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This employee enquired with their boss about where their two-week late paycheck was, they were met with resistance

Worker gets written up for "unprofessional attitude" after asking why their paycheck was 2 weeks late: 'You don't need to come at me with that kind of tone'

Manager makes request at 4:30pm for employee to stay late, employee declines and manager throws temper tantrum: 'Nah, bro! Your emergency is not my emergency'

Manager makes request at 4:30pm for employee to stay late, employee declines and manager throws temper tantrum: 'Nah, bro! Your emergency is not my emergency'

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Coworker reports employee to HR for not inviting her to her private wedding, forcing her to have to explain to HR why she's not invited: 'Some people really do think they’re the main character'

‘Finish the day or you're suspended’: Greenhouse employee leaves work early without telling anyone after being forced to work in 130°F weather, manager demands they return immediately

‘Finish the day or you're suspended’: Greenhouse employee leaves work early without telling anyone after being forced to work in 130°F weather, manager demands they return immediately

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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'

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'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

Company hires two job candidates for the same role, claiming they will rotate the responsibilities, only to fire one of them two months later: ‘I was set up to fail’

Company hires two job candidates for the same role, claiming they will rotate the responsibilities, only to fire one of them two months later: ‘I was set up to fail’

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New supervisor tells warehouse worker to mind her own business when she points out that one of the other machines is smoking, '10 minutes later, the thing actually caught fire'

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Employee quits mid-shift after micromanager fires their coworker out of the blue, other employees follow suit, forcing the restaurant to close: ‘I just turned around and left’

Employee quits mid-shift after micromanager fires their coworker out of the blue, other employees follow suit, forcing the restaurant to close: ‘I just turned around and left’

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Employee labeled as having an "unprofessional attitude" by their employer after inquiring about their missing and late paycheck: 'My last paycheck was late. Not by a day or two, almost a full week'

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Overworked employee is unceremoniously fired after giving their 2 weeks' notice, which was to end with 3 days of leave: '55+ [hour] weeks with no overtime'

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10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

UPDATE: Manager schedules meeting with employee during her PTO, reprimands her when she doesn't show up: 'Her boss called to chastise her for it while we were on vacation'

UPDATE: Manager schedules meeting with employee during her PTO, reprimands her when she doesn't show up: 'Her boss called to chastise her for it while we were on vacation'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

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'i requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

'I requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

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Employee comes in to the office when they are sick at their boss's demand, boss soon regrets it: 'Boss said no working from home'

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Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Boss demands lab employees provide testing reports earlier in the day, they warn him that the data won't be complete, his insistence leads to more work for him: ‘He can't figure it out’

Boss demands lab employees provide testing reports earlier in the day, they warn him that the data won't be complete, his insistence leads to more work for him: ‘He can't figure it out’

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

Company forces veteran employees to reapply for their roles at lower pay after a "restructure": 'Same job, same responsibilities. But [...] the posted salary is $8k less than what we're currently making'

Company forces veteran employees to reapply for their roles at lower pay after a "restructure": 'Same job, same responsibilities. But [...] the posted salary is $8k less than what we're currently making'

‘I got reverse scammed’: Contractor builds new chicken coop for homeowner, then disappears without getting paid, homeowner spends months trying to find him

‘I got reverse scammed’: Contractor builds new chicken coop for homeowner, then disappears without getting paid, homeowner spends months trying to find him

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