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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

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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'

Ben Weiss

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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’

Lana DeGaetano

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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’

Lana DeGaetano

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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"’

Lana DeGaetano

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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

Lana DeGaetano

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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

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I flat out said no’: Employee refuses to train her underqualified replacement after being passed up on a promotion she was ‘heavily encouraged’ to apply for

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee gets offered a promotion but is told they'll have to ‘work hard’ to prove themselves, employee decides to firmly decline instead: 'I'm not interested in the slightest'

Bar Mor Hazut

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31-year-old boyfriend demands to see 25-year-old girlfriend's schedule so he knows why she doesn't text him back during the work day after she gets promoted at work: 'He questions everything'

Baiz Hoen

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Employee going on 17 years gets petty with replacement after being forced to move departments: 'It doesn't seem to be working out between you and your boss'

Ben Weiss

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Employee demands boss demote his coworker so that he could take their job, coworker finds out but decides to do nothing about it: ‘I'm letting him sink himself’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee spreads rumors about coworker's promotion being due to favoritism, coworker gets back at her by convincing the entire office she's a liar: ‘Now nobody takes her seriously’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job applicant accused of cheating on a test by tech hotshots, lands better job and pay by proving them wrong: ‘I saw them go from upset to delight’

Etai Eshet

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Employee is passed up on a promotion but is expected to transfer all of his work and ideas to colleague who landed the position: ‘Higher-ups didn't want my ideas in the first place’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee quits 3 months after senior-level promotion when company refuses to give him a raise: 'My manager called me unprofessional during the resignation meeting'

Isabella Penn

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