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'[My boss] said they don't need me… so I quit': Workaholic banker rage quits after years of thankless overtime; finds his dream job after watching the old company crumble in his absence

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'[They] resigned because, surprise!.. It didn't happen': Coworker quits after doing vacant manager's position for a year under pretense of promotion

Brad Dickson

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'I refuse to do so': Senior employee forced to record bathroom breaks

Brad Dickson

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'Give us a lower quote, or else': Karma comes for a nepotistic boss when he tries to pocket $10k in commission by promising his client a lowball offer; ends up losing $60k+ because of inexperience

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'You are not allowed to clock out': Micromanaging boss chews out employee for clocking out early, employee maliciously complies and gets extra pay

Ben Weiss

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[We put it] right between two of the bases in the baseball field': Engineer told to blindly obey boss's orders, obliges, obstructing client's baseball infield

Brad Dickson

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‘Surgeon smiled and told me not to worry’: Surgeon grants patient 18 months' worth of business-class flights, amounting to $20,000 in company expenses

Eleonora Bader

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'I get an email from management stating my numbers are "concerning"': Worker investigated for being too productive at their new job

Brad Dickson

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'I got fired over a $5 hamburger': Worker gets fired from gas station for eating an expired $5 burger during shift

Eleonora Bader

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'Don't make your tenants do your job': Determined tenant uses data analyst skills to research soaring water prices, leading to entire leasing office getting fired by corporate

Eleonora Bader

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'Not a single pair of glasses were made with the correct prescription': Factory worker tells boss machines need to be recalibrated, boss ignores him and leaves for two weeks

Remy Millisky

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'More money for me and my cats': Overworked and underpaid employee triumphantly throws in the towel, finding a higher paying job and leaving his exploitative boss in a lurch

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Job wrote me up... [So] I wrote back': Employee works position he's untrained for with assurance his "best" will do, claps back when he gets written up anyways

Elna McHilderson

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'I made a spreadsheet that tells me when to stop working': Hotshot employee vows supreme mediocrity as payback after getting punished for going above-and-beyond

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Under special talents was, "Owns own gorilla suit"': 35+ Hiring managers who couldn't stop laughing at interviewee's resumes

Remy Millisky

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'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

Ben Weiss

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