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'The next generation of employees are not entitled, they’re educated': Boss furious after trainee ditches 3-hour meeting when she learned wouldn't be paid to attend

The next generation of workers is sparking a lot of conversation online, and for good reason. In this post, a man praises a minimum-wage trainee who told her boss she wouldn't be attending an after-hours, 3-hour-long meeting since she wasn't being paid to go. The man said he praises this next generation of workers who have the guts to stand up for themselves in the workplace, something he said took him many years to learn. Several other employees agreed, saying they are proud of this next gener…
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'She was trying to steal': Scammy Karen tries to use a fake '99% off' coupon to swindle the cashier, gets pinched by the cops instead

It seems like we're always getting email promos for 10% off or 20% discounts to our favorite retail stores. Very rarely, you see a 40-50% sale and only when a store is going out of business do you catch anything higher than 75% off. That's why when one cashier spotted a Karen waltzing into their store with a 99% off coupon, they smelled something fishy.
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'They had their chance': Post-resignation, boss begs his employee to stay longer to train his replacement, gets denied

Managerial hubris is one of the reasons employees hate their jobs. Not only are we lacking in pay, but we are enslaved to the most incompetent group of overinflated bimbos who could easily be replaced by AI– at leas the replacement would be more charismatic. But these types of managers will deny your raise and then come begging for your help. Which is it? Do you value my hard work or not?
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'I ripped those bags out of her hands': Greedy Karen steals all of the food at a company event, leaving nothing for the others and making enemies in the process

Sometimes a company will have little shindigs and events to thank their employees for a job well done. Even though every employee would prefer a raise as a ‘thank you’, we'll take what we can get, even if it's just free food and more time spent with people you see nearly every day of the week. In this case, one employee took the free food concept a little too far.
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'GO AWAY!': Trainee follows her boss's demands to be left undisturbed, she maliciously complies, resulting in instant karma

'GO AWAY!': Trainee follows her boss's demands to be left undisturbed, she maliciously complies, resulting in instant karma

Being a trainee at a new job means you're going to have tons of questions. Even if you're experienced with your position, you'll always have doubts about how your new employer functions. Typically, your boss knows this (being the esteemed empathetic employer that they are) so usually they try to be helpful and available until your learn the ropes. Not for one Redditor
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'Mom's in the hospital? Sorry, you're fired': Trainee gets pink-slipped by hostile employer after choosing to take care of her hospitalized mother instead of clocking in for one shift

'Mom's in the hospital? Sorry, you're fired': Trainee gets pink-slipped by hostile employer after choosing to take care of her hospitalized mother instead of clocking in for one shift

Employers will always say that they have family values, but almost never put their money where their mouth is. For some reason, most corporations believe that your job should mean more to you than anything else in your life, including your family. One woman, who worked for a small airline in Florida, found out the hard way what it means to work for a company that assigns little to no value to human life. After enduring several rounds of training, this trainee discovered where her company was go…
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