overworked-employees

New management tells employees that if they aren't at their desk, it means they aren't working, so employees comply, and it doesn't go as expected: 'Alert fired at 5:06. Nobody was at their desk, that meant nobody was working. So nobody looked'

María Cetra

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Crazy weekend at the hotel makes front desk employee question if people are okay or if something is going on due to the attitude they all have: 'Some people really shouldn't be out in public unescorted'

María Cetra

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Employee got his hours cut and gave them to the owner’s nephew, now they want him to go on weekends, but he already has a new job: ‘If your nephews are so amazing, why aren't you calling them to cover the weekend?'

María Cetra

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‘How to handle quiet quitting?’: Team lead is preoccupied about how to handle the situation between a great employee who deserves to get promoted but won't due to his issues with management

María Cetra

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Employee quits job after finding out their direct report was making more than them: ‘I brought it up to management and was brushed off’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager realizes that his best employees are getting charged with more workload while the normal ones get more of a free ride, which seems unfair: 'Eventually my best person quietly told me they felt "punished for being good at their job"'

María Cetra

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Overworked employee gets tired of his boss making him work after hours every single day, so he reaches out to HR and sends all the proof of the unfair workload: 'An email was sent to the whole company saying Mark was "pursuing other opportunities"'

María Cetra

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Employee is forced by management to clock out earlier than she should, as she’s not doing anything, when she complained: ‘They respond with “No, I’ll fire you.” I ended up clocking out early because I didn’t want to take the risk.’

María Cetra

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Employee turns off his work phone during his PTO time, and you won't guess what his boss did! He said that he was being unprofessional by setting up that boundary, now he wonders if he needs a new job

María Cetra

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Dental clinic limits employees to 2 unpaid days off every 5 months and tells them to make up missed patients, causing nearly entire staff to resign at once: ‘Are you seeing this?’

Cata Holmes

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Boss likes to micromanage her employee and act as if she didn't hear when she tells her that she needs to be out of the office as soon as her shift ends: 'She will keep me for an additional 15 mins sometimes.'

María Cetra

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Employee sets boundaries after their manager keeps assigning them with “urgent task” at 4:45 pm, when his work hours end at 5 pm: ‘Last week I finally said that I couldn't stay and would complete it first thing in the morning.’

María Cetra

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Employee stops working hard after manager complains they are taking too long to finish tasks, realizes that's the key to becoming a “good" worker: ‘I'm officially done trying’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Underpaid master's graduate resigns after being forced to absorb multiple coworkers' responsibilities, then discovers her "temporary" workload was actually 3 separate jobs: 'Why not just pay me more?'

Cata Holmes

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Boss rejects employee's PTO request after not being able to find replacement for over 5 months, employee decides to quit altogether: ‘Not my problem’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker spends three years going above and beyond for his company, only to be fired after being labeled a "disruption": 'What should I have done differently?'

Cata Holmes

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