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The boss stands with his arms crossed next to an overlay of what he supposedly said to the employee about changing his payment structure from a fair hourly rate to a new, unfair commission structure.

Boss tells mechanic he's making too much money, moves him to a pay-per-job commission—regrets it immediately when the mechanic stops managing his business for him: 'The office is filling up with customers, and the phone is ringing constantly'

A woman conducting a job interview

Recruiter forbids unemployed people from applying to their job posting: 'These companies get the talent they deserve.'

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Company demands employees come into work on the weekend to help move the entire office, offer pizza as a reward in place of overtime: 'Manager said that nobody is being “forced” but they’ll remember who helped when performance reviews come around'

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Head of department criticizes new mother for wearing flowy dresses to work, says her dresses look like nightgowns: 'I didn't violate the dress code.'

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Who determines appropriate attire in the workplace? — New mother becomes the target of workplace complaint about her appearance from an anonymous coworker shortly after returning to work, despite her dressing business casual according to the dress code

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A boss and an employee sit at a table with coffee cups, a laptop, and notebooks, discussing something.

Manager offers employee promotion, gets offended when he rejects four direct reports and no salary increase: 'You would have thought I set the building on fire'

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Employee tells current boss about the opportunity they have been offered with another department, boss jealously insists salary cap for department transfers is 12%, employee gets offered a 28% pay increase leading their boss to consider them a traitor

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Job cancels PTO that employee of 15 years scheduled in order to go on his honeymoon: 'Should I quit?'

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28-year-old employee gets fired, but her boss claims she resigned—all after she left work early upon being lectured for 2 hours about her request to be treated with respect: 'I received an email that he interpreted it as resigning and I could not return'

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Restaurant owners cut hardworking employees hours down from 48 hours a week to 32 hours a week so their lazy nephews can work more, get angry when he gets a 2nd job on the weekends

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Boss denies employee’s bereavement leave, schedules "mandatory fun" team event after working hours instead

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New manager suggests getting rid of entire department because "AI is going to do it all soon anyway": 'Why would this information be shared if not to make people anxious?'

Stressed-out mom works at the office on Fridays, even though she used to be able to work from home on Fridays.

Fully remote childless boss demands hybrid employee RTO full-time, despite having a child she needs to pick up from school early: 'That’s your problem to figure out. Your child doesn’t work for the company, you do.'

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Boss tells employee that they need to cut the amount of PTO they take even though, according to his contract, he is allowed however much he wants: ‘I’ve taken 8.5 PTO days- one of the lowest on my team.’

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A business owner asks his employees to volunteer to work on Saturdays for a private event hosted at the office.

Business Owner Threatens to Assign Volunteers to Work His Private Event on a Saturday if His Employees Don't Willingly Volunteer: 'We Don't Work Saturdays.'

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Boss likes to micromanage her employee and act as if she didn't hear when she tells her that she needs to be out of the office as soon as her shift ends: 'She will keep me for an additional 15 mins sometimes.'