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Manager rescinds candidate's job offer after he demands they start working the next day, which made candidate laugh at his face: ‘I thought it was a joke’

Manager rescinds candidate's job offer after he demands they start working the next day, which made candidate laugh at his face: ‘I thought it was a joke’

Automation employee gets back at entitled boss by adding a code line to company's budget sheet that makes it impossible to give boss a raise: ‘I don't feel guilty’

Automation employee gets back at entitled boss by adding a code line to company's budget sheet that makes it impossible to give boss a raise: ‘I don't feel guilty’

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Micromanager demands employee cover a 13-hour long shift on their day off, employee refuses and quits job on the spot: ‘I can't stand to go in and see their faces’

Micromanager demands employee cover a 13-hour long shift on their day off, employee refuses and quits job on the spot: ‘I can't stand to go in and see their faces’

18 employees get fired on the same day despite boss's promise to expand their team, management leaves the meeting with a smile on their faces: ‘They walked around laughing'

18 employees get fired on the same day despite boss's promise to expand their team, management leaves the meeting with a smile on their faces: ‘They walked around laughing'

Manager demands employee arrive 30 minutes before clocking in to ‘get ready for the shift’, employee refuses, then gets demoted to a different role: ‘I don't work for free’

Manager demands employee arrive 30 minutes before clocking in to ‘get ready for the shift’, employee refuses, then gets demoted to a different role: ‘I don't work for free’

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‘Nobody at work knows I do nothing’: Employee has no work to do for over 3 months while boss fails to notice, until they get told to either talk to management or leave the job

‘Nobody at work knows I do nothing’: Employee has no work to do for over 3 months while boss fails to notice, until they get told to either talk to management or leave the job

After six years of workplace mistreatment, employee quits their job, doing so by leaving a note they wrote on an old receipt from the garbage: ‘This had to be done, I quit’

After six years of workplace mistreatment, employee quits their job, doing so by leaving a note they wrote on an old receipt from the garbage: ‘This had to be done, I quit’

Employee finds out a coworker is living in a tent and spreads the information around the office, coworker teaches him a valuable lesson in response: ‘Don't dish it out if you can't take it’

Employee finds out a coworker is living in a tent and spreads the information around the office, coworker teaches him a valuable lesson in response: ‘Don't dish it out if you can't take it’

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‘So it's my fault you can't save a file?’: Boomer boss blames IT employee for losing important work data, despite boss never saving his progress, leading to an office dispute

‘So it's my fault you can't save a file?’: Boomer boss blames IT employee for losing important work data, despite boss never saving his progress, leading to an office dispute

Boss forces employee to accept $1 raise while doubling their workload, employee refuses, informs boss to take it up with their lawyer: ‘He lost it’

Boss forces employee to accept $1 raise while doubling their workload, employee refuses, informs boss to take it up with their lawyer: ‘He lost it’

'Sue me, then': Employee quits after failing to stand up to micromanagement, boss demands they pay back all their bonuses, employee refuses and walks out

'Sue me, then': Employee quits after failing to stand up to micromanagement, boss demands they pay back all their bonuses, employee refuses and walks out

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Employee lends coworker money, only for coworker to flood her with texts asking for more favors, employee blocks them in response: ‘No one in management will do anything’

Employee lends coworker money, only for coworker to flood her with texts asking for more favors, employee blocks them in response: ‘No one in management will do anything’

'Everyone is invited but me': Employee gets excluded from company dinner, decides to crash the event instead of inquiring boss about the missing invitation

'Everyone is invited but me': Employee gets excluded from company dinner, decides to crash the event instead of inquiring boss about the missing invitation

Employee discovers coworker is taking credit for her work, she informs boss, only to be told off for not being a team player: ‘I don't understand corporate culture anymore’

Employee discovers coworker is taking credit for her work, she informs boss, only to be told off for not being a team player: ‘I don't understand corporate culture anymore’

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‘Have fun replacing every lock…’: After getting wrongfully fired, employee leaves workplace with all their keys, causing management to spend thousands on changing locks

‘Have fun replacing every lock…’: After getting wrongfully fired, employee leaves workplace with all their keys, causing management to spend thousands on changing locks

Overworked employee refuses to accept offered pay raise and quits job instead, leaving micromanager high and dry: ‘Quitting was super empowering’

Overworked employee refuses to accept offered pay raise and quits job instead, leaving micromanager high and dry: ‘Quitting was super empowering’

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Healthcare worker catches virus on the job, refuses to work 2 extra weeks after being fired under strict attendance policy: 'Finally I just told her if I wasn’t fired then I quit!'

Healthcare worker catches virus on the job, refuses to work 2 extra weeks after being fired under strict attendance policy: 'Finally I just told her if I wasn’t fired then I quit!'

UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities

UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities

Boss fired employee but demands they continue working for commission, employee firmly refuses and files for unemployment instead: ‘Why would I go back?’

Boss fired employee but demands they continue working for commission, employee firmly refuses and files for unemployment instead: ‘Why would I go back?’

15+ "Main characters" who got instant karma: 'She thought management would beg her to stay... she thought wrong'

15+ "Main characters" who got instant karma: 'She thought management would beg her to stay... she thought wrong'

‘I didn’t give him a dime of our business after what he did': Catering company unjustly fires their office manager, decades later, that ex-employee's daughter makes them lose out on a six-figure contract

‘I didn’t give him a dime of our business after what he did': Catering company unjustly fires their office manager, decades later, that ex-employee's daughter makes them lose out on a six-figure contract

Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’

Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’

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