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Owner prohibits drive through employees from wearing jackets during cold winter months

Viral Thread: 'We look sloppy': Employer forbids employees from wearing coats while working drive through window, doesn't consider just providing coats as uniform

New Job Bait and Switch | I worked for a national home improvement store (the blue one). When I interviewed, I applied for the sales position in plumbing (no longer exists). It was Monday - Friday, 9-5, with a commission program. Since I had years of plumbing experience, I was offered the job. The day I started I was told the sales job went to an internal promotion, only thing they could offer me was 'part time'. Lower hourly rate, n

'New job bait and switch': Home improvement store hires electrician to plumbing department over actual plumber, this goes exactly as expected

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They lied about my job, so I quit on during my shift today 2 months in

'They lied [...] so I quit': Recruiter lies about new hire's job duties and working arrangement, new hire quits

My manager told us in a team meeting that our branch director asked that, from now on, every employee should eat lunch and spend lunch time in the lunch break room with everyone else. They have not made this mandatory, but it was basically implied that we need to comply to avoid being excluded from the team socially.

'We need to comply to avoid being excluded': Team leader implies required lunch break location to promote synergy and "cohesion"

Boss told me at the last minute about "mandatory" overtime that he made up because he was mad two of my co-workers called off that day. I missed one day that week, first day in almost a year

'Clock out and go home then': Boss demands mandatory made-up overtime, fires worker and her boyfriend when she refuses

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This is how my husband’s GM speaks to him and the other managers..

'The incompetence MUST STOP!': GM writes insane email to management team

Fired after 7 years | Worker fired after attempting to give their two week's notice, former employer then reaches out to them again

Update: 'This morning I woke up to several texts': Company fires worker for giving two week's notice, then has the nerve to contact them asking for help

Take my tips and pay me below minimum wage. See what happens!

'I believe it came out to a little under 100k': Company cheats delivery driver out of tips, has to backpay all former employees and pay fines

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waitress lists every traumatic experience she's had while working in the service industry

'Moments from working in the service industry that altered my brain chemistry': Server recounts every toxic experience she's had as a restaurant employee

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Places like this are the first ones to complain about nObOdY wAnTiNg tO wOrK

'Find your own replacement!': Ridiculous handwritten viral workplace posters and their stupid rules draw the ire of the internet

How "I don't listen to women" ended in unemployment

'The manager [...] didn't want [him] to even finish the shift': Misogynist coworker insists he doesn't listen to women, ends up unemployed also

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AITA for exposing all my coworkers after they said I was lazy?

'I took a video': Lazy coworkers try to scapegoat worker pulling all the weight, she records evidence and throws them under the bus

i "embarrassed" my boss after coming in “late” on my day off, and working 10 hours to appease one of his “good customers”

'Update: I am now being berated after coming in on my day off, working 10 hours, and cancelling an appointment': Boss ridicules employee after they work overtime on their day off to help boss's friend, employee quits

They Refused Me an Office, I Complied, They Regretted It

'I distinctly heard the yelling': Stubborn department heads conspire against new hire having an office, get chewed out

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Pedantic manager picks apart their own work Backstory: I worked for a high street retail chain that, in their infinite wisdom, ditched the store manager position and instead had 4 assistant managers running a store. This led to intensive workplace politics as the more competitive staff kept trying to pull stuff to make out that they were the big dog despite the fact that we were all on the same level.

Worker Manipulates Meddling Micromanager Into Annihilating Their Own Work

"My work demoted me to a blogger for a micromanaging sociopath, so I use an Al program [to] do all my writing for me."

'I use AI to do my job': Guy gets demoted, demotes his workplace and uses AI to complete his work

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Woman brings 3-year-old toddler to 29-year-old friend's child-free birthday party: 'She used her child to get her way'

Woman brings 3-year-old toddler to 29-year-old friend's child-free birthday party: 'She used her child to get her way'

Boss cuts all of employee's hours without explanation, only to call them to cover random shifts, employee refuses every time: ‘If he needed the help he shouldn't have cut all my hours’

Boss cuts all of employee's hours without explanation, only to call them to cover random shifts, employee refuses every time: ‘If he needed the help he shouldn't have cut all my hours’

‘"I need to escalate this right now"’: Entitled customer boldly tries to return a stove he purchased 12 years ago, call center employee adamantly refuses to oblige

‘"I need to escalate this right now"’: Entitled customer boldly tries to return a stove he purchased 12 years ago, call center employee adamantly refuses to oblige

Absent father asks 30-year-old daughter for money for 28-year-old step-brother she barely knows: 'You will never see your money again'

Absent father asks 30-year-old daughter for money for 28-year-old step-brother she barely knows: 'You will never see your money again'

‘I might actually respect the HOA for this move’: HOA pulls ‘Uno Reverse’ and successfully restricts a door-to-door sales company with 120 voicemails

‘I might actually respect the HOA for this move’: HOA pulls ‘Uno Reverse’ and successfully restricts a door-to-door sales company with 120 voicemails

HOA meeting falls apart after entitled board members increase monthly dues despite misuse of current budget: 'Technically, there was a motion to approve the budget'

HOA meeting falls apart after entitled board members increase monthly dues despite misuse of current budget: 'Technically, there was a motion to approve the budget'

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