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Boss contacts HVAC technician's wife during week off, demanding that he come in and threatening termination

Boss contacts HVAC technician's wife during week off, demanding that he come in and threatening termination

If the horrible bosses of the world cannot respect their employees' vacation policies, then they should not be entitled to any vacation either. Here, we have a seasoned HVAC technician who had been with the company since its early days and who always spent a considerable amount of his already limited PTO on the week after Labor Day. This was a time where he and his wife could send their kids off to school and plan for the fall. Unfortunately, when the company was sold to a larger monopoly, many…
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'I said no': Employee told not to do work after clocking out, boss asks him to turn the light off one day, he maliciously complies and refuses

'I said no': Employee told not to do work after clocking out, boss asks him to turn the light off one day, he maliciously complies and refuses

No one likes to be told what to do, especially after working hours. In theory, it's simple to remember that after your employee has clocked out, they are in no way entitled to follow your direction as a manager. However, every so often, we come across a story where someone takes that mentality a bit too far. In this instance , we have an employee who was strictly told when he was first onboarded to never take on extra responsibilities after he clocks out. That's a nice, mutually beneficial work…
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Entitled manager takes PTO to prevent innocent employee from taking time-off for their 21st birthday, considers talking to higher-ups about the workplace ordeal

Spiteful manager throws ‘tantrum’ and denies employee's time-off request for their 21st birthday, employee feels this may be a targeted attack: ‘He’s looking for a reaction’

"Craziest part about it is he’s going to be gone for a week despite complaining about availability issues."
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'You get paid more than I do. You figure it out': Sick employee pressured to come in after manager can't find coverage

'You get paid more than I do. You figure it out': Sick employee pressured to come in after manager can't find coverage

Calling out sick when you need the money is not something employees want to do. Of course, most managers don't even consider this. They just assumed that the sick employee is just lazy, when in reality, it often takes a lot of effort and strength to admit to oneself and to others that you're not well enough to do your job today. As for how this manager reacted to an employee's health update, it should be up to the manager to find last-minute coverage; that is, after all, a manager's role. Emplo…
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'My girlfriend might have been Quiet Fired': Barista calls out pay discrepancy, boss cuts her hours to zero and ghosts her

'My girlfriend might have been Quiet Fired': Barista calls out pay discrepancy, boss cuts her hours to zero and ghosts her

This guy's girlfriend better start looking for a new job as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there were red flags long before she was “quiet fired.” First, there was the fact that when she applied for her current barista position, she was promised free meals that were automatically deducted from her paycheck. Those “benefits” were taken away from employees soon after her hiring, but she noticed something strange about her subsequent paychecks. It turns out that they were still deducting the lun…
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‘I have 5 managers all making over $100k who all have the same job title’: Top 20+ useless but high-paying jobs

‘I have 5 managers all making over $100k who all have the same job title’: Top 20+ useless but high-paying jobs

Now, what does one have to do to be considered for one of these positions? As much as we all enjoy criticizing folks who get paid a fortune to do next to nothing, it wouldn’t hurt to get a taste of how the other half lives, would it? There were a few industries in this list that came up multiple times, so clearly, more than one individual feels the same way about people who work in finance, consulting, or corporate middle management. Someone in the comments section phrased it in the best way wh…
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‘I got a job at the place that handled their contracts’: Former warehouse employee gets even with ex-coworkers by working for their contract handler, gets them all fired

‘I got a job at the place that handled their contracts’: Former warehouse employee gets even with ex-coworkers by working for their contract handler, gets them all fired

Work-life balance is obviously a struggle for many adulting employees, but most of them would not make the egregious error of agreeing to live with a coworker. This Redditor luckily didn’t even go so far as to move in with his coworker Jim, but the abstract conversations they were having about the idea felt like a done deal to him. So when the original poster (OP) ended up getting invited by his sister to move to a much nicer neighborhood, he kindly told Jim that unfortunately, the timing was n…
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'I need more from your position to justify the pay': Employee plans to give his two weeks' notice, boss then makes unprofessional comments, so employee quits on the spot

'I need more from your position to justify the pay': Employee plans to give his two weeks' notice, boss then makes unprofessional comments, so employee quits on the spot

