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‘You can’t claim overtime when you're not doing your job': VP fires new boss after he forbids employee from using competitors' phone during power outage, leading to 9 hours overtime

‘You can’t claim overtime when you're not doing your job': VP fires new boss when he forbids employee from using competitors' phone during power outage, leading to 9 hours overtime

'[My boss] never called past 5 p.m. again:' Banker uses the time difference to his advantage to make his boss respect his work hours

'[My boss] never called past 5 p.m. again:' Banker uses the time difference to his advantage to make his boss respect his work hours

Elna McHilderson

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'I refuse to do so': Senior employee forced to record bathroom breaks

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'The line stops for a full 20 minutes': Freshly promoted new boss thinks he knows better than experienced machinist, predictable happens

‘My boss made me work 13 hours without a break': Employee quits job without giving notice, then drives 9 hours back home

‘My boss made me work 13 hours without a break': Employee quits job without giving notice, then drives 9 hours back home

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‘You’re fired': Boss leaves high-paying job for new position at company, only to get fired and replaced by outsourced employee

‘You’re fired': Boss leaves high-paying job for new position at company, only to get fired and replaced by outsourced employee

‘My boss gave the new hire my promotion, so I quit’: Employee quits after being denied promotion; VP fires new hire, demands employee be reinstated

‘My boss gave the new hire my promotion, so I quit’: Employee quits after being denied promotion; VP fires new hire, demands employee be reinstated

'I got a disciplinary hearing; he got fired': New manager made redundant following absurd orders he gave employee

'I got a disciplinary hearing; he got fired': New manager made redundant following absurd orders he gave employee

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‘From now on, you punch in your work hours!’ : New manager attempts to deduce hardworking employee's salary, employee maliciously complies, leading to 30% raise due to overtime pay

‘From now on, you punch in your work hours!’ : New manager attempts to deduce hardworking employee's salary, employee maliciously complies, leading to 30% raise due to overtime pay

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'Delete your files and leave': New boss fired after making analyst redundant and telling him to delete his "worthless" files, cost company $2.5 million

server asks advice on how to tell his new boss that she sucks, even though he really likes her as a person

'She seems more focused on mundane little things': Longtime Service Industry Employee Likes New Boss, But Not Her Management Style, Asks for Advice on How to Tell Her

Elna McHilderson

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Oregon tenant comes home to find her landlord entered without notice and moved bedroom furniture around while “checking for a possible moisture issue”

Virginia employee refuses to use software that records customers without approval, seeks legal action after employer threatens termination

Virginia employee refuses to use software that records customers without approval, seeks legal action after employer threatens termination

Company lowballs promoted employee's new raise by $5,000 below market value, quits live on camera during all-company meeting: ‘She was good. Like, really good.’

Company lowballs promoted employee's new raise by $5,000 below market value, quits live on camera during all-company meeting: ‘She was good. Like, really good.’

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Worker refuses to help her colleague, Melinda, with a project after Melinda left her to handle a two-person job alone while sick, giving her a taste of her own medicine

Worker refuses to help her colleague, Melinda, with a project after Melinda left her to handle a two-person job alone while sick, giving her a taste of her own medicine

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