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Woman realizes she's about to get fired after only 2 days on the job, records the firing and finagles 8-weeks severance: ‘The VP… was in tears’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Incompetent manager costs company 100x more by approving incorrect claim, tries to skirt blame but employee has proof of his written approval: ‘A few days later [he] gets the [fired]’

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker sends entire office into fabricated crisis looking for “missing” item she hid to teach one worker a lesson: ‘I honestly don’t know whether to be annoyed or just baffled’

Etai Eshet

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Manager turns an approved short vacation into layoff ultimatum, leaving 5-year-strong loyal employee stuck and unsure: ‘I've worked every holiday, hardly call out or request days off, picked up shifts, and never had any issues’

Etai Eshet

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'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I had a job offer in hand and was preparing to start work, when I get a call from HR that the offer has been rescinded’: Boss gives a poor reference to a former employee, costing them a new position within the company

Etai Eshet

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‘She shamed my coworkers’: Loyal client defends a sales employee after the entire office neglects their birthday, shaming a company that supposedly ‘celebrates everyone’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Power-hungry boss singles out employee, sets them up for failure and fabricates mistakes forcing employee to weigh whether to expose her or walk away: ‘The final blow came when my performance grading was adjusted retrospectively’

Etai Eshet

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Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

Bar Mor Hazut

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“They're just stressing people to come up with lists of who to fire if they don't quit first’: Company forces employees back to an unworkable office with missing equipment, non-functional workspaces, and zero effort to support them

Etai Eshet

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Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Sorry it’s not a turkey sandwich, Kate': Coworker criticizes the home-cooked Thai food that her colleague shares with the office, then she gets singled out with a personalized dish of unseasoned veggies and ranch

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘The very next day, I wrote my resignation letter’: Boss targets introvert employee, denies raises, and sets impossible deadlines, forcing her to quit

Etai Eshet

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‘Tiffany, who'd been posting 15,000 steps per day, posts 65,000 steps’: Workplace nemesis cheats to win the office fitness competition, then their coworker calls out their unscrupulous tactics to HR

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Battle of the thermostat temperature ignites in an office, employee takes things into her own hand and gains control: ‘Her boss never figured [it] out’

Elna McHilderson

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