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'Good luck selling air': Retail workers instructed not to stock storefront shelves, they comply despite knowing it will affect sales, resulting in a dispute with management

'Good luck selling air': Retail workers instructed not to stock storefront shelves, they comply despite knowing it will affect sales, resulting in a dispute with management

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‘Everything collapsed bit by bit’: All-star tech developer denied a raise after years of taking on more work, so he sticks to his job description as revenge, ends up getting promoted

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Restaurant manager tells 16-year-old employee to leave after blaming her for something she didn’t do, then tries to fire her for actually leaving not realizing it was all on camera: 'That sounded like approval, didn't it?'

'If you're on time, you are late': Employee starts showing up 30 minutes before shift to be paid overtime after boss claims being on time is not good enough

'If you're on time, you are late': Employee starts showing up 30 minutes before shift to be paid overtime after boss claims being on time is not good enough

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

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20-year-old almost college-graduated digital marketer is tired of her “corporate girlie” era and is brought to tears every Monday as her dream job turns out to be hours of commute to an uninspired office, to do no meaningful work: ‘all I wanna do is cry’

20-year-old almost college-graduated digital marketer is tired of her “corporate girlie” era and is brought to tears every Monday as her dream job turns out to be hours of commute to an uninspired office, to do no meaningful work: ‘all I wanna do is cry’

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'70% of their staff quit': 20+ Job quitters who left their toxic jobs

17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

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Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

Elna McHilderson

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Marketing associate cleverly doubles her micromanager's workload, taking their nitpicky demands very literally: ‘By EOD, I had sent her 17 approval requests… By EOW, it was over 100’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boss refuses to read emails, demands employee print them out for him instead, employee complies by making his desk look like a filing cabinet: 'He couldn’t find anything’

Boss refuses to read emails, demands employee print them out for him instead, employee complies by making his desk look like a filing cabinet: 'He couldn’t find anything’

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PTO Memes for Employees Already Planning Their Next Vacation

21 PTO Memes for Employees Planning Their Next Vacation

Elna McHilderson

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Friendship torched after a guy persuades his childhood friend to leave a stable job to help launch a construction business, ends up firing him via mail, then ghosting him: ‘My role has been eliminated due to 'streamlining''

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I don’t need to be babysat': Project coordinator gets told to stop reminding supervisor about overdue tasks, only to be reprimanded when supervisor misses a deadline

'I don’t need to be babysat': Project coordinator gets told to stop reminding supervisor about overdue tasks, only to be reprimanded when supervisor misses a deadline

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Employee gets written up for not staying late one shift after covering for manager countless times before, decides to quit without notice: ‘No more fixing other people's work’

Employee gets written up for not staying late one shift after covering for manager countless times before, decides to quit without notice: ‘No more fixing other people's work’

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Employee abruptly quits after their boss gives them the career runaround for 3 years, boss leaves a strongly-worded note along with their final paycheck: ‘It's so unprofessional’

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Adult daughter reluctant to help mother with $6,000 dental bill on medical credit card, after already losing $8,000 to mother’s past credit card misuse: ‘She said she didn't realize what she was doing’

Adult daughter reluctant to help mother with $6,000 dental bill on medical credit card, after already losing $8,000 to mother’s past credit card misuse: ‘She said she didn't realize what she was doing’

32-year-old coworker demands that 25-year-old employee give her his scheduled PTO days so that she can vacation with her 2 young children, telling him it's more important for her cause she's a parent: 'It's not my responsibility to fix her mistake'

32-year-old coworker demands that 25-year-old employee give her his scheduled PTO days so that she can vacation with her 2 young children, telling him it's more important for her cause she's a parent: 'It's not my responsibility to fix her mistake'

Manager forgets to collect office key from employee after firing them, demands employee return to give it back, they refuse: ‘You can change the locks'

Manager forgets to collect office key from employee after firing them, demands employee return to give it back, they refuse: ‘You can change the locks'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

35 Funny signs with stories behind them: 'We are short-staffed... If you run out of patience, ask for an application'

35 Funny signs with stories behind them: 'We are short-staffed... If you run out of patience, ask for an application'

Employee quits job, then reveals to CEO the reason is their toxic manager, manager refuses to accept it: ‘I kept thinking that I was the problem’

Employee quits job, then reveals to CEO the reason is their toxic manager, manager refuses to accept it: ‘I kept thinking that I was the problem’

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