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'He kept sending bills for it': Boss refuses to let bridge keeper take his coffee breaks

'He kept sending bills for it': Boss refuses to let bridge keeper take his coffee breaks

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Boss refuses to let employee do their job while she's on leave, company hires someone externally who has no idea what to do and boss ends up with a mountain of unfinished work: 'You are not capable of doing my job'

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Management's plan backfires after they reshuffle employees' duties and they follow instructions to the letter: 'For the rest of the day we ran management crazy. Everything in the procedures was adhered to'

'Karen goes red': Entitled hotel guest throws tantrum about delayed breakfast start time, worker maliciously complies and turns other guests against her

'Karen goes red': Entitled hotel guest throws tantrum about delayed breakfast start time, worker maliciously complies and turns other guests against her

hilarious malicious compliance ensues after employee is told to stop being so noisy, advice backfires when he keeps scaring people mid-shift because of his silence

Upper management tells store employee to ‘become less loud’, backfires hilariously when employee starts frightening customers by being too quiet: ‘I need a bell’

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Employees find themselves with no work for months after boss demands they submit all their tasks for approval, then refuses to approve any of them: '[We] get paid to do nothing’

Employees find themselves with no work for months after boss demands they submit all their tasks for approval, then refuses to approve any of them: '[We] get paid to do nothing’

new cfo causes company to lose out on a $500k deal because she advised the senior compliance officer to cut his staff in half, losing the one person needed to close the deal

‘Make it work, or I’ll find someone who can’: New CFO forces senior compliance officer's hand to fire half his team, company loses $500K because they needed the employee they fired to close the deal

'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 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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Update: '[This] gave me the perfect opportunity to strike back': Hotel front desk worker refuses to speak Spanish when work denies their language bonus

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'I chose not to mention that': University professor lets student fail himself after he never attends a single class

'I chose not to mention that': University professor lets student fail himself after he never attends a single class

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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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Cable company keeps charging for disconnected service, customer gets even by making 8 repeated callouts to his residence on their dime: 'After 8 tech support visits, finally they got the message'

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'It is a mad dash for last minute appointments': Auto shop employee gets back at impolite customer by making him wait hours

'You're not capable of doing my job': Micromanager takes 3 months sick leave but refuses to let employees take over, they comply, resulting in manager drowning in work upon her return

'You're not capable of doing my job': Micromanager takes 3 months sick leave but refuses to let employees take over, they comply, resulting in manager drowning in work upon her return

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Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Employee gets unjustifiably black-balled by the office mean girl after accidentally uno-reversing an insult, then they find a clever workaround to the office politics

Employee gets unjustifiably black-balled by the office mean girl after accidentally uno-reversing an insult, then they find a clever workaround to the office politics

15+ Employees who made big workplace mistakes

15+ Employees who made big workplace mistakes

Tenant hides neighbor's clothes after watching neighbor repeatedly take out residents' clothes from the communal washing machine: ‘She's never coming back to our laundry room’

Tenant hides neighbor's clothes after watching neighbor repeatedly take out residents' clothes from the communal washing machine: ‘She's never coming back to our laundry room’

Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

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