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New boss demands new meeting first thing in the morning, stalls production: 'The warehouse workers will be doing nothing...'

'Where there is a will, there is a way': Customer complies with company's demands to return faulty product after they refuse to reimburse him, leading to company losing hundreds

'Where there is a will, there is a way': Customer complies with company's demands to return faulty product after they refuse to reimburse him, leading to company losing hundreds

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‘Yes, sir!’: Manager demands team leader motivate an overqualified employee to do boring tasks, so team leader motivates him to quit

‘Yes, sir!’: Manager demands team leader motivate an overqualified employee to do boring tasks, so team leader motivates him to quit

'The shift was completely cancelled': Snow day blunder results in mass employee call-outs

'The shift was completely cancelled': Snow day blunder results in mass employee call-outs

‘Want me to take a message? Sure!’: Coworker refuses to take her own calls, employee maliciously complies and escalates to management

‘Want me to take a message? Sure!’: Coworker refuses to take her own calls, employee maliciously complies and escalates to management

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Entitled dude wants to cut a 150 person line, gets shut down: 'A middle-aged man [had] a screaming, crying tantrum'

'Have fun covering my shifts': Supermarket boss declares 'no unnatural [hair] colors'

'Have fun covering my shifts': Supermarket boss declares 'no unnatural [hair] colors,' employee maliciously complies

You want strict compliance Mr. Food Service Driver, you get it.

'I wasn't signing anything until I had everything counted': Restaurant manager doesn't receive credit for missing food from vendor, cue malicious compliance!

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‘Well, you asked for it’: Professor demands blind student stick to assignment guidelines without consideration for their disability, student complies by turning in a black piece of paper

‘Well, you asked for it’: Professor demands blind student stick to assignment guidelines without consideration for their disability, student complies by turning in a black piece of paper

'I made sure we had no more room': Flight attendant revokes frequent flyer's upgrade by upgrading 5 more passengers after boss's demands

'I made sure we had no more room': Flight attendant revokes frequent flyer's upgrade by upgrading 5 more passengers after boss's demands

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'I crashed her computer 3x that day': Delivery driver gets digital revenge on a micromanaging boss by flooding her inbox with 100's of updates

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'I'm outta here...': Web developer leaves company high and dry after upper management shut down his concerns regarding launch of new product, company crumbles

'I'm outta here...': Web developer leaves company high and dry after upper management shut down his concerns regarding launch of new product, company crumbles

Trucking company decides to pay workers salary instead of hourly: 'The drivers... started fighting back'

Trucking company decides to pay workers salary instead of hourly: 'The drivers... started fighting back'

Picky Karen does not want to listen to my explanation.

'If you can't understand this, then go the the manager': Picky Karen asks for quesadillas with no cheese or toppings

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‘You’ve made your bed so lie in it’: Art student gets even with teacher after being picked on for 6 months, her entire class gets rearranged

‘You’ve made your bed so lie in it’: Art student gets even with teacher after being picked on for 6 months, her entire class gets rearranged

CEO's rant causes multiple employees to quit on the spot: 'Only I know how to run this company'

CEO's rant causes multiple employees to quit on the spot: 'Only I know how to run this company'

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Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

29-year-old refuses to come to Thanksgiving this year because he and his partner don’t want to do the dishes: ‘We are the only people ever expected to help’

29-year-old refuses to come to Thanksgiving this year because he and his partner don’t want to do the dishes: ‘We are the only people ever expected to help’

'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

Employee gets offered another job with higher pay, leaves new job after only two weeks, manager gets offended: ‘I laughed and explained what I was offered’

Employee gets offered another job with higher pay, leaves new job after only two weeks, manager gets offended: ‘I laughed and explained what I was offered’

‘Hire me and then I will fix it’: Job candidate finds a bug in company’s data dashboard during the interview, hiring manager demands they provide notes on how to fix the issue

‘Hire me and then I will fix it’: Job candidate finds a bug in company’s data dashboard during the interview, hiring manager demands they provide notes on how to fix the issue

Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

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