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Entitled manager takes PTO to prevent innocent employee from taking time-off for their 21st birthday, considers talking to higher-ups about the workplace ordeal

Spiteful manager throws ‘tantrum’ and denies employee's time-off request for their 21st birthday, employee feels this may be a targeted attack: ‘He’s looking for a reaction’

"Craziest part about it is he’s going to be gone for a week despite complaining about availability issues."
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23 Real interviewees share wild stories about warning signs in interviews that should have you running for the exit: 'They got so mad they ended the interview'

Interviews can be nerve-wracking, but sometimes they reveal more about the company than you might expect. A recent Reddit thread had users sharing their worst interview stories, highlighting red flags that screamed, "Run!" One particular tale involved an applicant who called out the company's terrible Glassdoor reviews. Instead of addressing the concerns, the interviewer got so mad that they abruptly ended the interview. She dodged a major bullet there. This incident sparked a flood of similar…
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Employee is told to ‘start looking for a new job’ by entitled boss, boss tries to take it back but employee has already found a unicorn job position

Entitled boss tells employee to find another job in the heat of the moment, tries to backtrack but employee maliciously complies and leaves dumpster fire business

"‘Per our conversation on (that date), you advised me to find other employment so I did.’"
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Boss scams employee out of $100 after he kindly buys food for entire office, employee uses boss's words against him to get delicious payback

‘You should've gotten it in writing’: Boss scams employee out of $100 after he promises to reimburse him, employee uses boss's words against him when he's needed for an urgent project

"He screamed, I mean screamed, ‘You agreed to work on this project weeks ago!’ I repeated his words verbatim."
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Employee books vacation days for the upcoming year and requests time off, manager gives her grief and suggests the PTO will not be approved until closer to the date

‘She's not going to like it but I'm not going to care’: Employee requests time off a year in advance, manager says that they're ‘being inconsiderate’ of fellow employees

"What I'm getting from her [is] that I am being selfish and I should wait for everyone book theirs before mine."
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'He was the single worst candidate we had ever encountered': 20+ Job candidates whose interviews could not have gone worse

These job candidates thought they were nailing their interviews, but their interviewers knew that they were flunking them. During job interviews, hiring managers meet all sorts of people. They meet people with little experience but awesome personalities. Some candidates are highly experienced and seem great for the role, with only a few minor issues that need to be addressed. The hiring manager might have to speak with dozens of candidates before making their final decision. It's based on the c…
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Entitled boss gets what he deserves for not believing employee's injury, has to pay employee a week of sick leave instead of the requested one day

‘He got his note’: Employee sprains ankle and requests one day of paid sick leave, boss demands to see a doctor's note and ends up paying a week of leave per doctor's orders

"This gets met with more attitude so I ask if I’ll be getting paid sick time for the day I missed yesterday. He says no, not without a doctors note. . ."
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Entitled manager pushes employee to resign, backtracks on their workplace maltreatment and tries to convince her to stay, even though she has already found a better job

‘Never make that mistake again’: Employee resigns after multiple instances of workplace mistreatment, manager backtracks on prior reprimands and refuses to ‘accept’ her two-week notice

"I spilled coffee onto my clothes. Never make that mistake again. I brought brownies in. Never do that again, people could have allergies."
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Vindictive manager gets what's coming to them after he berates employee and doesn't back up his promises, employee finds new job offer and considers making a scene while quitting

‘So I switched my LinkedIn back on’: Employee signs remote offer right before RTO mandate is enacted, gets unicorn job offer and considers loud-quitting to spite vindictive manager

"I’ve accepted (pending paperwork) so I’ll be the second lead this company has lost in as many years due to this same person."
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UPDATE: Incompetent hospitality employee has a major boomer freakout on employee who filled her old position, walks out for a second time: ‘Bessie went boom again’

UPDATE: ‘Bessie the Breakfast Boomer’ is rehired in a different role, has a major freak out on employee who filled her old position and walks off the job, again

"Bessie went boom again."
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Hospitality employee bests ‘Bessie the Breakfast Boomer’ after he refuses to do her job for her, resulting in a classic boomer meltdown

‘Bessie the Breakfast Boomer’ has a classic meltdown and gets fired after employee refuses to do her job for her

"After that every morning when Bessie comes in she throws her tantrum screaming about how lazy young people are, no one wants to work, all the usual boomer greatest hits."
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malicious compliance ensues when freight driver is refused help 4 times, only half of his tasks end up completed and multiple parties get cheated as a result

‘This time it bit them badly’: Tired freight employee is refused backup 4 times by crooked management, is only able to complete 1/2 tasks and management gets chewed out as a result

"I had exceeded legal driving time [so] they had to make sure I went home early for a few days." WIN!
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'The resume had a skills section...only thing listed was "calculator"': 20+ Resume red flags

Here's exactly how not to write your resume! You can look online for any number of how-to's and resume templates. But these recruiters and HR workers gave some surprisingly candid answers when asked about the red flags that give them pause while they're shuffling through resumes. Back when I was last job hunting a few years ago, I kept coming across this one strange tip to fill your resume with keywords. The tip advised to write a bunch of strong buzzwords, then put them in the smallest size fo…
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Employee faces unfair treatment when he is being singled out by his shift scheduler, leading him to find work elsewhere

Employee faces unfair reprimands made by disrespectful schedule manager, is informed that scheduler has ‘been trying since day one’ to get him fired

“Apparently, she tried to use me leaving early a lot as a reason that I should be fired, BUT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS TELLING ME TO LEAVE EVERY DAY.”
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Entitled middle manager gets caught for excessive lateness when a night audit employee is wrongfully reprimanded for ‘excessive use of overtime’

Hotel employee is reprimanded by GM for ‘excessive use of overtime’ until documented punch times reveal that his middle manager was clocking in 1.5 hours late for every shift

"I explained to them that I was only staying on until the next crew relieved me and I had sufficient time to brief the incoming crew per the corporate policy [that] the hotel must be manned 24/7."
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Malicious executive is fired from company, attempts to block employee multiple times from being hired at new company and scrutinizes management as a result

Employee assists in the firing of malicious executive, now faces retaliation when the same executive tries to block employee from being hired at a different organization

"[He] is now scrutinizing my current management for them hiring me."
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