Bosses who make passive-aggressive comments on a regular basis should not expect loyalty in return. This guy already was in hot water for repeatedly being late when it came to paying his team. Any sensible boss knows that you never want to mess with someone's paycheck. That's the easiest way to turn your employees against you. On top of that, he had the audacity to make a passing remark to this Redditor that his output was not justifying his salary. This dude, who really seems to be a walking H…
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Employee learns his new raise is $2,000 more than what his mentor makes: '[He] has worked 50 years in my current company'

Employee learns his new raise is $2,000 more than what his mentor makes: '[He] has worked 50 years in my current company'

There is a dark side to company loyalty. This employee had been working with a mentor who had been at the company for 50 years. We all know this kind of guy. He's the one with very little work-life balance and a ton of confusing passion for corporate culture. He doesn't use all of his vacation days and he never discusses his salary with other employees. In other words, he has sold his soul. This new hire felt empowered to advocate for himself and negotiate a higher salary, considering that he h…
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'Please send messages for me directly to me': Employee gets back at petty coworker by only pointing out his errors in the team's group chat

'Please send messages for me directly to me': Employee gets back at petty coworker by only pointing out his errors in the team's group chat

Group chat decorum can be a source of plenty of tension among teams in the workplace. Sometimes, people spam channels with far too many messages that end up only affecting one or two individuals. No one needs to be getting all those notifications. Then, there are folks who choose to take the opportunity to criticize someone else's work as an “example” rather than privately messaging them. Nine times out of ten, this is not actually about giving the whole team a worthwhile lesson. Instead, it's…
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Employee is told to ‘start looking for a new job’ by entitled boss, boss tries to take it back but employee has already found a unicorn job position

Entitled boss tells employee to find another job in the heat of the moment, tries to backtrack but employee maliciously complies and leaves dumpster fire business

"‘Per our conversation on (that date), you advised me to find other employment so I did.’"
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'I'm paying so that the restaurant doesn't lose $500 on a dine-and-dash': Server gets scolded by manager after table of 11+ customers leave without paying

'I'm paying so that the restaurant doesn't lose $500 on a dine-and-dash': Server gets scolded by manager after table of 11+ customers leave without paying

Being a server means that you have to deal with a ton of unnecessary behavior from coworkers, managers, and especially customers. However, having to pay the price (in this case, quite literally) for a dining and dashing incident is about as bad as it can get. Here, we have a server who got lectured, belittled, and reprimanded by his manager after a table of 11+ customers managed to get away with ditching the restaurant without paying. First of all, we cannot help but empathize with this server…
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Coworker keeps trying to mooch off of employee's lunches, sparking office feud: 'It wasn't my responsibility to provide food for everyone'

Coworker keeps trying to mooch off of employee's lunches, sparking office feud: 'It wasn't my responsibility to provide food for everyone'

It doesn't matter where you personally stand in your workplace environment; you do not owe anyone your food. This employee had a toxic coworker, who for the sake of this story was renamed Lisa. Lisa tended to look over the Redditor's shoulder at what they prepared for lunch. One day, the employee brought leftovers from her anniversary dinner with her husband. Of course, it took very little time for Lisa to notice and ask for a bite. This time, the employee didn't have very much left and refused…
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Boss scams employee out of $100 after he kindly buys food for entire office, employee uses boss's words against him to get delicious payback

‘You should've gotten it in writing’: Boss scams employee out of $100 after he promises to reimburse him, employee uses boss's words against him when he's needed for an urgent project

"He screamed, I mean screamed, ‘You agreed to work on this project weeks ago!’ I repeated his words verbatim."
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'[She] left us with $800 worth of merchandise to put back': Entitled customer shops for 7+ hours but can't pay for most items in her cart, employees clean up her mess

'[She] left us with $800 worth of merchandise to put back': Entitled customer shops for 7+ hours but can't pay for most items in her cart, employees clean up her mess

It's always baffling when customers don't check the price of the items in their shopping cart before arriving at checkout. Or better yet, why wouldn't this customer check how much money she had on hand before leaving her home and picking up $800 worth of merchandise at the store? In addition to what ultimately transpired when this entitled customer showed up at checkout, she also managed to spend over seven hours in the store picking up items to add to her cart. This is not only strange and que…
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Employee books vacation days for the upcoming year and requests time off, manager gives her grief and suggests the PTO will not be approved until closer to the date

‘She's not going to like it but I'm not going to care’: Employee requests time off a year in advance, manager says that they're ‘being inconsiderate’ of fellow employees

"What I'm getting from her [is] that I am being selfish and I should wait for everyone book theirs before mine."
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