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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'

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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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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'

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'