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'Everyone left the company [on] my first day': New IT employee forced to take over system control of the whole company after entire department quits on the spot

Ben Weiss

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Employee labeled as having an "unprofessional attitude" by their employer after inquiring about their missing and late paycheck: 'My last paycheck was late. Not by a day or two, almost a full week'

Brad Dickson

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'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register': 10+ Managers share the most memorable employees they had to fire

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate learns after 3 rounds of interviews that the salary for the position has decreased by $40,000: 'Thank you for wasting my time. I withdraw my application'

Ben Weiss

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Overworked employee is unceremoniously fired after giving their 2 weeks' notice, which was to end with 3 days of leave: '55+ [hour] weeks with no overtime'

Brad Dickson

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10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

Ben Weiss

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Coworker gets banned from break room coffee machine after trying to make oatmeal in it and refusing to contribute to supplies: 'Danielle is no longer permitted to use this machine'

Brad Dickson

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'I let her sink herself': Boss tries to make employee falsify reports, employee silently refuses and keeps receipts that get the boss fired

Isabella Penn

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‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

Elna McHilderson

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HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

Ben Weiss

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Old fella overlooks early 20-something-year-old mechanic due to her age and being a woman, next customer teaches him a lesson: ‘I happily helped [her] get some petty revenge.’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee earns a 10-precent raise because she refuses to use ChatGPT, supervisor spends months negotiating with upper management for her: ‘I take pride in my work…’

Elna McHilderson

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UPDATE: Manager schedules meeting with employee during her PTO, reprimands her when she doesn't show up: 'Her boss called to chastise her for it while we were on vacation'

Ben Weiss

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'Everything will be late': Boss denies a salaried employee's work-from-home request, so they refuses to work after hours or answer any work-related calls after 5:00 PM; derails operations

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I've been in a financial hole for years now and this job would help bring me out of it’: Man considers accepting a job that would give him a $20k+ pay increase, but his girlfriend tries to guilt him into declining because he'd be unavailable on weekends

Lana DeGaetano

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CEO tries to take employee's personal office chair because it's nicer than his, employee keeps it in the back of his car where everyone coming to the office can see it: 'I'm 100% certain they thought I was just going to give in and let him have my chair'

Brad Dickson

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