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‘Good worker quits, it signals to others it's time’: 15 Employees discuss times they or their coworkers quit and started mass exoduses

Lana DeGaetano

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'[I was] wildly conspicuously overdressed': Employee wears formalwear to a casual office after a micromanager complains about his dress code-compliant clothing, ends up getting his boss demoted by the CEO

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Let's play the quiet game with just you two': Manager snaps at coworkers quietly chatting while working, so they give her the silent treatment, permanently

Isabella Penn

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Employee gets fired after 'mean girls' office bros sabotage her work, leaves office chaotically unorganized: 'Unusable unless you spend hours digging. A perfect mess.'

Elna McHilderson

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‘[After] two shifts, I'm on the 4th season of Righteous Gemstones': Bored employee turns their cubicle into a binge-watching haven after management forces them to endure 12-hour shifts without any work to do

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee punished for underperforming for 1 day after over-performing for 2 years, stops doing the extra work they had been doing: 'I handle 40 cases, my daily requirement, and then I do NOTHING for the rest of my shift'

Brad Dickson

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Restaurant customer sees maintenance man standing on food prep area, is told workers "usually" clean the area: 'Is this standard procedure?'

Remy Millisky

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Mom and pop shop ignores employees concerns, exact issue ensues: 'That was my first taste of, “maybe being a manager doesn't mean you have all the answers”.'

Elna McHilderson

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New railroad manager costs the company $940k in just 6 weeks while trying to save $700 after ignoring the advice of experienced workers: 'If my boss isn't going to have my back, I'm not going to stop this inevitable disaster'

Brad Dickson

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26-year-old "loyal client" spends $460 on waxing services, waxer closes shop doors and refuses to refund her: 'Just sue her... slam dunk case'

Remy Millisky

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Employee suspects coworker blocked them on corporate chat software because they were promoted to a better role: ‘[We] have never really gotten along’

Lana DeGaetano

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'She apologized': Nurse practitioner tries to pull rank and ignores patient warnings from fellow hospital workers, instantly regrets it when patient delivers her karma

Isabella Penn

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'I told him he couldn't spend 4-8 hours on break': Managers who were paired with the world's worst employees

Remy Millisky

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Mom of 17-year-old daughter makes her apply to 42 jobs: 'You owe your child a huge apology'

Remy Millisky

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‘An extreme waste of time’: Job candidate refuses to continue excessive hiring process after being forced to do 7 rounds of interviews for over 5 months

Bar Mor Hazut

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15-year-old assistant soccer referee doesn't get paid after 18-year-old ref makes up a rule about being 30 minutes early, assistant ref gets him fired: ‘Dave was fired for making up rules, and I got paid’

Brad Dickson

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