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'They call me 5:01': Overworked employee refuses to stay late after 5:00pm, boss makes a nickname out of it, employee owns it

Ben Weiss

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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

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'Someone is still working and is at 12 hours of overtime. It's Dan': Stingy boss tries to save money by making employees shovel the movie theater parking lot, maliciously compliant employee takes him literally

Remy Millisky

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'I cannot stop laughing': Employee gets a 5% raise after watching movies on their work laptop, management monitoring their activity thinks they're working OT for free

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Stay until it's done? Ok': Overworked employee wins a huge paycheck while his domineering manager pays for transgressions in the workplace

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss cuts back on overtime pay, employee rebels by cutting back on excess work: 'I'm not working overtime unless I get paid'

Ben Weiss

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'Don't pretend like you're busy': Furious boss places employee on work schedule after they quit because they didn't find a replacement

Eleonora Bader

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'You want me to work ZERO overtime? Sure thing boss': Manager complies with new bogus OT policy, results in team racking up tons of OT hours, manager embarrasses boss in front of CEO

Ben Weiss

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'He wanted to be the first one of the day': Entitled market owner delays trucker by 4 hours

Remy Millisky

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Flexi-time employee gets chewed out for 10 minutes of overtime, maliciously complies the next time their boss needs them to stay late: 'Policy is policy'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I don’t work 80 hours a week when I’m paid for 40’: Boss demands new hire work overtime for free, stating employee isn't committed enough to their team

Eleonora Bader

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Hospital worker forced to carve out extra time for higher-ups, charges a ton of OT: 'I couldn't be blamed'

Ben Weiss

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'No exceptions!': IT Manager says "no overtime," has to drive to site in the middle of the night to fix emergency himself when team complies

Brad Dickson

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'She thought I wouldn't quit, but she was wrong': Employees Share Most Entertaining Micromanagement Stories

Eleonora Bader

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Entitled manager bans overtime calling employee a 'time thief,' then blames employee after turning down last-minute million-dollar project: 'Let's agree to disagree, this has been one big miscommunication'

Isabella Penn

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'To save two dollars in OT, they let a few thousand dollars [...] go to waste': Employee lectured for working OT, double malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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