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'How do you expect me to work if I'm not remote': Micromanaging CEO flip flops between calling programmer's job ‘remote’, leading to employee turning off alarm clock and staying home following ‘remote work' instructions

'How do you expect me to work if I'm not remote': Micromanaging CEO flip flops between calling programmer's job ‘remote’, leading to employee turning off alarm clock and staying home following ‘remote work' instructions

'My "angry email" to HR made its way all the way up the chain': CEO decides to make all remote workers start coming to the office

'My "angry email" to HR made its way all the way up the chain': CEO decides to make all remote workers start coming to the office

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'I'm not logging on': Worker asked to do their job remote after being told by CEO that their job couldn't be

'I'm not logging on': Worker asked to do their job remote after being told by CEO that their job couldn't be, takes the day off instead

Please tell me I'm not the only one finding this new PTO policy completely ridiculous

'We have made a change to PTO': HR tries to get workers to use their PTO if they need to work from home

HR manager tells worker they can't work remote whilst working remote: 'It is 100% about control'

HR manager tells worker they can't work remote whilst working remote: 'It is 100% about control'

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'You can't continue working from home because you go idle in chat too often': Remote worker devises plan to avoid going into the office by tricking their bosses

'You can't continue working from home because you go idle in chat too often': Remote worker devises plan to avoid going into the office by tricking their bosses

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‘[I'll] smile for a raise': Boss messages his employee privately asking her to ‘smile more’ in their weekly teams video call; she refuses and hilarity ensues in the comments

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‘He joined 10 minutes late… Boss was [furious]’: Careless employee nearly misses a 6AM call with all of the C-level bosses after disrespecting the meeting coordinator

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'[Don't] waste my time': After firing a remote employee without warning, company demands he return a $500 laptop; he ships it for $850 at their expense as revenge

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Am I obligated to bring this to anyone's attention': Remote worker posts concerned question online after realizing that their employer has forgotten about them

Update: 'My manager replied, "Hey, we can all hear you"': Remote worker caught venting to girlfriend during call with boss

Update: 'My manager replied, "Hey, we can all hear you"': Remote worker caught venting to girlfriend during call with boss

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'My boss implied that not attending would have repercussions': Employee faces consequences if he doesn't go out with boss and coworkers, internet reacts

'My boss implied that not attending would have repercussions': Employee faces consequences if he doesn't go out with boss and coworkers, internet reacts

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Boss Cuts a Remote Employee's Hours (and Pay) in Half, Attempting to Force Him to Come to the Office Instead of Working From Home

Jesse Kessenheimer

'[I] handed my two weeks notice': Manager makes employee travel three hours to change work outfit, employee returns with letter of resignation

'[I] handed my two weeks notice': Manager makes employee travel three hours to change work outfit, employee returns with letter of resignation

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'My coworker [...] needs to grow up': Coworker keeps sleeping through meetings, asks for feedback, employee gives it to her straight

'My coworker [...] needs to grow up': Coworker keeps sleeping through meetings, asks for feedback, employee gives it to her straight

'Hope I still have a job tomorrow': Employee swears at boss on remote cal after thinking he was on mute

'Hope I still have a job tomorrow': Employee swears at boss on remote call after thinking he was on mute

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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: 'Your loyalty should be to yourself, not to a company that won't hesitate to string you along'

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'

Manager assigns "urgent" task at 4:50 PM, employee refuses to work past 5:00 PM: 'Why couldn't this be assigned earlier in the day?'

Manager assigns "urgent" task at 4:50 PM, employee refuses to work past 5:00 PM: 'Why couldn't this be assigned earlier in the day?'

Overworked employee refuses to keep spending Saturdays doing unpaid fake “volunteer” projects that secretly aim at benefiting her boss’s friends and family, causing tension at work: 'These Saturdays are “optional” but everyone knows they really aren't'

Overworked employee refuses to keep spending Saturdays doing unpaid fake “volunteer” projects that secretly aim at benefiting her boss’s friends and family, causing tension at work: 'These Saturdays are “optional” but everyone knows they really aren't'

'I'm not a computer person': IT department refuses to walk incompetent employees through basic tech issues, claiming it's 2025

'I'm not a computer person': IT department refuses to walk incompetent employees through basic tech issues, claiming it's 2025

Boss tells employee to be grateful she has a job after reprimanding her for taking her 30-minute unpaid lunch break, forcing her to make a hard decision about the future of her employment: '[I] sent out 5 applications during my lunch break today'

Boss tells employee to be grateful she has a job after reprimanding her for taking her 30-minute unpaid lunch break, forcing her to make a hard decision about the future of her employment: '[I] sent out 5 applications during my lunch break today'

'I don't need the money': Pre-retired man re-enters the workforce as an IT worker for "purpose" reasons, but quickly becomes fed up with corporate drama, wants to tell young boss he needs autonomy and flexibility

'I don't need the money': Pre-retired man re-enters the workforce as an IT worker for "purpose" reasons, but quickly becomes fed up with corporate drama, wants to tell young boss he needs autonomy and flexibility

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