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Micromanager demands employee cover a 13-hour long shift on their day off, employee refuses and quits job on the spot: ‘I can't stand to go in and see their faces’

Micromanager demands employee cover a 13-hour long shift on their day off, employee refuses and quits job on the spot: ‘I can't stand to go in and see their faces’

Boss forces employee to accept $1 raise while doubling their workload, employee refuses, informs boss to take it up with their lawyer: ‘He lost it’

Boss forces employee to accept $1 raise while doubling their workload, employee refuses, informs boss to take it up with their lawyer: ‘He lost it’

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‘The plant got paid to do nothing': New management brings a $1M+ production day to a halt by trying to force their setup engineer to adhere to a nonsensical 9-5 policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee denied payment as micromanager declares him unworthy after alleged 'mediocre performance'

Employee denied payment as micromanager declares him unworthy after alleged 'mediocre performance'

Underpaid employee humiliated by micromanaging boss for repeatedly wearing the same clothes to the office

Underpaid employee humiliated by micromanaging boss for repeatedly wearing the same clothes to the office

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'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

'She really wrote this with a straight face?!': Employee chastised by micromanager for being late by sixty seconds and forced to 'make up' every second at the end of the shift

'She really wrote this with a straight face?!': Employee chastised by micromanager for being late by sixty seconds and forced to 'make up' every second at the end of the shift

'You're not capable of doing my job': Micromanager takes 3 months sick leave but refuses to let employees take over, they comply, resulting in manager drowning in work upon her return

'You're not capable of doing my job': Micromanager takes 3 months sick leave but refuses to let employees take over, they comply, resulting in manager drowning in work upon her return

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Boss demands overworked employees stop taking breaks after she finds out they submitted tasks late, claiming: ‘Breaks are a privilege’

Boss demands overworked employees stop taking breaks after she finds out they submitted tasks late, claiming: ‘Breaks are a privilege’

'What are you going to do, fire me?': After employee hands in their notice, micromanager forces them to fire other coworkers out of spite, employee refuses to comply

'What are you going to do, fire me?': After employee hands in their notice, micromanager forces them to fire other coworkers out of spite, employee refuses to comply

Micromanager enforces strict tracking of team's work days, all 30 employees maliciously comply by submitting extra detailed breakdown: '[The] data is lost in a heap of unusable data'

Micromanager enforces strict tracking of team's work days, all 30 employees maliciously comply by submitting extra detailed breakdown: '[The] data is lost in a heap of unusable data'

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'Staff... mutually agreed to give this person exactly what they asked for': Micromanager creates strict new rules for employees, sparking a "great resignation"

'Staff... mutually agreed to give this person exactly what they asked for': Micromanager creates strict new rules for employees, sparking a "great resignation"

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'Put in a leave? Sure': Hybrid employee gets denied a WFH day while she's under-the-weather, scores a restful day off while the department scrambles

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I was taking the TMI path’: Dry-humored employee shares details of his bathroom breaks with his controlling micromanager, then HR gets involved

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Lead? I don't even lead myself...': Overworked employee shocked by micromanager's raise denial, criticized for lack of leadership skills

'Lead? I don't even lead myself...': Overworked employee shocked by micromanager's raise denial, criticized for lack of leadership skills

‘Silence is golden…’: Employee scolded by micromanager for disclosing high salary to underpaid coworkers

‘Silence is golden…’: Employee scolded by micromanager for disclosing high salary to underpaid coworkers

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Homeowner demands their neighbor’s new fence be moved after she installs it several feet into homeowner’s property: ‘[She] asked if I would be willing to just live with it due to the expense’

Homeowner demands their neighbor’s new fence be moved after she installs it several feet into homeowner’s property: ‘[She] asked if I would be willing to just live with it due to the expense’

Customer insists on sitting at cafe table with stranger who doesn't want him there because "it's a public space": 'Some people have no sense of boundaries'

Customer insists on sitting at cafe table with stranger who doesn't want him there because "it's a public space": 'Some people have no sense of boundaries'

20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

Father gets called out for avoiding kids by camping out in his car every day: 'My dad wasn't just busy... he was avoiding us'

Father gets called out for avoiding kids by camping out in his car every day: 'My dad wasn't just busy... he was avoiding us'

16-year-old abruptly kicked out by father with just $20 and no support for "talking back", spends days homeless before friend shelters him, he is eventually fetched by his father, but struggles with forgiveness years later: 'I've never healed from this'

16-year-old abruptly kicked out by father with just $20 and no support for "talking back", spends days homeless before friend shelters him, he is eventually fetched by his father, but struggles with forgiveness years later: 'I've never healed from this'

Freeloading friend asks waitress to evenly split one bill after her dinner companion requests separate checks, the companion decides to run up the bill to get their money's worth: ‘Her smirk set me off’

Freeloading friend asks waitress to evenly split one bill after her dinner companion requests separate checks, the companion decides to run up the bill to get their money's worth: ‘Her smirk set me off’

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