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Bossy coworker bursts into tears when a young colleague asks her to stop barking orders and show some basic respect, setting off a chain reaction and behind-the-scenes HR chats: ‘The thought of asking nicely literally drove her to tears’

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Gossipy coworker keeps track of colleague’s time off, complains to others about their approved absences, and invents his own hardships for sympathy: ‘That family situation he referenced didn’t exist’

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City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

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20-year-old almost college-graduated digital marketer is tired of her “corporate girlie” era and is brought to tears every Monday as her dream job turns out to be hours of commute to an uninspired office, to do no meaningful work: ‘all I wanna do is cry’

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17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

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‘It's annoying to have to find ways to lock up your possessions because you might get robbed by a 40-something mother of 3’: Office worker discovers her seemingly sweet coworker is responsible for stealing $1,300, food, and spreading rumors

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‘They fired the Cash Cow’: Carpet cleaning company axes its top phone upseller, who turns every $99 call into a multi-hundred-dollar deal for years over sick leave, leaving owners to watch profits tank

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Coworker throws a fit and delivers a mini TED Talk on teamwork after being politely refused help with a task she was perfectly capable of doing herself: ‘I told her that nothing would have happened to her too if she wrote it’

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‘I’m tired of asking him to do his job. Our department is breaking down because of his refusal to communicate’: Boss goes into hiding every time an employee quits, insisting it isn’t his job to communicate the departures when confronted

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‘I put in a one-week notice, laughed, and left’: Employee put on a surprise 30-day performance improvement plan during annual evaluation by boss who can’t remember his job duties, quits after landing a better offer

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Employer denies PTO to a remote employee with 90 hours accrued, desperate to care for his declining mom, pushing the worker to find fresh job offer and consider the most satisfying way to walk out: “for as much financial security as I can get”

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Forklift driver at 1.4-million-square-foot factory strictly follows strict no-phones rule by shutting his off, sending managers on a wild goose chase every shift as their own policy backfires: ‘I received like 30 calls a day that were left unanswered’

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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’

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‘I’ve been warned by my manager to not to go to HR because they “won’t care about petty drama”’: Hotel night shift coworker dodges every task, leaving all the work and stress to her teammate while management turns a blind eye

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‘I would’ve much rather just have been laid off with everyone else’: Job forces employees into negative PTO debt, where taking time off means owing the company money later

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40-year-old coworker repeatedly asks 25-year-old colleague for thousands in loans, turning the office into his personal cash machine with nonstop awkward money talk: ‘I'm not the only coworker he's requested this, It's making me feel extremely uneasy’

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