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‘I have a big mouth’: Hardworking employee gets denied a raise so they inform boss of quiet quitting, only to get fired on the spot instead

‘I have a big mouth’: Hardworking employee gets denied a raise so they inform boss of quiet quitting, only to get fired on the spot instead

‘Cool, great start…’: Job candidate ghosts business owner after he sends them unhinged texts about the position and accuses them of being unprofessional

‘Cool, great start…’: Job candidate ghosts business owner after he sends them unhinged texts about the position and accuses them of being unprofessional

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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 reached my breaking point’: Boss constantly singles out overworked employee, they plan to resign, only to be told by family that quitting is ‘the easy way out’

‘I reached my breaking point’: Boss constantly singles out overworked employee, they plan to resign, only to be told by family that quitting is ‘the easy way out’

‘No vacation for you!’: Overworked employee gets back at micromanager by quitting without notice the day before manager's big vacation, leaving him no choice but to cancel it

‘No vacation for you!’: Overworked employee gets back at micromanager by quitting without notice the day before manager's big vacation, leaving him no choice but to cancel it

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‘You are no longer needed’: Employee gets fired by coworker via texts, so they criticize company's unprofessional conduct in response, gets blocked

‘You are no longer needed’: Employee gets fired by coworker via texts, so they criticize company's unprofessional conduct in response, gets blocked

‘I was hired and fired within 3 hours’: Employee finishes first day on the job only to receive a message from manager informing them the position is no longer available, gets advised to lawyer up

‘I was hired and fired within 3 hours’: Employee finishes first day on the job only to receive a message from manager informing them the position is no longer available, gets advised to lawyer up

'Let this be a learning experience': New hire quits on the spot after they get their first paycheck and discover it's 50% lower than manager promised on the job posting

'Let this be a learning experience': New hire quits on the spot after they get their first paycheck and discover it's 50% lower than manager promised on the job posting

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'Help the boss out? No thanks': Employee demanded to clock out despite having to stay at work for another hour, she accuses company of wage theft in response

'Help the boss out? No thanks': Employee demanded to clock out despite having to stay at work for another hour, she accuses company of wage theft in response

‘Per our conversation... Your employment is terminated’: Employee receives immediate termination email in the middle of a meeting with boss, leading to a dispute on the job

‘Per our conversation... Your employment is terminated’: Employee receives immediate termination email in the middle of a meeting with boss, leading to a dispute on the job

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

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Manager refuses to approve employee's time off despite them providing a replacement, employee informs manager he has a choice: ‘Accept either my vacation or my resignation’

Manager refuses to approve employee's time off despite them providing a replacement, employee informs manager he has a choice: ‘Accept either my vacation or my resignation’

'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

Employees find themselves with no work for months after boss demands they submit all their tasks for approval, then refuses to approve any of them: '[We] get paid to do nothing’

Employees find themselves with no work for months after boss demands they submit all their tasks for approval, then refuses to approve any of them: '[We] get paid to do nothing’

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‘There was never a job offer’: Server successfully completes a 3-hour trial shift at restaurant only to be rejected from the job and told they just wanted free labor

‘There was never a job offer’: Server successfully completes a 3-hour trial shift at restaurant only to be rejected from the job and told they just wanted free labor

‘I got cheated out of my raise’: Employee gets snubbed by boss who refuses to approve their raise, they go over boss's head and report him as payback

‘I got cheated out of my raise’: Employee gets snubbed by boss who refuses to approve their raise, they go over boss's head and report him as payback

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Manager claims employee is lying about getting stuck in the snow en route to work, admits she left work to try and catch employee red-handed: ‘I sent [her] proof’

Manager claims employee is lying about getting stuck in the snow en route to work, admits she left work to try and catch employee red-handed: ‘I sent [her] proof’

28-year-old coworker asks for 30-year-old employee's help, then goes to HR accusing him of taking credit: 'I didn’t take credit away from her'

28-year-old coworker asks for 30-year-old employee's help, then goes to HR accusing him of taking credit: 'I didn’t take credit away from her'

College student abandons entitled friend's family after they make her their personal vacation worker for 9 people: '[The parents] did a double-take seeing me on the beach'

College student abandons entitled friend's family after they make her their personal vacation worker for 9 people: '[The parents] did a double-take seeing me on the beach'

'I owe the HOA $0.01': Resident discovers his annual HOA maintenance fees were $161.64 instead of the $161.63 amount he paid, prepares to fight back

'I owe the HOA $0.01': Resident discovers his annual HOA maintenance fees were $161.64 instead of the $161.63 amount he paid, prepares to fight back

'I called her a pathetic insecure woman who I wanted nothing more to do with:' Stepmom rejoices in woman's pregnancy complications, bringing their strained relationship to a head

'I called her a pathetic insecure woman who I wanted nothing more to do with:' Stepmom rejoices in woman's pregnancy complications, bringing their strained relationship to a head

Woman has different upbringing than much younger sister, tells sister when she's old enough that she had no choice but to move out, mom gets mad: 'I don’t resent her for it, but it does make it hard for her to understand my perspective sometimes'

Woman has different upbringing than much younger sister, tells sister when she's old enough that she had no choice but to move out, mom gets mad: 'I don’t resent her for it, but it does make it hard for her to understand my perspective sometimes'

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