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‘He came into the office with a big smug smile’: Under-appreciated tech employee is reprimanded for not wearing a tie, comes in with the most obnoxious yellow tie, quits, and finagles free training for himself

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’

Etai Eshet

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UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities

Etai Eshet

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SpEd Teacher treats para as personal assistant and substitute, quits when told to stop, and explodes online when the school accepts her resignation: ‘she had them run errands all over the school when they were supposed to be helping the students’

Etai Eshet

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HR yells at employee for asking about fake bonus, accuses him of recording on his Meta glasses, he calmly shuts them down, and his boss ends up apologizing: ‘This "bonus" wasn't extra money, it was just my salary’

Etai Eshet

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15+ Employees who got fired fast: 'You're not very good at customer service, are you?'

Remy Millisky

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Company fires hardworking employee to save $25,000, that arrogance ends up costing them $110,000: 'In my opinion, that's the best money they've ever spent.'

Elna McHilderson

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‘I'm in a bait-and-switch nightmare’: 5-months pregnant woman is hired as a head of department, then turned into a support agent, denied the maternity leave she was promised, and put on a sketchy performance plan

Etai Eshet

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Senior manager discovers her company is acquiring her former company after she burned bridges with them when she quit: 'My old coworkers will be joining my team. Ugh!'

Ben Weiss

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Coworker Stephanie demands silence in an open office until 10 am for her "morning focus time" routine, gets reprimanded by management: ‘She'll shush people who are having work conversations at their desks’

Etai Eshet

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‘Learned just now that coworkers are not your friends’: Veteran 8-year employee summoned to an after-Christmas meeting after venting about manager to a “trusted” coworker, who immediately told everyone

Etai Eshet

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18 Construction laborers attend annual Christmas lunch expecting usual gifts and bonuses, but receive nothing with no explanation from management: ‘No speech, no card, no gift, no thank you, nothing’

Etai Eshet

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Laid-off employee put on garden leave during office Secret Santa refuses to play along and send a gift: ‘I was technically still employed and being paid, but I was clearly told not to come into work’

Etai Eshet

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‘But that's MY PTO’: Coworker keeps taking every holiday off using company PTO rules, refusing to trade, so colleagues team up against her, leaving her stuck working through all the breaks she claimed last year

Etai Eshet

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Employee forced by boss to work alongside coworker with bad breath for six hours straight: 'I have never been so happy to clock out in my life'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled manager does not ‘approve' of employees resignation, so she quits on the spot and manager still has the audacity to ask her to stay for a project handover: ‘How do you refuse a two-week notice?’

Elna McHilderson

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