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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’

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’

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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'

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

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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...'

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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'

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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'

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…'

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…'

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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

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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’

Boss steals years of unpaid lunches, employee becomes manager and quietly reclaims every minute with extra-long breaks

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'

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

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’

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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

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'

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

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'

Top-performing sales rep who successfully led a team as interim manager was passed over for the permanent role, in favor of ex-Navy commander with no industry experience, so she quit the company immediately, leaving boss blindsided

'I walked right out': Top-performing sales rep who successfully led a team as interim manager was passed over for the permanent role, in favor of ex-Navy commander with no industry experience, so she quit the company immediately, leaving boss blindsided

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Employee quiet quits after hitting his $2M savings goal at 40, accidentally gets 4 promotions and becomes a millionaire executive by doing less work

Employee quiet quits after hitting his $2M savings goal at 40, accidentally gets 4 promotions and becomes a millionaire executive by doing less work: 'I became an expert at saying no'

Company denies data analyst raise after he automates 70% of daily tasks with Python, boss orders him to stop, as it's making his coworkers “look bad”, he later discovers they hired someone else for the same automation role

Company denies data analyst raise after he automates 70% of daily tasks with Python, boss orders him to stop, as it's making his coworkers “look bad”, he later discovers they hired someone else for the same automation role: 'Paying 20k more than I make'

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Supervisor insists employee can't work from home after blizzard drops 10 inches of snow, employee takes vacation day instead, gets a free snow day fully paid after working 10 minutes: '[He tells me] I need to drive the 50+ miles to work or take vacation'

Supervisor insists employee can't work from home after blizzard drops 10 inches of snow, employee takes vacation day instead, gets a free snow day fully paid after working 10 minutes: '[He tells me] I need to drive the 50+ miles to work or take vacation'

Employee abruptly fired after four years due to accumulated "late" arrivals, despite promised time-card adjustments due to main entrance restrictions, he claims it's their excuse to replace employees with lower-paid hires: 'The promise didn't apply to me'

Employee abruptly fired after four years due to accumulated "late" arrivals, despite promised time-card adjustments due to main entrance restrictions, he claims it's their excuse to replace employees with lower-paid hires: 'The promise didn't apply to me'

'It's missing a lot of functions': Project manager dismisses team’s concerns about their primary platform's flawed upgrade, so they deliberately flood his inbox with individual support requests until he's too overwhelmed, forcing his boss to take over

'It's missing a lot of functions': Project manager dismisses team’s concerns about their primary platform's flawed upgrade, so they deliberately flood his inbox with individual support requests until he's too overwhelmed, forcing his boss to take over

Parents sabotage daughter’s dream school scholarship acceptance, secretly committing her to a local university: ‘My parents have a whole separate plan for my life’

Parents sabotage daughter’s dream school scholarship acceptance, secretly committing her to a local university: ‘My parents have a whole separate plan for my life’

Woman tries to take credit for a volunteer's work at a non-profit, so they let her fail miserably in an important presentation: ‘The most peaceful payback I've had in years’

Woman tries to take credit for a volunteer's work at a non-profit, so they let her fail miserably in an important presentation: ‘The most peaceful payback I've had in years’

Corrupt former building manager gets his comeuppance when the replacement scatters 250 keys with his callback information on them: ‘If found, call for reward’

Corrupt former building manager gets his comeuppance when the replacement scatters 250 keys with his callback information on them: ‘If found, call for reward’

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