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'A new hire got a promotion over me. I'm lost as what to do': Employee gets passed over for promotion because they're too valuable in their current role

Brad Dickson

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'Got fired 4 hours into my first day': Karen coworker gets new warehouse employee booted for working too slowly

Ben Weiss

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'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

Remy Millisky

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Guy gets fired because company ran out of computers for him: 'They [fired me] to save...$4,500...at a company that makes BILLIONS of dollars'

Ben Weiss

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Customer refuses to accept quote estimate, complains when developer refuses to haggle and instead rejects their business:'You don't wanna pay the estimate, that's fine ma'am enjoy your day'

Brad Dickson

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Employee refuses to give in to Karen coworker's demands to show up early for unpaid work: '[I] do not work for free'

Ben Weiss

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New manager faces resistence from older subordinates who refuse to recognize their promotion: 'The employee responds to any form of feedback as a personal attack'

Brad Dickson

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'A cook… once served "rare" chicken': 25+ People who were staggeringly under-informed

Remy Millisky

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'I had the misfortune of working for the laziest manager I've ever known': Overworked auto parts store assistant manager quits at the worst possible time

Remy Millisky

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Employee confesses burnout to boss then finds job posting for their position online: 'Today, I see my job posted [at] a higher rate'

Ben Weiss

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Karen calls store and refuses to be transferred to correct department, shows up in person demanding to find employee from call: 'She clearly had too much time on her hands'

Isabella Penn

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IT guy gives boss ultimatum after his PTO request was put on hold until he trained his potential replacement: 'Approve my 1-week PTO or accept my 2-week notice'

Ben Weiss

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'Be quiet? Okay': Employee goes ‘ninja mode’ after his supervisor wrongfully complains that he's too noisy, jump-scaring every coworker, customer, and manager in the workplace

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'm only working for 7 hours each day': Website manager agrees to manager's strict work hours, but commenters advise them about a more pressing issue

Remy Millisky

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Boss makes employees come into work during a hurricane: 'Call-offs during this time will not be accepted'

Ben Weiss

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Top 20+ strange jobs people actually had and (mostly) loved: 'Working as a professional sleeper for sleep studies'

Ben Weiss

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