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Employee earns a 10-precent raise because she refuses to use ChatGPT, supervisor spends months negotiating with upper management for her: ‘I take pride in my work…’

Elna McHilderson

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‘I smiled and said, “have a great day miss!"': Karen customer refuses to trust 22-year-old bike shop manager, gets put in her place by 50+-year-old employee

Elna McHilderson

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Job applicant accidentally roasts the company during his job interview, CEO finds it hilariously honest and offers him the job: ‘One guy blinked so hard I thought he rebooted.'

Elna McHilderson

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Office worker discovers company is secretly tracking his location after they force every employee to download a ‘timekeeping’ app, quits and takes half of the company with him: ‘They never fully recovered’

Elna McHilderson

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Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Elna McHilderson

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15-year-old poultry farm supervisor gets talked down to because of his age, ‘promotes’ mean employee to waste duty: 'As it turns out, you still don't want to [mess with] your boss even if he's 15.'

Elna McHilderson

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Manager forces HR to hire his ‘crush’ even though she was the least ranked candidate, costs the company thousands of dollars: ‘Turns out, hiring your crush isn’t as cute when the company starts losing money.’

Elna McHilderson

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Manager enacts new policy that puts speed over accuracy, employee notices a mistake but gets forced to ‘follow policy to the letter,' company losses $12,000: ‘You got it boss!’

Elna McHilderson

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Non-tech manager gets power hunger with IT department, ends up eating his own tail when employees maliciously comply and anger company's VP: ‘[He] thought it was a Fortune 500.’

Elna McHilderson

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Mom and pop shop ignores employees concerns, exact issue ensues: 'That was my first taste of, “maybe being a manager doesn't mean you have all the answers”.'

Elna McHilderson

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Company gifts longest tenured employee a watch and a $50 restaurant gift card to thank him for his 50 years of service: ‘The only bonus he’s ever gotten’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘We each got a bobble head of one of the executives’: 20+ Employees share the worst bonuses they've received from their jobs

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She spent over $300 JUST on decorations…': Well-off manager throws last-minute retirement party, requests staff reimburse her even though half weren't even able to attend

Elna McHilderson

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Company requests employees to ‘donate’ PTO to colleagues affected by the LA wildfires to ’make up’ for hours lost: ’[This is] just so the company doesn't hurt, not their people’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Dig your own grave I guess’: Boss forces specific employees to use PTO during a snowstorm instead of allowing them to work remotely

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss gives hardworking employee a ‘lackluster raise’ and tells him to find a better job after he complains, so employee lands unicorn job offer and leaves company high and dry

Lana DeGaetano

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