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Am I being a dick? For context this is my scheduled day off every week and the ‘duty’ I’m on is spending the day with my baby son so the nanny and the grandparents are all busy because it’s my day to be a dad. Work also text my wife to have me check my phone because I didn’t respond fast enough.

'Guess I'll find a sitter': Manager passive aggressively tries to coerce worker into coming into work on their day off

my (17f) manager had me leave the new girl waiting tables on her own, so I took her at her word.

'A customer called in and complained': Lazy restaurant managers refuse to help teen workers with lunch rush, get customer complaints

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Attention: Bathroom breaks have been limited

'Attention: Bathroom breaks have been limited': Insane sign written in highlighter prohibits employee bathroom breaks longer than five minutes

I altered my uniform to comply with the dress code in my employee handbook.

'I altered my uniform to comply': Worker takes advantage of stupid belt loop-hole loophole

I made my boss over $1.5 million in commission over two years, while I made $45k/year. For Christmas he got me a $25 gift card to a movie theater chain that I would have to drive to another state to even use.

'He called legal on me': Bad boss cheaps out on Christmas bonus and tries to fire worker after they quit for a competitor

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manager sent this to all the employees.... yikes

Viral Thread: 'If your dog died you need to bring him in and prove it': Restaurant manager tells workers they will be fired if they miss work for any reason, gets fired themself

I was fired and am being told I need repay $1,100

Update: 'They threatened to take further legal action': Employee fired and asked to repay $1,100 to employer for unsubstantiated wage theft

"There is no such thing as a day off"

'There is no such thing as a day off': Hypocrite manager demands employee cover shift on day off, but won't discuss sick leave on their own day off

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egotistical end inexperienced manager put in her place by the hostess

'With all due respect, you've never even worked in a restaurant before:' Hostess claps back at egotistical new manager who has never even worked a day in the service industry before

Elna McHilderson

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

Maternity wear | This happened several years ago. After onboarding a new job, I was told I could hire an assistant. The HR director, Kelly, handed me a stack of resumes, told me about a friend's daughter, and bumped "Kat" to the top of my interview list. Kat passed the tech test with high scores and interviewed well so, I hired her.

HR busybody demands pregnant assistant is reprimanded for maternity clothing... because the assistant's mother (HR's friend) doesn't approve of her boyfriend

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"

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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

Funniest Work Memes for People Who are Definitely the Toxic One in the Office

Funniest Work Memes for People Who are Definitely the Toxic One in the Office

Jesse Kessenheimer