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'I requested a 25 cent raise and they said it wasn't in the budget': 15+ Workers who quit their jobs for great reasons

'I requested a 25 cent raise and they said it wasn't in the budget': 15+ Workers who quit their jobs for great reasons

Boss refuses to approve any PTO requests, employee finds a way around it in the company handbook, resulting in office chaos when more employees follow suit: ‘Thank you, legal team’

Boss refuses to approve any PTO requests, employee finds a way around it in the company handbook, resulting in office chaos when more employees follow suit: ‘Thank you, legal team’

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New employee gets fired after only a week at the job, gets told by boss that their accountant claims they can't afford to pay him

New employee gets fired after only a week at the job, gets told by boss that their accountant claims they can't afford to pay him: ‘I thought it was my saving grace’

Nurse quits job after boss demands she works on Christmas since she “has no family to celebrate with”, despite already approving her time off: ‘People with children are given priority’

Nurse quits job after boss demands she works on Christmas since she “has no family to celebrate with”, despite already approving her time off: ‘People with children are given priority’

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20+ Employees who worked with unprofessional coworkers: 'Project manager... [paid] $19,000 worth of overnight shipping charges'

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'Could’ve been a link in my calendar': Remote employee drives 2 hours to the office to attend a 'mandatory' briefing, then pays $12 for parking for a meeting that gets canceled at the last minute

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Man waits 5 years to get car repaired, demands $2,600 plus additional $1,200 from coworker who hit his car: 'I finally got HR involved'

Man waits 5 years to get car repaired, demands $2,600 plus additional $1,200 from coworker who hit his car: 'I finally got HR involved'

'My contractor coworker quit with 10 seconds' notice': Boss gleefully brags about firing contractors with no notice, contractor quits mid-project

'My contractor coworker quit with 10 seconds' notice': Boss gleefully brags about firing contractors with no notice, contractor quits mid-project

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Employee uses obscure employee handbook loophole to take PTO when their boss forbids them from taking it before it expires: 'PTO requests not explicitly denied [...] within 48 business hours are [...] approved.”'

s demands employees follow protocol by the book, only to have the entire office shut down after discovering “the book” hasn't been updated in a decade

Boss demands employees follow protocol by the book, only to have the entire office shut down after discovering “the book” hasn't been updated in a decade: ‘Nobody noticed because nobody followed it’

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33-year-old coworker uses fake project as an excuse to get out of work, scheme lasts for months: 'Tom had made the whole thing up to justify missing deadlines'

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New manager triples employees' workload, refusing to let anyone go home before everyone is done, employee uses their lunch break to "avoid" working

'Guess I'll take lunch then': New manager triples employees' workload, refusing to let anyone go home before everyone is done, employee uses their lunch break to "avoid" working

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Entitled coworker keeps volunteering employee for extra work, she finally confronts him: 'Oh, Sarah can take that, she’s great with client calls!'

'I quit on the spot and told my boss’ wife he was cheating on her': 15+ Workers who snapped and dramatically quit their jobs

'I quit on the spot and told my boss’ wife he was cheating on her': 15+ Workers who snapped and dramatically quit their jobs

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Company seemingly forges their former employee's signature on a company NDA after they quit: ‘[I want] my name off any documents I did not sign’

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Boss pretends employee isn’t getting fired, hands them a “motivational” disciplinary letter, and then asks them to train their own replacement: ‘Task #1 - find a new job’

Boss pretends employee isn’t getting fired, hands them a “motivational” disciplinary letter, and then asks them to train their own replacement: ‘Task #1 - find a new job’

Working mom stands her ground and quits after boss breaks promise on flexibility for her kids: ‘Work from home stops’

Working mom stands her ground and quits after boss breaks promise on flexibility for her kids: ‘Work from home stops’

Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

Neighbor helps 70-year-old lady with groceries, but puts her foot down after demands get out of hand: 'It started feeling like a job...'

Neighbor helps 70-year-old lady with groceries, but puts her foot down after demands get out of hand: 'It started feeling like a job...'

Neighbor legally parks slightly blocking homeowner's driveway, homeowner logs incidents for 2 years and the city finally steps in: 'I have 94 entries in that log!'

Neighbor legally parks slightly blocking homeowner's driveway, homeowner logs incidents for 2 years and the city finally steps in: 'I have 94 entries in that log!'

21-year-old tenant throws out roommate’s food from her private fridge after setting clear boundaries, roommate lashes out: 'She kept treating my fridge like it was hers'

21-year-old tenant throws out roommate’s food from her private fridge after setting clear boundaries, roommate lashes out: 'She kept treating my fridge like it was hers'

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