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'That is what optional means': Foreman surprised when a single employee refuses to work unpaid overtime

'That is what optional means': Foreman surprised when a single employee refuses to work unpaid overtime

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Boss declines pregnant employee's requests for accommodation a week before her due date, HR steps in and grants her leave immediately

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Update: 'The launch is next week': Entitled client messages web designer 50 times, website gets filled with typos and inaccuracies

Update: 'The launch is next week': Entitled client messages web designer 50 times, website gets filled with typos and inaccuracies

'Just do the important things and let the small stuff slide': Contract worker fired after supervisor insists they work faster

'Just do the important things and let the small stuff slide': Contract worker fired after supervisor insists they work faster

Cranky neighbor crashes kid's birthday party to complain about parking, they get her back by blocking her driveway: 'Ok, I'll block parking in front of your house'

Cranky neighbor crashes kid's birthday party to complain about parking, they get her back by blocking her driveway: 'Ok, I'll block parking in front of your house'

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'I was feeling petty and thought it'd be funny': Resort workers get locked out of "The Cage" holding their supplies, plan a break-in

'I was feeling petty and thought it'd be funny': Resort workers get locked out of "The Cage" holding their supplies, plan a break-in

'I'm not taking the blame for your mistakes': Experienced grocery store manager lets bossy manager order them around and watches him flail

'I'm not taking the blame for your mistakes': Experienced grocery store manager lets bossy manager order them around and watches him flail

New boss flexes muscles and enforces strict break schedule, team compliance causes public complaints: '[It was] a week of utter chaos'

New boss flexes muscles and enforces strict break schedule, team compliance causes public complaints: '[It was] a week of utter chaos'

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Amid allegations of careless spending, employee's strategic compliance floods the administration with receipts, causing drastic adjustments to corporate policies

Amid allegations of careless spending, employee's strategic compliance floods the administration with receipts, causing drastic adjustments to corporate policies

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CEO pushes junior staff member for more productivity, they start working their scheduled hours: 'I worked exactly the hours I was paid to, instead of coming in 30 minutes early and staying 30 minutes longer as well'

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Overworked truck depot worker calls boss's bluff after being reprimanded for working their scheduled hours like they were told: 'Clearly, you're not going to fire me. You have no one who can do my job'

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'Come in on a Sunday? Fine, but I'm going to play Monopoly': Office workers throw a party after strict manager insists they work on the weekend

'Come in on a Sunday? Fine, but I'm going to play Monopoly': Office workers throw a party after strict manager insists they work on the weekend

‘I made a mistake!’: Man cleverly complies with neighbor's demands to remove fence, leading to desperate pleas for restoration

‘I made a mistake!’: Man cleverly complies with neighbor's demands to remove fence, leading to desperate pleas for restoration

'New manager tried to back peddle': Employee gets back at snippy new boss who demands he must "be here when the warehouse opens"

'New manager tried to back peddle': Employee gets back at snippy new boss who demands he must "be here when the warehouse opens"

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Business changes expense policies, loyal employee gets to take cabs everywhere: 'The company just had to pay double'

Business changes expense policies, loyal employee gets to take cabs everywhere: 'The company just had to pay double'

'You want me to work ZERO overtime? Sure thing boss': Manager complies with new bogus OT policy, results in team racking up tons of OT hours, manager embarrasses boss in front of CEO: '

'You want me to work ZERO overtime? Sure thing boss': Manager complies with new bogus OT policy, results in team racking up tons of OT hours, manager embarrasses boss in front of CEO

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Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

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