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'I was once ordered to rake up pine needles...[at] a camp named "Pinewoods"': 25+ Employees who couldn't believe their boss's ridiculous requests

'Boss made a rule... and soon changed his mind': General manager instructed to carry 2 phones and "not mix things," boss soon regrets it

'Boss made a rule... and soon changed his mind': General manager instructed to carry 2 phones and "not mix things," boss soon regrets it

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'I tried quitting and my employer rejected it': Employee tries to quit their job, boss says "no"

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'I annoyed... him every time he set foot in the office': Bookstore worker forced to work in the dark after lazy boss won't replace broken lightbulb

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'A $200k mistake': Employee gets fired, costs their boss and the company $200k, employee is rehired with a raise and promotion

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'I've finally decided to break free...': Coworker's witty and honest resignation goes viral

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Manager repeatedly schedules employee when they're not available, leaving them confused as what to do: 'I can't even work that day'

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Customer demands refund for 20 minutes of internet downtime caused by their own mistake, customer service rep maliciously complies: '[That's] a little under 2 cents an hour'

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Boss tries to stall and not pay after tricking employee to agree to a bonus instead of a raise: 'I agreed to no salary increase, in exchange for receiving a large bonus in late summer'

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Micromanager demands workers track all actions, they drown him in endless data: 'The real data was also there, but it was practically unusable'

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Employee gets marked down despite following written process after their boss doesn't reply for 30 minutes: 'I'm gonna end up getting myself fired'

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entitled boomer co-worker harasses woman who just got back from maternity leave, says the government and she should not be paying for pregnant women to take extensive time off

‘I'm literally not anyone's enemy because I had a baby’: Woman comes back from maternity leave to a sour boomer co-worker harassing her about taking the time off, HR gets involved

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'A new hire got a promotion over me. I'm lost as what to do': Employee gets passed over for promotion because they're too valuable in their current role

'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

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Customer refuses to accept quote estimate, complains when developer refuses to haggle and instead rejects their business:'You don't wanna pay the estimate, that's fine ma'am enjoy your day'

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New manager faces resistence from older subordinates who refuse to recognize their promotion: 'The employee responds to any form of feedback as a personal attack'

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Architect reprimanded for making daughter’s birthday invitation on work laptop, so she refused to use personal phone for on-site job photos, forcing boss to buy her company Samsung and pay for entire second trip to the site: 'I doubled all the expenses'

Architect reprimanded for making daughter’s birthday invitation on work laptop, so she refused to use personal phone for on-site job photos, forcing boss to buy her company Samsung and pay for entire second trip to the site: 'I doubled all the expenses'

Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

CEO demands to be CC'd on every email sent within the company, only for their inbox to be flooded when HR sends a personalized email to every employee: ‘They caused their own email apocalypse’

CEO demands to be CC'd on every email sent within the company, only for their inbox to be flooded when HR sends a personalized email to every employee: ‘They caused their own email apocalypse’

21-year-old employee avoids boss's demands to shovel snow: 'I had already planned not to go... because it wasn't my job'

21-year-old employee avoids boss's demands to shovel snow: 'I had already planned not to go... because it wasn't my job'

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

Brother moves every 6 months at most, always expects free help, and finally gets refused when his sibling chooses not to play free mover for hire: ‘Every time he moves, he expects me to help pack, carry heavy furniture, and drive the rental truck.’

Brother moves every 6 months at most, always expects free help, and finally gets refused when his sibling chooses not to play free mover for hire: ‘Every time he moves, he expects me to help pack, carry heavy furniture, and drive the rental truck.’

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