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Employee asked by new owners to teach their replacement how to do their impossible job: 'This guy got [a] full year's worth of training in a week'

Brad Dickson

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'[They] pushed the photocopier down the stairs': 25+ Workers who got fired expeditiously

Remy Millisky

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'I left pool noodles outside on accident': 20+ Confounding reasons people got fired

Remy Millisky

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‘I’m not proving my value, bye': Tenured team member told by boss he needs to become a manager to get a raise, despite being paid $40,000 under market value

Eleonora Bader

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'Boss doesn't like my new email address': Newly-fired remote worker creates petty email address to taunt ex-boss

Remy Millisky

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First-time homebuyer and single mom shares foreboding story about purchasing on one-income: ‘I do not regret buying… [But] please think about worst-case scenario’

Elna McHilderson

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‘Please come back': Programmer laid off in favor of new college grad hire, management desperately attempts to rehire him after finding out all their files are deleted

Eleonora Bader

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'They want to paint me out to be the bad guy': Coffee shop "hyped up" new barista, then fires them via text

Remy Millisky

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'1 month later I'm getting phone calls asking for help': Worker gets laid off by employer who panics after things go sideways

Brad Dickson

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'Billionaires aren't innovators, WE ARE, they just get to swoop in and take the credit': Employee laid off after finishing a major project for his company

Isabella Penn

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'[I] was immediately laid off when the app was complete': Development team gets gutted by new owner as soon as they deliver new app

Brad Dickson

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'I was laid off right before raises and bonuses were due': Worker promised raise and bonus, gets fired instead

Brad Dickson

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'If you hire her, I'll quit': Employee terminates job candidate's offer after finding out the candidate is her old boss

Eleonora Bader

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'They backtracked real fast': Data analyst laid off without notice, offered reinstatement 'at reduced pay' when things began falling apart

Eleonora Bader

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'I couldn't train them': New hires don't take printing job seriously, printer room shuts down, company loses over $20,000

Eleonora Bader

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'My old boss asked if I might have a copy of their entire company's directory': Employee laid off then asked to recover important documents a year later

Ben Weiss

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