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Managers often share credit for the success of their teams, but when does this go too far? And what should employees do about it?

Employee realizes her boss is taking credit for her work when he repeatedly refuses to promote her—she starts working to her job description, and company sales plummet: 'Took 3 months off and got another job at a 35% salary increase'

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Manager gets fired after employee reports her bad behavior, leading manager to spend her last days making employee’s work life a nightmare: ‘She has dropped all pretenses of being a professional’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Restaurant server shows up for her shift exactly on time, manager threatens to fire her anyways: ‘I was supposed to show up 30 minutes before my work time.’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

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Manager wastes company resources building a case against an employee he personally dislikes, ends up getting put on a PIP himself

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Former employee keeps getting asked to fix problems after leaving company, discovers why his old managers still can’t function without him: 'She doesn’t understand anything at all'

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18-year-old barista gets fired after accidentally texting the entire work chat about his manager

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'They panicked when I resigned': Top-performing employee quits after getting no raise in 3.5 years, suddenly management counteroffers with a 37% pay raise and profit sharing

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Marketing intern sparks office debate after being told not to ask questions even when instructions are incomplete: 'Red flags galore!'

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Team lead quits on the spot after upper management reprimands him for giving employees 5 out of 5 on their performance reviews: 'You quite literally will never be good enough in their eyes, by design'

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Manager ignores employee's resignation letter for 3 weeks, employee decides not to remind her: 'I don't care if she's left in a bind'

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Pharmacy manager fails to follow up on a help ticket for a faulty drive-through medicine drawer despite their employee's efforts to get their attention, ends up costing the company $25k in repairs: ‘Listen to the workers and you'll save money’

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Boss cuts 22-year-old sandwich shop worker's hours after he helps train new hire: 'I went from working 30+ hours a week to working less than 15'

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'We shouldn't be talking about our wages': Employee exchanges fiery emails with HR after manager reprimands him for discussing his salary with his coworkers

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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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Retail worker leaves mid-shift to go to the movies, complying with manager's strict overtime policy: 'I had hit 40 hours and had to leave'