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Two men smile at one another across a table in a job interview.

Employee with 20 years of experience takes new job, gets fired after 30 days: 'Zero feedback, zero expectations, almost no communication from my boss'

Several employees working at computers in an open-plan office with hanging lights.

Company mandates return to office, employee receives warning for working from home when they have 40 desks for 60 people: 'The expectation is that you find a solution in real time'

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Employee with 4-year-old daughter is only parent on team, boss protests when he can't attend mandatory Saturday meetings because of childcare: 'That's a you problem'

Close-up of a woman holding a jar with money in one hand and the lid in the other.

Employee faces criticism from boss after declining to donate to celebratory coworker gift: 'We are here more than we are with our families at home'

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Head of department criticizes new mother for wearing flowy dresses to work, says her dresses look like nightgowns: 'I didn't violate the dress code.'

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Two men sit around a coffee table, with one throwing his head back.

Employee constantly covers for lazy coworker, gets written up by boss when he stops: 'He said I used to be more helpful'

An employee strokes his chin while working on a laptop in the evening.

Employee procrastinates all day then works until 7, judges coworker for leaving at 5: 'Must be nice to leave on time'

Close-up of a tray with a burger and fries, with a woman putting her fork into the fries and a man behind them.

Fast food restaurant hires employee, declines to contact them, and fires them within 2 weeks: 'Never went in or earned a cent'

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A photographer holds a camera as she records a woman speaking while sitting on a stool.

IT intern rebukes toxic company, managers demand she partake in social media campaign: 'I refuse to put my face on a public video peddling a lie'

Three coworkers sit and eat lunch together with their open-plan office behind them.

Employee pays for lunch with loyalty points, coworker protests she should save them for the group order: 'I put the whole order through my account'

Two male coworkers sit looking at a laptop together, with one pointing at the screen.

Employee gets rejected for supervisor role because they lack 'leadership presence', manager makes them train new hire: 'I usually have people handle the technical weeds for me'

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Three young employees sit at a table with their laptops, laughing together.

'Noises include various buzzer noises instead of yes or no': Office employee expresses bafflement at 'funny noises' made by Gen Z coworkers

A woman in a white coat and lab glasses works on a machine.

Lab company eliminates holiday pay, gets annoyed when only 3 employees cover the holiday: 'They eliminated the only reason people were willing to sacrifice their holidays'

A manager presents some papers to a team of employees sitting around a table.

Manager lets team stop work at 5:30, upper management lowers their bonuses because they don't work until 8: 'Another department was showing more passion'

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Employee quits after 2 years of staying on Zoom call with manager 8 hours a day every day at work: 'Never accept a job under these conditions'

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'