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'Micromanagement isn’t cheap': Manager demands detailed reports from IT consultant regarding their daily work, causing the company's IT bill to double

'Micromanagement isn’t cheap': Manager demands detailed reports from IT consultant regarding their daily work, causing the company's IT bill to double

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Manager forces employee to submit shorter reports, employee complies and then get reprimanded for not being detailed enough

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Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

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Entitled new hire is 2 hours late to their first shift, then tries to get their coworker to lie to management to cover for them; he refuses

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‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

‘You're not going to win’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

‘You're not going to win this fight’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

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Employee refuses to accept dusty Employee of the Quarter plaque, demanding a substantial raise instead

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10+ Employees reveal their "final straw" moments: 'Manager would put me on the schedule and not tell me about it'

‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

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Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used excuses to block the staff from using the option’

Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used multiple excuses to block the staff from using the option’

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Line manager sends overwhelmed employee to career coach, coach then confronts manager about "unrealistic work expectations"

Manager refuses to let employees eat at workstation, employee books the conference room and eats their lunch there every day: ‘I'm sitting alone at a twenty-person table’

Manager refuses to let employees eat at workstation, employee books the conference room and eats their lunch there every day: ‘I'm sitting alone at a twenty-person table’

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Manager corners employee into accepting 3% raise by inviting director into their meeting without disclosing it to employee: ‘I was caught off guard’

Manager corners employee into accepting a 3% raise by inviting senior director into their meeting without disclosing it to employee: ‘I was caught off guard’

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Boss gets dragged online for reprimanding call center employee's plot to avoid taking calls: 'I can detect all the schemes'