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Husband tries to sabotage wife's promotion with his coworkers, so the wife sends the evidence to HR: ‘I found out exactly who my husband is’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee forgoes extra tasks after receiving mediocre performance review, goes on leave as new boss panics: 'I am not doing anything beyond my scope'

Ben Weiss

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28-year-old employee professionally gets back at entitled supervisor by giving HR the paper trail of her incompetence, becomes her supervisor's supervisor: ‘I waited and won!’

Elna McHilderson

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Part-time employee gets promoted above dismissive colleague, then ignores colleague's attempts to become friends: ‘I'm driving her crazy by gray rocking her’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets promoted over more qualified but "difficult" coworker: 'I know he thinks I'm an empty suit [...] and he's completely right'

Ben Weiss

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Arrogant coworker takes credit for project, demands a promotion and gets fired instead: 'Sometimes the trash takes itself out!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee resigns for better opportunity, manager ignores him for two weeks, then panics right before his final day: '[He] asked what it would take for me to stay...'

Ben Weiss

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Employee confronts CEO after getting denied her raise and discovering her coworker with less experience got one: 'The CEO literally says he wishes every employee was like me. And yet… nothing'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled coworker conspires with new boss to get teacher kicked out of leadership position, only to assume the role and have no idea what to do: '[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle'

Ben Weiss

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Employee ends lease and sells furniture after accepting a promotion taking him 2,000 miles away, severals week before the move company cancels everything: ‘[I'm] about to be homeless…'

Elna McHilderson

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'No matter how long he stays after this, his salary is frozen and won't increase again': Coworker receives "final" raise after 12 years at his company, immediately submits resignation and uses new salary to get a better job offer

Ben Weiss

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After being ignored by manager Jess when accepting a promotion, an after-school care worker withdraws interest and immediately finds themselves left off the roster for a month: ‘I have gotten a second job to supplement my income’

Etai Eshet

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Boss steals years of unpaid lunches, employee becomes manager and quietly reclaims every minute with extra-long breaks: 'I must have racked up close to 2,000 hours doing absolutely nothing'

Isabella Penn

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Employee gets boss fired by successfully taking care of a last-minute product shipment to Europe that boss had neglected: ‘He had no one else to blame for his mess-ups’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker finally resigns after a five-year promotion stall, only for the company to offer the immediate role they claimed didn’t exist: 'Your loyalty should be to yourself, not to a company that won't hesitate to string you along'

Isabella Penn

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Employee denied raise after outstanding performance review, so he starts leaving early and quietly cuts his hours by 20% without anyone noticing: 'I gave myself the raise'

Isabella Penn

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