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Part-time employee gets promoted above dismissive colleague, then ignores colleague's attempts to become friends: ‘I'm driving her crazy by gray rocking her’

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'Most job postings aren’t real': HR admits to curious employee that they advertise fake jobs to keep an inventory of candidates “just in case”, leading to heavy criticism

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

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Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

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Employee refuses to promote company's products on their personal social media platforms, despite having a big following, boss insists it's wasted potential: 'Get your followers to join'

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Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

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Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

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New boss deprives hardworking employee of the yearly bonus by giving them a low-rated performance review, leading employee to forfeit all extra tasks they took on: ‘I cancelled every meeting’ 

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Employee quits job without notice, then gets threatened with litigation by HR if they don't return their work phone immediately, employee refuses to comply: ‘They deserve no respect’

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Employee cancels supervisor's hotel reservation on business conference to Hawaii after supervisor uses his rank to secure a spot on the trip: ‘He had to stay at a motel’

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Company demands employee take on coworker's workload after she quits, employee refuses without a pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

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Manager expects employee to take over late coworker’s $100k role, but claims there’s no budget to increase their salary, pushing employee to look for another job: ‘They're playing games’

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Retiring employee accidentally discovers management's plans to lay off 50% of their workforce, decides to let coworkers know: ‘It was a good time to retire’

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Company promises yearly bonus to all employees, only to delay the payment without explanation, forcing employees to cancel plans made for the money: 'It only exists on a spreadsheet'

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Boss won't stop calling employee on approved PTO, claiming they're needed for client emergency, employee blocks him in response: ‘He messaged me on Facebook asking me to call’

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Employee quits job, then agrees to continue working more than the required notice, only to get threatened with lawsuit when they try to leave early: ‘I just want out of this circus’

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