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A woman sits outside a glass-walled office with two people in it, reading a piece of paper in her hand.

Job candidate arrives 10 minutes early for interview, leaves when they make them wait for 50 minutes: 'No one had come to apologize'

New employee receives warning after bragging about how company orders lunch for employees every day: 'You're not getting a lunch break'

New employee receives warning after bragging about how company orders lunch for employees every day: 'You're not getting a lunch break'

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A male employee leans on a desk, speaking to a female coworker working on a computer in front of him.

High-performing employee leaves company, HR manager demands remaining employees provide 'roadmap' on how to be better: 'You guys aren't irreplaceable'

Back view of a male employee sitting at a desk in an office chair.

Employee swaps broken chair with coworker's chair, gets annoyed when coworker fixes it and won't return it: 'You can have yours back now'

An employee wearing headphones smiles as he sits in an office eating salad.

Employee constantly takes 2 hour lunch breaks, gets upset when coworker stops working in protest: 'I work faster than you. It's not my fault you're slow'

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A male employee carrying a box of belongings through an office

Employees reveal the wildest times a former employer didn't listen to their warnings: 'The company was reduced to 1/20th the size'

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Coworker ends carpool deal after colleague keeps buying food instead of paying the agreed $50 gas money for the hour-long daily commutes: 'Find someone else to take you to work tomorrow'

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Worker quits underpaid position only to spend months training and supporting her replacement anyway: 'I've done more than enough'

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Manager demands employees track every minute of non-billable work, then panics when one worker logs coffee breaks, printer jams, and Windows updates: 'Use common sense'

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Employee Resigns After HR Reprimands Him For Excessive PTO Despite Taking the Same Time Off Every Year

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Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

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Employee Sparks Backlash After Giving Two Weeks Notice While on PTO

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Employee Accepts New Job and Gives Notice, Then Comes Back Begging for Old Job After New Company Rescinds Offer

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Fast food employee told by manager to stay out of the kitchen, employee follows her orders, denying service to customers: 'I’m sorry, I would get that for you but I’m not allowed back there right now'

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Front desk agent stops assisting ungrateful coworker, Eric, until hotel manager takes note of Eric's incompetence: '[He] kept taking credit for closing tasks'

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Engineer returns to the office for a 40% pay raise after years of remote work, opening up a discussion about what really drives job satisfaction: ‘The extra money doesn't even feel real’