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Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

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'Sorry it’s not a turkey sandwich, Kate': Coworker criticizes the home-cooked Thai food that her colleague shares with the office, then she gets singled out with a personalized dish of unseasoned veggies and ranch

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Team lead is fired after they refuse to overwork their team and instead defend them against toxic workplace practices: ‘I was just expected to be another cog in the machine’

'Headsets are not allowed': Employee reprimanded for wearing headphones in the office, maliciously complies with new policy by playing audio on full volume

'Headsets are not allowed': Employee reprimanded for wearing headphones in the office, maliciously complies with new policy by playing audio on full volume

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Candidate finds interviewer's insistent line of inappropriate personal questioning off-putting, they leave: 'We can’t continue this interview'

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20+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: 'I protested my write up and told them... they had no idea what they were doing'

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‘Tiffany, who'd been posting 15,000 steps per day, posts 65,000 steps’: Workplace nemesis cheats to win the office fitness competition, then their coworker calls out their unscrupulous tactics to HR

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'

Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'

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Supervisor tells employee they cannot take PTO on Tuesdays through Thursdays weekly, even for medical reasons: ‘We all have to make sacrifices’

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‘Discovered my "desk" was literally a cardboard box turned sideways in a dimly lit closet’: Fed-up employees share why they quit their first days on the job

CEO enforces in-person work policy, refusing to pay for relocation of remote hires, sparks mass quitting: 'There was a veritable flurry of resignations'

CEO enforces in-person work policy, refusing to pay for relocation of remote hires, sparks mass quitting: 'There was a veritable flurry of resignations'

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Employees get satisfying petty payback on landlord who evicted them: 'We had 7 days to move everything we owned'

'It's a private matter':Job candidate refuses to answer interviewer's questions, claiming they are too personal, interviewer tells him to leave

'It's a private matter':Job candidate refuses to answer interviewer's questions, claiming they are too personal, interviewer tells him to leave

Micromanager demands to know where employees are at all times by forcing them to report every move on a board, they take it one step too far: ‘Needless to say the board was very short-lived’

Micromanager demands to know where employees are at all times by forcing them to report every move on a board, they take it one step too far: ‘Needless to say the board was very short-lived’

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UPDATE: 'We couldn't stop laughing': Executives drown in 3,600+ pages of documents after ordering an entire department to work overtime to deliver physical copies of all of their records

Jesse Kessenheimer

'You want me to work 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM? Got it': Employee gets reprimanded for leaving early after coming into the office at 5:30 AM, cue malicious compliance

'You want me to work 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM? Got it': Employee gets reprimanded for leaving early after coming into the office at 5:30 AM, cue malicious compliance

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15-year-old student fails geometry test on purpose, then panics when he realizes he night not pass the course: '[His] mom demanded I give her son a retake with multiple choice options'

15-year-old student fails geometry test on purpose, then panics when he realizes he night not pass the course: '[His] mom demanded I give her son a retake with multiple choice options'

30 Lord of the Rings Memes for Fans Quoting LOTR Whenever Possible (January 4, 2026)

30 Lord of the Rings Memes for Fans Quoting LOTR Whenever Possible (January 4, 2026)

New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

Company demands employee take on coworker's workload after she quits, employee refuses without a pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

Company demands employee take on coworker's workload after she quits, employee refuses without a pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

Unqualified professor changes non-graded assignments to completion grades, so a petty student decides to share their work with the class en masse: ‘Extra graded work last minute wasn't cool’

Unqualified professor changes non-graded assignments to completion grades, so a petty student decides to share their work with the class en masse: ‘Extra graded work last minute wasn't cool’

Shopper outsmarts Kohl’s with their own Black Friday return policy, ending up with a full refund, extra store credit, and a $100 gain: ‘They didn’t budge so I did exactly what their policy allowed’

Shopper outsmarts Kohl’s with their own Black Friday return policy, ending up with a full refund, extra store credit, and a $100 gain: ‘They didn’t budge so I did exactly what their policy allowed’

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