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Boss likes to micromanage her employee and act as if she didn't hear when she tells her that she needs to be out of the office as soon as her shift ends: 'She will keep me for an additional 15 mins sometimes.'

María Cetra

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Employee sets boundaries after their manager keeps assigning them with “urgent task” at 4:45 pm, when his work hours end at 5 pm: ‘Last week I finally said that I couldn't stay and would complete it first thing in the morning.’

María Cetra

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Vet office employee gets tired of hunting down coworker for handovers and starts leaving right on time, coworker runs to the boss to complain: ‘[It's not my business where you are in the building when your shift starts]’

Celeste Mello

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Retail worker reprimanded for working overtime, then gets reprimanded again for staying exactly on schedule: 'He’s threatening a write up. For doing exactly what he told me to do'

Ben Weiss

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'I stopped being the nice guy at work': Coworkers start treating employee differently as soon as he stops covering their shifts and taking on extra work

Ben Weiss

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'We can't go home early anymore?': Part-time employee teams up with decent manager to maliciously comply with upper management's new scheduling rule by discreetly adjusting the lengths of the team's shifts

Ben Weiss

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‘I never said I was taking his shift’: Entitled coworker assumes fellow employee will take his shift without receiving confirmation, then sneakily tells boss they found shift coverage

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee refuses to cover coworker's shift after discovering she lied about being sick to get out of work, manager takes coworker's side: ‘They are now mad at me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'They kept messing it up': Employee refuses to come to work after boss insists on complicated shift schedules despite being warned it creates confusion, leading to a dispute

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss cuts all of employee's hours without explanation, only to call them to cover random shifts, employee refuses every time: ‘If he needed the help he shouldn't have cut all my hours’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employees refuse to cover manager's shift after she breaks her arm, leading manager to take away future shifts from employees who refuse her demands: ‘I assume you don't need money’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Judge gets even with local hotel owner for telling worker he'll fire him if he attends jury duty: ‘You can’t fire him because I say so'

Eleonora Bader

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‘Our agreement doesn’t apply': Employee quits and gets reimbursed for $21,000 after boss insists they commute 200 miles a day for 2 years without compensation

Eleonora Bader

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'My work-life balance is so much better': Employees discuss a four-day work week with 10-hour shifts versus a five-day work week with 8-hour shifts, sparks debate

Elna McHilderson

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‘I went back to the station and quit’: Senior firefighter quits after 7 years after being written up by demanding manager

Eleonora Bader

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‘I’m not coming in': Employee gets fired for refusing to come in on her day off, despite not agreeing to extra shifts

Eleonora Bader

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