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Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

Employee discreetly looks for a new job, then discovers a hiring manager contacted their boss and revealed their intentions, boss confronts them: ‘Not cool’

Employee discreetly looks for a new job, then discovers a hiring manager contacted their boss and revealed their intentions, boss confronts them: ‘Not cool’

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Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

Overworked employees simultaneously quit their jobs after their boss leaves, CFO attempts to convince them to stay, but they refuse: ‘Not feeling remotely guilty’

Overworked employees simultaneously quit their jobs after their boss leaves, CFO attempts to convince them to stay, but they refuse: ‘Not feeling remotely guilty’

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Employee attempts to sabotage coworker's promotion by taking important files from their desk, coworker finds out, secretly records him in the act to show HR: 'I got proof'

Employee attempts to sabotage coworker's promotion by taking important files from their desk, coworker finds out, secretly records him in the act to show HR: 'I got proof'

Boss rejects employee's report claiming it's ‘not thorough enough’, employee resubmits a 20-page detailed breakdown as a response: ‘I sent it off and waited’

Boss rejects employee's report claiming it's ‘not thorough enough’, employee resubmits a 20-page detailed breakdown as a response: ‘I sent it off and waited’

Employee gets accused of 'slacking off' and gets assigned manager's tasks to fill time, he finds a way to automate every task, resulting in manager getting fired: 'He had nothing to do'

Employee gets accused of 'slacking off' and gets assigned manager's tasks to fill time, he finds a way to automate every task, resulting in manager getting fired: 'He had nothing to do'

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‘It felt amazing to just waltz out’: Hair salon employee quits underpaying job on the spot after successfully securing a better job, manager desperately tries to get him back, employee stands his ground

‘It felt amazing to just waltz out’: Hair salon employee quits underpaying job on the spot after successfully securing a better job, manager desperately tries to get him back, employee stands his ground

Job candidate gets told to leave the interview after they ask to eat lunch in the office instead of going out with the team: ‘You didn't pass the vibe check’

Job candidate gets told to leave the interview after they ask to eat lunch in the office instead of going out with the team: ‘You didn't pass the vibe check’

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

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‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

Company demands candidate pay for their own background check, vaguely claiming they will be reimbursed, leaving candidate unsure about proceeding: 'I want to give them the benefit of the doubt'

Company demands candidate pay for their own background check, vaguely claiming they will be reimbursed, leaving candidate unsure about proceeding: 'I want to give them the benefit of the doubt'

‘Raises are demotivating’: Boss refuses to give raises to employees, instead pays them in professional courses, forcing overworked employee to seek another job after 4 years without a raise

‘Raises are demotivating’: Boss refuses to give raises to employees, instead pays them in professional courses, forcing overworked employee to seek another job after 4 years without a raise

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Boss demands employee pay for professional corporate profile picture, employee uses a fake picture of themselves instead, only for boss to love it: ‘He's praising my commitment to excellence'

Employee demands boss demote his coworker so that he could take their job, coworker finds out but decides to do nothing about it: ‘I'm letting him sink himself’

Employee demands boss demote his coworker so that he could take their job, coworker finds out but decides to do nothing about it: ‘I'm letting him sink himself’

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16-year-old gets chastised for not helping her dad's new girlfriend, who is pregnant, after the woman was unkind to her: 'She's extra bitter that dad's so focused on making our relationship work instead of on her'

16-year-old gets chastised for not helping her dad's new girlfriend, who is pregnant, after the woman was unkind to her: 'She's extra bitter that dad's so focused on making our relationship work instead of on her'

32-year-old roommate asks 34-year-old woman to cover her rent for her because she's financially struggling, brings home a $2000+ MacBook weeks later: 'I informed her that if she can afford luxury products, she should repay me the rent I paid immediately'

32-year-old roommate asks 34-year-old woman to cover her rent for her because she's financially struggling, brings home a $2000+ MacBook weeks later: 'I informed her that if she can afford luxury products, she should repay me the rent I paid immediately'

Adopted child learns that their birth mother has left them a large sum of inheritance money, adopted siblings demand an equal cut despite having no relation: 'They want to split it three ways!'

Adopted child learns that their birth mother has left them a large sum of inheritance money, adopted siblings demand an equal cut despite having no relation: 'They want to split it three ways!'

Teacher told to "work contracted hours" when he's been helping kids in the gym after school, he stops forcing the district to hire someone: ‘I was told to work my contractual hours, I’m only paid until 2:22. I did this for fun, and it was unofficial’

Teacher told to "work contracted hours" when he's been helping kids in the gym after school, he stops forcing the district to hire someone: ‘I was told to work my contractual hours, I’m only paid until 2:22. I did this for fun, and it was unofficial’

‘You'd think she was begging for charity’: Entitled cousin expects woman to give them her graduation gifts during the post-grad celebration, woman's aunt enables the entitled behavior further

‘You'd think she was begging for charity’: Entitled cousin expects woman to give them her graduation gifts during the post-grad celebration, woman's aunt enables the entitled behavior further

20+ employees share the clueless things their bosses have said to them: 'It’s not mandatory, it’s compulsory!'

20+ employees share the clueless things their bosses have said to them: 'It’s not mandatory, it’s compulsory!'

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