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Manager asks employee over text message to join meetings and assist with "knowledge transfer" after firing them: 'Are you available to jump on a call?'

Brad Dickson

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UPDATE: Quitting employee calls out manager in dramatic resignation email, accidentally sends it to all 250 employees, sparking "revolution": 'Within 2 minutes my phone started blowing up... My manager calling. HR calling. The CEO called'

Remy Millisky

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'I'm already looking forward to a [stress-free] Holiday:' Contractor leaves job without notice, company thinks he's on vacation, keeps getting paid

Elna McHilderson

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20-year-old electronics salesman refuses to follow boss's orders to scam customers, ends up making company's biggest sale of the year: 'The final bill was over $15k!'

Ben Weiss

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Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

Brad Dickson

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Boss denies manufacturer's request for a raise, manufacturer quits and business ends up down $300,000: '[You] could've just given me the 15k raise!'

Ben Weiss

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Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks: 'My ex-boss quit [just] two weeks after I left'

Ben Weiss

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Boss tells key client that go-to employee has left the company, employee quits for real when they find out: 'My supervisor told a high-end client that I was quitting. That was a lie, and I was gone for a week.'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quits after boss denies their request for a raise, then publicly offers the replacement $7,000 more per year: 'It was such a deliberate power move'

Ben Weiss

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‘Laughing through his anger’: Restaurant host gets written up for ‘abandoning’ post to aid with a car crash, convinces manager to fire him, celebrates

Elna McHilderson

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Employee gets fired and replaced by younger, cheaper new hire, she lasts 3 weeks at the company: 'Now the company’s back to square one, scrambling to rehire'

Ben Weiss

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‘The joke was on him’: Manager gets himself fired after threatening to fire an integral employee if he didn't pass a test, he passes and immediately quits

Elna McHilderson

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'I UNO-reversed that so fast': Entitled boss tries to ambush employee of 7 years with unjust disciplinary hearing, employee quits on the spot

Elna McHilderson

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‘Add a little chaos to his meticulously organized weekend’: Employee has had it with controlling boss, puts his phone number on a Craigslist ad for farm animals and then quits

Elna McHilderson

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'A delightful shot at revenge': Employee gets back at worker who suddenly quit, leaving them short-staffed

Remy Millisky

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'Power-tripping, micromanaging, unsupportive boss': Workers who quit their worst jobs ever explain what pushed them over the edge

Remy Millisky

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