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Job recruiter approaches prospective candidate to attend an interview and then ghosts them, accuses them of having an attitude when they try to follow up: 'I waited for a full 20 minutes, thinking maybe there was a technical issue or something'

Brad Dickson

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Man lies his way into a job he’s super unqualified for with a fabricated resume, progresses by obsessively self-teaching under pressure through "trial-by-fire", ends up becoming legitimate expert in his field: ‘Ashamed of how I got my foot in the door’

Emma Saven

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34-year-old employee asks his 31-year-old coworker to stop calling herself his "work wife" after his real wife becomes uncomfortable with their relationship: 'She got offended and said I was “making it weird”'

Brad Dickson

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Office worker "Brian" microwaves fish every day for a month, coworker writes anonymous note to get HR to step in: 'People have started... to avoid the break room'

Remy Millisky

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20+ Managers who had to fire their worst employees: 'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register'

Remy Millisky

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Company instates 'return to office' policy after 3 years of remote work, attempts to fix morale by holding a "pizza party" but doesn't buy enough pizza: 'They only bought five pizzas for a team of 25. by the time I got there, it was just empty boxes'

Brad Dickson

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22-year-old parks worker quits on the spot after 21-year-old supervisor Noelle's remark: 'Micromanaging is not your job'

Remy Millisky

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Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Brad Dickson

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'My boss accidentally sent me a spreadsheet with everyone's salaries': Employee stunned to discover they're making $15k less than coworker with the same job

Remy Millisky

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Grocery store employee quits with 2 days' notice after boss screams that he'll replace them: 'Just call their bluff'

Remy Millisky

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19-year-old woman shares experiencing a two-hour-long assessment for a first-round job interview for a minimum wage role, all applicants under 30 are asked to leave: 'The first task was to rank items by importance for surviving on a desert island'

Brad Dickson

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‘That's when they started panicking’: Overworked employee secretly scores new job with a 50% pay raise, then quits, leaving higher-ups to put out the fires they've created

Lana DeGaetano

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A Coffee-Break’s Worth of Work Funnies if You Need a Mid-Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

Lana DeGaetano

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“We're all burnt out. You just have to push through it”’: Manager weaponizes exceptional employee's tears during an unwarranted poor performance review and tells them it's a "growth moment’

Lana DeGaetano

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Factory employee ruins machines on purpose, loses company $30k and costs boss his job: '5 hours... to clean, fix, and replace damaged sensors'

Remy Millisky

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Manager asks employee over text message to join meetings and assist with "knowledge transfer" after firing them: 'Are you available to jump on a call?'

Brad Dickson

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