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In the midst of this AI revolution, a few things started to seem normal, like a lot of industries being almost entirely run by robots, or the fact that there is no way to talk to a human being when calling your local shipping company, but what I never expected was that AIs were going to make mistakes, and we were going to have to pay for them. Maybe that was the first thing to expect, instead of a happily-ever-after where robots would work and we got to have fun and lie in the sun.

Entitled boss fires employee to replace him with AI but then demands he come back to blame him for the AI’s mistakes: 'There is a TV monitor showing an interactive AI man who was the “analyst” that the clients can talk to'

Very few things are more pathetic than someone trying to command an authority they don’t have, or pretending to have everything under control when they clearly don’t, but when it comes to our ridiculous bosses, we love to see it unfold. That’s the case for this Redditor, who shared a story about a very “interesting” manager, who’s also his boss’s wife.

Employee plans to leave his job without notice and refuses to train his designated successor: 'If anything remotely related to "what she does" is brought up by the employees, I tell them that they'll have to reach out to her, and I can't help them'

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From afar, it's easy to say that someone could use this or that opportunity to improve themselves, and that the person will likely find another job in no time if needed; but when you're in the midst of it, depending economically on a boss that seems to want so much more from you than you can actually provide in the present moment, going to work every dan can turn into an anxiety-filled odissey.

Boss expects junior new hire to perform like an employee with 10 years of experience: 'I don't even know what my actual job description means anymore.'

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'Toxic' manager sends employees groupchat messages at 6:39 AM after realizing there's no one to open the store: 'Every one of you should be answering your phone calls or texts in the morning'

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Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

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Employee get poached by other company, then fired after one month: 'I was told it was not the right fit with no further explanation'

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Employee discovers consultant's push to get her fired, she proves her value to the company by taking a 2-week vacation and leaving everyone scrambling: 'I came back on Monday with a $10,000 raise'

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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?'

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Work-from-home employee rebels after boss starts tracking mouse and keyboard activity: 'Remote work was supposed to be about trust and flexibility'

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'Remember that everyone is replaceable': Arrogant boss threatens employees' job security out of nowhere at 8 AM in work group chat

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Hardware store owner demands employee pay for damage a customer caused: ‘Nothing I did caused it’

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'I decided to test something': Qualified job candidate gets rejected, changes email and reapplies, ends up getting an offer

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Immature boss starts playing petulant games with his employee, assigning her no work for days because she expressed a need for rest once: ‘She's been removed from their Slack channel’

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CEO asks IT intern to use their own car to move company property against policy, intern has him brush up on the company handbook: ‘If anything gets damaged I am toast’

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‘"I don’t care what you think, you do what I tell you to do"’: COO asks sales employee to lie to clients about their exit from the company so they don't disrupt any business relationships

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'You're next': Employee's manager warns him about his job security after getting unceremoniously fired over "excessive absences"

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Residents refuse to allow neighbor to park under their front yard tree to enjoy the shade, demand neighbor park in his own driveway instead

Residents refuse to allow neighbor to park under their front yard tree to enjoy the shade, demand neighbor park in his own driveway instead

Grandchild spends months arranging to buy grandmother's garden, cousin suddenly changes his mind and claims it for himself: 'Why hasn't he done anything to acquire it before?'

Grandchild spends months arranging to buy grandmother's garden, cousin suddenly changes his mind and claims it for himself: 'Why hasn't he done anything to acquire it before?'

Manager demands to proofread every email that employee sends, and he maliciously complies, causing problematic delays for the company: ‘We suddenly got loads of follow up requests, responding to which of course needs approval from the manager’

Manager demands to proofread every email that employee sends, and he maliciously complies, causing problematic delays for the company: ‘We suddenly got loads of follow up requests, responding to which of course needs approval from the manager’

Homeowner feels pressure to take down trees so their neighbor can put up solar panels on their house and save money: 'They shouldn't have bought a house that was around a bunch of trees!'

Homeowner feels pressure to take down trees so their neighbor can put up solar panels on their house and save money: 'They shouldn't have bought a house that was around a bunch of trees!'

Former employee joins rival company and ends up in meeting with old bosses criticizing his work: 'The nervous little laughs were glorious'

Former employee joins rival company and ends up in meeting with old bosses criticizing his work: 'The nervous little laughs were glorious'

Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

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