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New manager put a three-year employee with good reviews on a PIP, claimed past performance issues that didn’t exist, then threatened them for asking questions: ‘He needs to assert dominance by making an example of me’

Etai Eshet

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Boss cuts pay and eliminates benefits to punish an employee who asked for more money and took medical leave, forcing them to either quit or work at a loss: ‘She just doesn't want me to be able to apply for unemployment’

Etai Eshet

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Enthusiastic employee catches coworkers deprecating teammate’s looks and love life after months of believing in genuine office friendships leads to personality-free workspace and late-night job applications

Etai Eshet

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'I laugh a little, thinking he’s joking’: Employee scheduled to work at 8 AM clocks in at 8:01 AM, gets fired over being one single minute late

Elna McHilderson

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'Apparently, I'm the idiot': Tech support employee dumbfounded after receiving a scathing review from a customer who failed to identify the difference between an iPad and a laptop

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss retracts PTO approval last minute, one day before event as retaliation for employee reporting misconduct: ‘I wake up and see my previously approved PTO was denied’

Etai Eshet

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Guy doesn't support a friend in need, so friend gets him fired: 'I don't feel very bad… they clearly have a lot of money to fall back on.'

Elna McHilderson

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20+ IT workers discuss how they would respond to unrealistic demands from the CEO: ‘That choice is a couple of pay grades too high for me to make’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘We absolutely cannot afford to be laid off’: New office manager puts third of the staff on PIP, including top salespersons, leaving employees in fear of losing their job

Etai Eshet

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‘He’s just mad': Employee writes an anonymous Reddit post about an unruly guest, manager who gets bashed in the comments finds it and fires him

Elna McHilderson

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Entitled lunch lady complains about janitor's cleaning method at school, janitor cleverly complies with her demands, leading to a mess in the cafeteria: ‘I'm just following orders’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss rejects employee's report claiming it's ‘not thorough enough’, employee resubmits a 20-page detailed breakdown as a response: ‘I sent it off and waited’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job candidate arrives at interview only to be told that the interviewer has already left, candidate withdraws their application despite attempts to reschedule: 'Job hunting is hard enough'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Entitled customer gets his comeuppance for steamrolling a hardware store employee after the worker destroys the last of limited edition tiles the client needs for a project: ‘He was floored’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee saves company from losing 50 million dollars, boss rates them “meets expectations”: ‘One day we will learn to stop doing anything beyond the bare minimum we are paid’

Etai Eshet

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Boss interrogates and demands personal details after employee covering for coworker refuses to stay extra hours: ‘I was supposed to be off today, you’re going to agree with my terms or I’m leaving’

Etai Eshet

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