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Employee's hours get cut, then boss calls him to come in early, employee stands his ground: 'If they wanted me in early, they shouldn’t have cut my hours!'

Employee's hours get cut, then boss calls him to come in early, employee stands his ground: 'If they wanted me in early, they shouldn’t have cut my hours!'

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Boss accuses burned-out worker of sabotaging the company, still wants them to work their two week's notice when they quit: 'My boss asked me [if] I was sabotaging the company'

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Boss demands 16-year-old employee make him coffee every morning, employee complies but uses uncleaned mugs, boss quickly finds out: ‘He never asked me again’

Boss demands 16-year-old employee make him coffee every morning, employee complies but uses uncleaned mugs, boss quickly finds out: ‘He never asked me again’

Boss fails to finish big client's order in time, blames it on an overworked employee who refuses to take the fall, boss fires them as a result: ‘I acted exactly as instructed’

Boss fails to finish big client's order in time, blames it on an overworked employee who refuses to take the fall, boss fires them as a result: ‘I acted exactly as instructed’

Fired employee refuses to provide former boss with a code to access their system, blocks boss to keep him from reaching out: ‘I ignored him completely’

Fired employee refuses to provide former boss with a code to access their system, blocks boss to keep him from reaching out: ‘I ignored him completely’

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Boss forces new employee to clock out and continue working for 30 more minutes without pay, employee decides to confront boss's boss about it: ‘I'm so infuriated’

Boss forces new employee to clock out and continue working for 30 more minutes without pay, employee decides to confront boss's boss about it: ‘I'm so infuriated’

Employee gets exposed for taking credit for coworker's software work after he is forced to admit he doesn't know how to fix a system bug: ‘He had no idea where to even begin’

Employee gets exposed for taking credit for coworker's software work after he is forced to admit he doesn't know how to fix a system bug: ‘He had no idea where to even begin’

Fired employee gets payback by deleting thousands of hours of work after discovering his team was still using his folder: 'This is my drive and my work'

Fired employee gets payback by deleting thousands of hours of work after discovering his team was still using his folder: 'This is my drive and my work'

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'I've been set up for failure': Boss informs overworked employee their annual bonus would be $0, insulted employee quits on the spot in response

'I've been set up for failure': Boss informs overworked employee their annual bonus would be $0, insulted employee quits on the spot in response

'Gave notice, got fired instead': Employee quits job but offers boss to stay until they find replacement, only to be told to leave effective immediately

'Gave notice, got fired instead': Employee quits job but offers boss to stay until they find replacement, only to be told to leave effective immediately

Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

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'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

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Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'

Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'