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‘He just smiled and said, “Then take this as an opportunity"…’: 27-year-old employee accidentally emails the entire department, mistake turns into a promotion

‘He just smiled and said, “Then take this as an opportunity"…’: 27-year-old employee accidentally emails the entire department, mistake turns into a promotion

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‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

Elna McHilderson

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Employee steals coworker’s idea and gets praised by boss, but flops and misses tight deadlines when original idea-owner refuses to help: 'She says were a team and should help each other'

Receptionist refuses to do anything more than her job description after manager demands she stay in her lane, CEO promotes her to office coordinator when the office collapses without her: 'That was real quick'

Receptionist refuses to do anything more than her job description after manager demands she stay in her lane, CEO promotes her to office coordinator when the office collapses without her: 'That was real quick'

Manager blocks employee from getting a promotion, driving them to quit their job, years later same manager applies to a position in employee's new company: ‘I got her interview canceled’

Manager blocks employee from getting a promotion, driving them to quit their job, years later same manager applies to a position in employee's new company: ‘I got her interview canceled’

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‘Since when am I the HR fairy?’: Entitled coworker accuses colleague of stealing her promotion, despite failing to apply for the role to begin with

Company rewards employee after they spend a weekend cleaning out the office supply closet and reorganizing it: ‘You improved productivity more than the two software systems we paid for’

Company rewards employee after they spend a weekend cleaning out the office supply closet and reorganizing it: ‘You improved productivity more than the two software systems we paid for’

Employee's malicious compliance backfires and turns into malicious acceptance, now he's being praised for turning 30 minutes of work into 2 hours: ‘Like bro, what do I even do?'

Employee's malicious compliance backfires and turns into malicious acceptance, now he's being praised for turning 30 minutes of work into 2 hours: ‘Like bro, what do I even do?'

Elna McHilderson

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24-year-old woman gets promotion, doubling salary, 27-year-old boyfriend lashes out in public due to jealousy: '[I won't] downplay my success to make my boyfriend feel better about himself

24-year-old woman gets promotion, doubling salary, 27-year-old boyfriend lashes out in public due to jealousy: '[I won't] downplay my success to make my boyfriend feel better about himself

Part-time employee promoted to full-time only gets half of new paycheck, takes back his hours: ‘I’m sure the pile of broken gear will still be there waiting for me.’

Part-time employee promoted to full-time only gets half of new paycheck, takes back his hours: ‘I’m sure the pile of broken gear will still be there waiting for me.’

Elna McHilderson

Boss keeps calling employee by the wrong name, even giving a promotion to this nonexistent person: '[HR] had to inform my boss that such a person doesn’t exist'

Boss keeps calling employee by the wrong name, even giving a promotion to this nonexistent person: '[HR] had to inform my boss that such a person doesn’t exist'

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Hardworking employee receives lower bonus than employee they hired and trained, proving 2.5 years of labor means absolutely nothing: ‘I’m just extremely disappointed’

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Employee suspects coworker blocked them on corporate chat software because they were promoted to a better role: ‘[We] have never really gotten along’

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Employee refuses to split referral bonus with entitled friend after they land them an opportunity for a promotional role, only to find out the company doesn't offer internal candidacy bonuses: ‘She called me "greedy"’

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‘I think I’m going to need a lawyer’: Higher-ups force employee next in line for a promotion to take time off after an injury, then call them ‘unreliable’ despite requesting they be put on FMLA leave

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‘My primary motivation was revenge’: Top-performing employee is let go from their job, so they land the same role at their former company's top competitor and score a 30% raise

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17-year-old refuses to contribute $250 of his own savings to his younger brother's present despite parents' guilt trips and ultimatums: 'I used to love [my family] but we're basically strangers who live under the same roof'

17-year-old refuses to contribute $250 of his own savings to his younger brother's present despite parents' guilt trips and ultimatums: 'I used to love [my family] but we're basically strangers who live under the same roof'

Employee arrives at their disciplinary work hearing with receipts that disprove the accusations against them, committee still gives them a written warning: ‘Politics trumped evidence’

Employee arrives at their disciplinary work hearing with receipts that disprove the accusations against them, committee still gives them a written warning: ‘Politics trumped evidence’

Agency tries to steal assignment from rejected job candidate, candidate revokes their access before they can get away with it: 'If they wanted to use it, they would need to hire me'

Agency tries to steal assignment from rejected job candidate, candidate revokes their access before they can get away with it: 'If they wanted to use it, they would need to hire me'

Employee with plenty of accrued PTO asks for one unpaid day off, but her boss denies it and invents fake rules to justify it: ‘I went by HR again, and they confirmed she’s wrong and the info she’s been telling me is not true’

Employee with plenty of accrued PTO asks for one unpaid day off, but her boss denies it and invents fake rules to justify it: ‘I went by HR again, and they confirmed she’s wrong and the info she’s been telling me is not true’

30-year-old leaves holiday dinner after being relentlessly hounded by his uncle about being unemployed with relentless jokes at his expense: 'Now my mum is saying I embarrassed her and I should’ve just ignored him'

30-year-old leaves holiday dinner after being relentlessly hounded by his uncle about being unemployed with relentless jokes at his expense: 'Now my mum is saying I embarrassed her and I should’ve just ignored him'

Neighbor “forgets” to return borrowed power tools, now wants man’s brand new pressure washer, leaving the owner stuck between politeness and protecting his stuff: ‘We share a driveway (duplex setup), so I see him literally every day and can't avoid him’

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