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Guy gets surgeon to write note requiring that he flies business class for all work trips for the next 18 months: 'Ended up costing them at least $20,000 extra'

Guy gets surgeon to write note requiring that he flies business class for all work trips for the next 18 months: 'Ended up costing them at least $20,000 extra'

Boss gets rid of everyone's remote days but then keeps working from home himself: 'He always makes excuses'

Boss gets rid of everyone's remote days but then keeps working from home himself: 'He always makes excuses'

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Company demands job applicant purchase their product as part of their assignment, applicant refuses, accusing the company of scamming: ‘I will not partake in this assessment’

Company demands job applicant purchase their product as part of their assignment, applicant refuses, accusing the company of scamming: ‘I will not partake in this assessment’

New manager gets rid of chairs and makes employees stand for full shifts even when there are no customers: 'We now have to stand for 8 hours'

New manager gets rid of chairs and makes employees stand for full shifts even when there are no customers: 'We now have to stand for 8 hours'

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Craft store Karen accosts fellow customer and accuses them of being an employee of the store: 'She accused me of just not wanting to help her'

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'She really wrote this with a straight face?!': Employee chastised by micromanager for being late by sixty seconds and forced to 'make up' every second at the end of the shift

'She really wrote this with a straight face?!': Employee chastised by micromanager for being late by sixty seconds and forced to 'make up' every second at the end of the shift

'Yeah, I'm not doing that': Employee fired and tasked to train incompetent replacements before leaving the company, training backfires

'Yeah, I'm not doing that': Employee fired and tasked to train incompetent replacements before leaving the company, training backfires

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'No one wants to work for $10 an hour': Out-of-touch boss refuses to pay new hires more than $10/hr, throws a fit when nobody responds to their job listings

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Lead programmer insists there's something wrong with their computer to system admin, ends up being their own code: 'I tried not to laugh, but I just couldn't hold it in'

Construction workers get back at boss's entitled son after weeks of being treated like hired help

Construction workers get back at boss's entitled son after weeks of being treated like hired help

'Write me up for insubordination!': Engineer rebels after micromanaging boss asks employees to sign in and out when they use the restroom

'Write me up for insubordination!': Engineer rebels after micromanaging boss asks employees to sign in and out when they use the restroom

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'I went full Karen on a hiring manager': Job candidate calls out recruiter's tone, shares their conversation with their head of HR

'I went full Karen on a hiring manager': Job candidate calls out recruiter's tone, shares their conversation with their head of HR

'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

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'The company lost out on a $500K deal': New CFO gets fired after forcing layoffs of essential employees, employee gets a "six-figure" consultancy payout

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'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

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'I decided to write him an email and CC his boss': Medical worker stands up for employee break times, commenters urge them to involve HR

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Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

15+ Workers who quit on the spot: 'It was worth it to watch [the manager] stand up to the VP like that'

15+ Workers who quit on the spot: 'It was worth it to watch [the manager] stand up to the VP like that'

‘I honestly didn’t mean it as revenge, I just didn’t want to rearrange my life for someone who didn’t keep her word’: Guy refuses to help his friend Maya move after Maya bailed on helping him move months earlier

‘I honestly didn’t mean it as revenge, I just didn’t want to rearrange my life for someone who didn’t keep her word’: Guy refuses to help his friend Maya move after Maya bailed on helping him move months earlier

Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

Colleague gets 3 weeks off for jury duty but is only actively in court for 1 day, timekeeper at the company refuses to let her time theft slide: ‘It's called checks and balances’

Colleague gets 3 weeks off for jury duty but is only actively in court for 1 day, timekeeper at the company refuses to let her time theft slide: ‘It's called checks and balances’

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