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Boss refuses to approve any PTO requests, employee finds a way around it in the company handbook, resulting in office chaos when more employees follow suit: ‘Thank you, legal team’

Boss refuses to approve any PTO requests, employee finds a way around it in the company handbook, resulting in office chaos when more employees follow suit: ‘Thank you, legal team’

Nurse quits job after boss demands she works on Christmas since she “has no family to celebrate with”, despite already approving her time off: ‘People with children are given priority’

Nurse quits job after boss demands she works on Christmas since she “has no family to celebrate with”, despite already approving her time off: ‘People with children are given priority’

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Overworked employee overhears bosses gossip about remote workers, sparking office discourse: 'They're the ones actually doing the work'

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Employee uses obscure employee handbook loophole to take PTO when their boss forbids them from taking it before it expires: 'PTO requests not explicitly denied [...] within 48 business hours are [...] approved.”'

s demands employees follow protocol by the book, only to have the entire office shut down after discovering “the book” hasn't been updated in a decade

Boss demands employees follow protocol by the book, only to have the entire office shut down after discovering “the book” hasn't been updated in a decade: ‘Nobody noticed because nobody followed it’

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New manager triples employees' workload, refusing to let anyone go home before everyone is done, employee uses their lunch break to "avoid" working

'Guess I'll take lunch then': New manager triples employees' workload, refusing to let anyone go home before everyone is done, employee uses their lunch break to "avoid" working

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Employee refuses to text overbearing boss every time she leaves the house, asserting boundaries: 'I'm literally never late'

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‘Now they'll have to pay 50% more to replace me’: Tech manager tries to negotiate a lower raise with their star employee, only for her to resign and score a senior position elsewhere

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Management tells employees they're no longer allowed to discuss "burnout" in their 1:1s and are then surprised when the employee asks for stress leave: 'I got 7 weeks off and partial pay, and they had to cover my job'

Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired

Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase pastry orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired: ‘We lost lots of sales’

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Boss schedules mandatory meeting just to fire "underperforming" coworker in front of all 25 employees: 'It felt like a power trip more than anything else'

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Company introduces new "security badges" which track employee movements, productivity, and even bathroom breaks, employees cease all communication to management, leading to production issues: 'Cost the company $50k in repairs and lost production'

‘He created a bottleneck and blamed everyone else’: Project manager demands every request to admin assistant get his written approval, then forgets to approve any of them

‘He created a bottleneck and blamed everyone else’: Project manager demands every request to admin assistant get his written approval, then forgets to approve any of them

Office manager demands receptionist cover his shift unpaid and last minute, receptionist refuses, causing manager to miss client meeting: ‘I documented it and emailed HR’

Office manager demands receptionist cover his shift unpaid and last minute, receptionist refuses, causing manager to miss client meeting: ‘I documented it and emailed HR’

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Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

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Job recruiter approaches prospective candidate to attend an interview and then ghosts them, accuses them of having an attitude when they try to follow up: 'I waited for a full 20 minutes, thinking maybe there was a technical issue or something'

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Camper refuses to bring daughter-in-law Jane on family kayaking trip: '[My son] has told me he can’t go if she isn’t invited, and I stuck to my decision'

Camper refuses to bring daughter-in-law Jane on family kayaking trip: '[My son] has told me he can’t go if she isn’t invited, and I stuck to my decision'

Museum curator takes credit for archivist's research, then embarrasses herself in front of major donor: 'I thought you were working on this together?'

Museum curator takes credit for archivist's research, then embarrasses herself in front of major donor: 'I thought you were working on this together?'

Client debates if they were wrong for not letting their solo event planner keep leftover retainer money as a tip, after the planner refunded it, later hinting that a positive review could make up the gratuity: 'First time it even occurred to me'

Client debates if they were wrong for not letting their solo event planner keep leftover retainer money as a tip, after the planner refunded it, later hinting that a positive review could make up the gratuity: 'First time it even occurred to me'

'Remember that everyone is replaceable': Arrogant boss threatens employees' job security out of nowhere at 8 AM in work group chat

'Remember that everyone is replaceable': Arrogant boss threatens employees' job security out of nowhere at 8 AM in work group chat

Grocery store manager treats employee like enemy #1 for no reason, so he secretly quits mid-shift and leaves her hanging: 'I didn't have to tolerate being talked to like that.'

Grocery store manager treats employee like enemy #1 for no reason, so he secretly quits mid-shift and leaves her hanging: 'I didn't have to tolerate being talked to like that.'

Dad pulls 15-year-old daughter out of gymnastics against his wife's wishes in order to protect her when he discovers why she wants to leave the sport: 'She is a sophomore in High school and wants to stop competing'

Dad pulls 15-year-old daughter out of gymnastics against his wife's wishes in order to protect her when he discovers why she wants to leave the sport: 'She is a sophomore in High school and wants to stop competing'

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