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A male employee leans over a female colleague working at her desk, gesturing to some files on the desk.

Employee gets promoted to supervisor over colleague with 3 more years' experience, faces pushback from coworkers: 'I'm not trying to act like everyone's boss'

An employee and her boss work at opposite desks, with her pushing her chair towards him as he shows her something on a clipboard.

Company plans to fire boss, employee feels conflicted about interviewing for his job: 'My boss is the whole reason I'm even in this position'

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A woman smiles while sitting on the couch, her coworker blurred in the background, looking away and smiling.

Colleagues go on work trip, employee falters when coworker demands to join them on 1 week solo trip afterwards: ‘I don’t see why I should spend my free time with them’

An employee takes his glasses off as he looks at his laptop screen.

Manager cancels employee's 2 week vacation a day before it was due to start, employee considers quitting: 'I gave notice 6 months ago'

The employee left his office at 5:00 on the dot, much to his boss's chagrin.

Boss harasses employee for leaving work at 5 PM exactly, claims he's leaving earlier than 5 PM according to her watch: 'It's just breaking my spirit.'

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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'

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'

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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'

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'