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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

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

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Scheduled a single employee to cover the store on Black Friday. | Cellular store leaves employee to work by themself on Black Friday, they quit and leave this note on the door

'The store is closed': Cellular store leaves employee to work by themself on Black Friday, they quit and leave this note on the door

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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

We all show up to the meeting with our lunch boxes and proceed to casually eat lunch at the corporate meeting. All 60 of us from our department. The ceo stops his spiel after a few minutes

'[Our] boss tries to deny having said that': Boss insists meeting is a lunch break, so workers eat their lunch and almost get the boss fired

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

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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

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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My Employer Was Sold. We were all laid off and told we could re-apply for our jobs. Nobody Applied.

'No one single person has re-applied for their old job': New owners lay off entire staff and force workers to reapply for their job, no one does

Shut the F*ck up get in the truck and do what you’re told! You got it. | Malicious compliance

'I jumped in my truck, called his boss, and went home': Jerk construction operator abuses wrong contractor, gets fired

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Parents demand 18-year-old give her car, that she paid for herself, to her 16-year-old brother because he "needs it more": ' I worked part-time jobs for 2 years to help pay for that car'

Parents demand 18-year-old give her car, that she paid for herself, to her 16-year-old brother because he "needs it more": ' I worked part-time jobs for 2 years to help pay for that car'

Parents refuse to let 17-year-old go on school Marine Biology trip after telling her to refuse $45 "handout" for the fee from her teacher: 'They have been calling me ungrateful and spoiled'

Parents refuse to let 17-year-old go on school Marine Biology trip after telling her to refuse $45 "handout" for the fee from her teacher: 'They have been calling me ungrateful and spoiled'

Dad refuses to bring his 10-year-old daughter to his brother's wedding despite the family's pleas, doesn't bother to RSVP: '[This is] about how my daughter wishes to spend her summer'

Dad refuses to bring his 10-year-old daughter to his brother's wedding despite the family's pleas, doesn't bother to RSVP: '[This is] about how my daughter wishes to spend her summer'

Nepo-boss’s plan to spy on employees backfires when his Big Brother cameras meant to monitor the office reveal the staff’s reviews on his CEO skills: ‘He can now hear our unfiltered opinions of him’

Nepo-boss’s plan to spy on employees backfires when his Big Brother cameras meant to monitor the office reveal the staff’s reviews on his CEO skills: ‘He can now hear our unfiltered opinions of him’

29-year-old confronts best friend about not wanting to split everything 50/50 for girls trip due to her financial situation, sparking backlash: '[Stop] pretending to still be poor'

29-year-old confronts best friend about not wanting to split everything 50/50 for girls trip due to her financial situation, sparking backlash: '[Stop] pretending to still be poor'

Parents deny 13-year-old daughter the right to go to private school because she isn't good at STEM like her 15-year-old sister is: 'We are not going to be sending her there'

Parents deny 13-year-old daughter the right to go to private school because she isn't good at STEM like her 15-year-old sister is: 'We are not going to be sending her there'

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