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Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

'I don't work for free': Factory supervisor demands workers arrive an hour early to shift, yet refuses to pay for it, resulting in a rebellion after one employee refuses

'I don't work for free': Factory supervisor demands workers arrive an hour early to shift, yet refuses to pay for it, resulting in a rebellion after one employee refuses

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Employee discovers that they're doing the majority of the work for their team, boss refuses to intervene and distribute the workload: 'Started tracking my workload out of curiosity. Turns out I’m handling roughly 70% of what our team produces.'

Business owner fires employee over minor disagreement, employee's stepson gets payback years later by refusing owner's request to work with him: ‘Do you remember my stepdad?’

Business owner fires employee over minor disagreement, employee's stepson gets payback years later by refusing owner's request to work with him: ‘Do you remember my stepdad?’

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

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Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

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Employee 4 months into their new job loses 2 days of PTO over an 18 minute lunch break disagreement: '[Boss] told me I took time off on company time and there would be discipline to follow'

Overworked employee working 75 hours a week gets criticized for not being efficient enough, leading employee to cut their work time in half: ‘This was my wake-up call’

Overworked employee working 75 hours a week gets criticized for not being efficient enough, leading employee to cut their work time in half: ‘This was my wake-up call’

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Boss takes 15 minutes off construction worker's pay when he was 1 minute late, his refusal to work sparks chain reaction with other staff: 'I'm not getting paid until 6:15 so I'm not doing any work until 6:15. I enjoy what I do but I don't do it for free'

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Manager orders 23-year-old kitchen worker to stop helping with other tasks, causing restaurant to fall behind and customers to lose their temper: 'I’m only following his orders'

Manager orders 23-year-old kitchen worker to stop helping with other tasks, causing restaurant to fall behind and customers to lose their temper: 'I’m only following his orders'

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Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

Chef makes an effort to bake cakes for coworkers' birthdays, only to have none of them do anything for her birthday, she refuses to keep the tradition: ‘It's not worth the effort’

Chef makes an effort to bake cakes for coworkers' birthdays, only to have none of them do anything for her birthday, she refuses to keep the tradition: ‘It's not worth the effort’

Tech employee working 50+ hour weeks takes one personal day, now HR accuses him of being a slacker: 'It’s insane how taking care of yourself is seen as a red flag'

Tech employee working 50+ hour weeks takes one personal day, now HR accuses him of being a slacker: 'It’s insane how taking care of yourself is seen as a red flag'

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Coworker stands up for employee who is being berated by their boss during a team meeting, turning the roast back on her: 'Maybe if you didn’t change the brief 5 times, he’d have it done. Chill'

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20+ employees share the clueless things their bosses have said to them: 'It’s not mandatory, it’s compulsory!'

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Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

High-achiever "quiet quits" and gets a job in a different area of the company with better pay when manager ignores their repeated warnings about impending issues, watches as the disaster happens exactly as they predicted: 'My new job is a piece of cake'

High-achiever "quiet quits" and gets a job in a different area of the company with better pay when manager ignores their repeated warnings about impending issues, watches as the disaster happens exactly as they predicted: 'My new job is a piece of cake'

Entitled siblings conspire to get 80-year-old mother's secret inheritance, mother retaliates by taking them out of the will: 'She doesn't have a secret bank account'

Entitled siblings conspire to get 80-year-old mother's secret inheritance, mother retaliates by taking them out of the will: 'She doesn't have a secret bank account'

18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

Company boss and head of HR fired together after employee documents years of manipulation and micromanaging, then presents evidence to SVP during boss’s promotion attempt: ‘What he didn't know was that all those years I kept all our communications’

Company boss and head of HR fired together after employee documents years of manipulation and micromanaging, then presents evidence to SVP during boss’s promotion attempt: ‘What he didn't know was that all those years I kept all our communications’

One-bedroom apartment renter endures elderly neighbor turned property manager who nitpicks everything from bike storage to candle smells: ‘I am a quiet tenant, rarely have guests over, keep my space clean’

One-bedroom apartment renter endures elderly neighbor turned property manager who nitpicks everything from bike storage to candle smells: ‘I am a quiet tenant, rarely have guests over, keep my space clean’

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