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Manager makes request at 4:30pm for employee to stay late, employee declines and manager throws temper tantrum: 'Nah, bro! Your emergency is not my emergency'

Manager makes request at 4:30pm for employee to stay late, employee declines and manager throws temper tantrum: 'Nah, bro! Your emergency is not my emergency'

'Ben had been living in the office since late May': Intern gets away with sleeping in the office for two months before getting caught by another employee

'Ben had been living in the office since late May': Intern gets away with sleeping in the office for two months before getting caught by another employee

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'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

Entitled employer gives unsolicited advice after job candidate withdraws application: 'Accepting only easy opportunities is probably not going to take you as far'

Entitled employer gives unsolicited advice after job candidate withdraws application: 'Accepting only easy opportunities is probably not going to take you as far'

'I overheard a conversation i wasn't supposed to hear': Underpaid employee quits on the spot after discovering that the new hire below him has a higher salary

'I overheard a conversation i wasn't supposed to hear': Underpaid employee quits on the spot after discovering that the new hire below him has a higher salary

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'Everyone left the company [on] my first day': New IT employee forced to take over system control of the whole company after entire department quits on the spot

'Everyone left the company [on] my first day': New IT employee forced to take over system control of the whole company after entire department quits on the spot

'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register': 10+ Managers share the most memorable employees they had to fire

'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register': 10+ Managers share the most memorable employees they had to fire

Job candidate learns after 3 rounds of interviews that the salary for the position has decreased by $40,000: 'Thank you for wasting my time. I withdraw my application'

Job candidate learns after 3 rounds of interviews that the salary for the position has decreased by $40,000: 'Thank you for wasting my time. I withdraw my application'

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10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

UPDATE: Manager schedules meeting with employee during her PTO, reprimands her when she doesn't show up: 'Her boss called to chastise her for it while we were on vacation'

UPDATE: Manager schedules meeting with employee during her PTO, reprimands her when she doesn't show up: 'Her boss called to chastise her for it while we were on vacation'

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Grocery store employee fired after one trial shift, then reprimanded for not showing up to their next shift: 'I didn't know I was scheduled!'

Grocery store employee fired after one trial shift, then reprimanded for not showing up to their next shift: 'I didn't know I was scheduled!'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

'i requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

'I requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

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Competitive coworker tries to get engineer fired, ends up getting fired himself: ''[He's] trying to play games with my career!'

Competitive coworker tries to get engineer fired, ends up getting fired himself: ''[He's] trying to play games with my career!'

Entitled coworker switches shifts with 26-year-old server without his approval, assuming he's free because he is single: 'You don't have anything else to do anyway!'

Entitled coworker switches shifts with 26-year-old server without his approval, assuming he's free because he is single: 'You don't have anything else to do anyway!'