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Employee blindsided by manager and HR after demanding "accountability" from their manager over their mishandling of scheduling and workplace accommodations: 'They threatened to fire me if I expressed myself “that way” again'

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Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

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Restraint in the face of temptation is an important skill for professionals: 10+ employees share why it is important not to burn bridges through their own experiences

An employee resting his arms on his desk holds his glasses in his hand and rests his forehead on his hand in exasperation.

Employee learns that employer is hiring at $18k more than what they're earning for the same job, prompting a defensive response from their manager: 'Someone walking in off the street with zero knowledge of our systems is worth 15k more than me?'

A young worker talks on his phone outside his office building, deciding what to do about his job.

Employee accepts 18k raise and promotion, quickly finds himself wishing he was back in his old job because of the increased time, stress, and responsibility: 'Now I spend 60% of my time in meetings'

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Student working retail declines to cover coworker's shift, leaving them wondering about whether or not they should be covering every shift they are requested to cover: 'They didn’t get mad, but they were clearly annoyed'

A banking hiring manager who claimed to reject a candidate because of their unusual personal interest ignited online discourse about hiring, jobs, and even the entire nature of the way we approach work itself.

Hiring manager kindles job-search discourse with a negative remark about an applicant who claimed that their personal interest is "olive oil": 'That is not an interest. It’s been hours, and I cannot stop thinking about it. There won't be an interview'

A man plays in the snow after building a snowman with his wife in a bright sunny snowy day

Supervisor insists employee can't work from home after blizzard drops 10 inches of snow, employee takes vacation day instead, gets a free snow day fully paid after working 10 minutes: '[He tells me] I need to drive the 50+ miles to work or take vacation'

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Employee discovers that they no longer have a shop via a Facebook post from their employer announcing a closing-down sale: 'I found out I no longer have a job from a Facebook post'

A hand puts a coin into a coin operated machine overlaid over a starkly lit bleak break room

10 new hires share what made them quit on their first day on the job: 'The microwave [in the break room] was coin-operated'

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Handshake deal between boss and employee for a bonus in exchange for doing the boss's work goes sideways when the boss suddenly leaves and the new boss refuses to uphold it: 'I was successfully fulfilling my role and extra work'

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Employer revokes 2x and 3x bonus incentive to work weekends and holidays, is shocked when nobody decides to work those days resulting in missed deadlines: 'The company now stands to lose close to a 6 figure amount in penalties for missed turnaround times'

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Manager asks employee to use their personal laptop to complete their job when their 5-year-old work laptop is too slow, is shocked when they refuse: 'This is my personal computer that I spent like $2400 on'

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Employee offered 2% raise after their 4th year at the company and a year of record-breaking profit, exceeding revenue targets by 40%: 'Bragging about record profits and expected us to just smile'

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Company headhunts job candidate only to retract an offer after they've already signed their contract: ‘Enjoy paying me my 4-week notice period salary’

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Regular customer demands retail worker stop smiling and drop her cheerful customer service act, she complies, leaving the customer to deal with the uncomfortable reality of her request: '[I] would stop even smiling as she'd approach the counter'

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Employee demands 10% raise because he's bilingual, even though his second language is Welsh: 'The manager then told me that the policy meant Spanish'

Employee demands 10% raise because he's bilingual, even though his second language is Welsh: 'The manager then told me that the policy meant Spanish'

Guy demands a 10% raise after learning Welsh, pushing HR to honor a promise for wage increases for bilingual employees: ‘The policy meant Spanish, but [it] didn't specify Spanish'

Guy demands a 10% raise after learning Welsh, pushing HR to honor a promise for wage increases for bilingual employees: ‘The policy meant Spanish, but [it] didn't specify Spanish'

New Jersey homeowner suspects neighbor trimmed their special family tree without permission: 'I am 99% sure'

New Jersey homeowner suspects neighbor trimmed their special family tree without permission: 'I am 99% sure'

Neighbor demands new homeowner not park in spot on his own land, says HOA told her it was her spot, homeowner thinks she's bluffing: 'Doesn’t introduce herself, goes straight into how I’m parked in her spot'

Neighbor demands new homeowner not park in spot on his own land, says HOA told her it was her spot, homeowner thinks she's bluffing: 'Doesn’t introduce herself, goes straight into how I’m parked in her spot'

Worker surprised by manager's reaction when they give their 2 weeks' notice, manager demands that they stay longer and give 1 month total: '[My] manager is upset that I didn't give "advanced notice"'

Worker surprised by manager's reaction when they give their 2 weeks' notice, manager demands that they stay longer and give 1 month total: '[My] manager is upset that I didn't give "advanced notice"'

Pennsylvania couple arrives at their new rental house and discovers another family already living there and is paying a fake Facebook landlord: ‘Their lease was a single page and their rental payments make no sense’

Pennsylvania couple arrives at their new rental house and discovers another family already living there and is paying a fake Facebook landlord: ‘Their lease was a single page and their rental payments make no sense’

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