits stable job for better position elsewhere, then gets fired on day four with no justified explanation: '[They] told me I wasn't the right fit!'

Employee takes an interview from a competitor, CEO finds out, employee gets fired: 'I'm honestly baffled by the situation'

Employee takes an interview from a competitor, CEO finds out, employee gets fired: 'I'm honestly baffled by the situation'

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Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

26+ year grocery store employee calls out "micromanagers" by name in company-wide email: 'The working conditions are so bad I don't even want to be here myself'

26+ year grocery store employee calls out "micromanagers" by name in company-wide email: 'The working conditions are so bad I don't even want to be here myself'

Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

32-year-old carpenter fixes her older neighbor’s broken fence secretly at night so he won’t feel embarrassed just for others in the neighborhood to criticize her actions: ‘I didn’t do it for credit; I just wanted him to feel capable and happy’

32-year-old carpenter fixes her older neighbor’s broken fence secretly at night so he won’t feel embarrassed just for others in the neighborhood to criticize her actions: ‘I didn’t do it for credit; I just wanted him to feel capable and happy’

Lawyer submits 75 case files full of mistakes in 1 day to get back at bosses: 'No matter what they did, their system didn't work'

Lawyer submits 75 case files full of mistakes in 1 day to get back at bosses: 'No matter what they did, their system didn't work'

31-year-old pregnant coworker Sarah tries to take a front parking spot from a colleague with a knee problem, leading to office drama and HR intervention: ‘I felt guilty, but I stood my ground’

31-year-old pregnant coworker Sarah tries to take a front parking spot from a colleague with a knee problem, leading to office drama and HR intervention: ‘I felt guilty, but I stood my ground’

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