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Engineer complies with manager's insistence to never stay past 5:00 PM by pausing an imminent project at the end of the day: 'Greg had explicitly told me to leave even if the building was on fire'

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Tech startup doomed to fail after 4 employees concoct plan to quit together before the end of the quarter: 'It feels good to know [our CEO] has no idea'

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'I will personally see to it that you never work in this city or this industry again': New manager threatens employee due to "insubordination," employee records the meeting and gets the manager fired

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Employee forces boss to apologize to his wife after waking them up at 5:55 AM for a non-urgent issue: 'This was unacceptable behavior'

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Manager fires top performer over contract dispute to intimidate the rest of the team: 'Keep in line, produce, and don't cause trouble'

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Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

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Employee gets written up for going to his 2:00pm dentist appointment during working hours

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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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Coworker asks employee to clock her in early, then lets the employee get written up when she gets caught: 'I won't be helping her ever again'

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New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

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Employee confronts boss after learning IT is tracking his phone 24/7: 'I am looking for a new job immediately'

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Micromanager puts employee on PIP for doing her job instead of letting her boss do it for her

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VP advocates for underpaid employee's 18% raise, CEO refuses and spends 3x as much money to replace him

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Employee refuses to accept dusty Employee of the Quarter plaque, demanding a substantial raise instead

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Line manager sends overwhelmed employee to career coach, coach then confronts manager about "unrealistic work expectations"

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19-year-old employee boldly asks for 35% raise right after company changes policies for him, gets fired: 'I got ahead of myself, and I lost the opportunity'

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