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‘Unlimited PTO’ company boss rejects employee’s PTO for court-ordered parenting, gets called out and faces team backlash: ‘It has backfired on them’

Etai Eshet

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Company requests employees to ‘donate’ PTO to colleagues affected by the LA wildfires to ’make up’ for hours lost: ’[This is] just so the company doesn't hurt, not their people’

Lana DeGaetano

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Managers repeatedly disrespect employees' privacy thinking closed-door etiquette doesn’t apply to them double down when confronted: ‘Whatever you’re saying is management’s business’

Etai Eshet

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Company boss ignores months of warnings then blames engineer when disaster strikes, loses talented employee to competitor paying $30k more

Etai Eshet

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Bold office food thief deals with the extra-spicy consequences of his actions and learns valuable lesson: If you can’t stand the heat, don’t steal your coworker’s food

Etai Eshet

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‘Job’ candidate wants to join the workforce, as long as she won’t be forced to work, envisions career as a professional slacker with minimal effort and maximum relaxation

Etai Eshet

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Amateur boss upset with assistant because she doesn’t understand how math works: ‘This is the most ridiculous thing she has gotten upset with me about’

Etai Eshet

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‘Dig your own grave I guess’: Boss forces specific employees to use PTO during a snowstorm instead of allowing them to work remotely

Lana DeGaetano

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HR tries to convince employees that raises are bad for them and gets sharp backlash: ‘Lots of people are really, really dumb and still have jobs’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gets instantly fired after asking to work from home during a snowstorm: ‘I got a call back from my boss and HR together’

Etai Eshet

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Boss revokes honeymoon PTO planned a year in advance and offers employee to quit when they refuse to cancel

Etai Eshet

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Workplace allocates 40 annual hours of sick time, forcing employee to work through illness or get fired after they use half of their time by January 4th: 'I’m down to 16 hours of sick time for the next year'

Etai Eshet

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Hardworking employee discovers supervisors got 11k bonus while he settled for expiring, one-time, in-store discount: ‘$11,000 to do nothing? How does that make sense??’

Etai Eshet

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Client refuses to pay and keeps ‘forgetting’ invoices, forcing freelancer to send blitz email barrage to get what’s owed: ‘Oh, I thought you needed them resent’

Etai Eshet

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Boss denies employee’s accrued PTO, gets handed resignation on the spot, and left scrambling to cover employee’s shifts: ‘Maybe treat your workers better?’

Etai Eshet

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Boss demands employee gets doctor’s note after she skips optional office Christmas party, pushing her to report boss to HR: 'I was blindsided’

Etai Eshet

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