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Update: 'They tell me to stay late every time with no compensation': Boss reprimands employees for not working beyond 10:00am - 6:00pm work days

Update: 'They tell me to stay late every time with no compensation': Boss reprimands employees for not working beyond 10:00am - 6:00pm work days

'Pay increases are no longer based on merit': Employee decides to do the bare minimum after boss confirms her work quality won't result in a raise

'Pay increases are no longer based on merit': Employee decides to do the bare minimum after boss confirms her work quality won't result in a raise

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Former chef gets even with lunch-stealing coworker by putting scorpion pepper powder in food: '[He] never stole anyone's lunch again'

Former chef gets even with lunch-stealing coworker by putting scorpion pepper powder in food: '[He] never stole anyone's lunch again'

20 jobs that are instant red flags for people seeking serious relationships: 'Stand up comedians [...] anything that happens in your relationship will be made public'

20 jobs that are instant red flags for people seeking serious relationships: 'Stand up comedians [...] anything that happens in your relationship will be made public'

'I wasn’t gonna let him win': Employee refuses to let boss keep picking on him, exposes his business negligence on his last day

'I wasn’t gonna let him win': Employee refuses to let boss keep picking on him, exposes his business negligence on his last day

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Pretentious new hire publicly accuses coworker of excluding her after he declines to ride with her to work dinner, causing her to skip it: 'I told her she excluded herself'

'I need my full paycheck': Employee quits two weeks in after boss never draws up his W2, demands to be paid in full

'I need my full paycheck': Employee quits two weeks in after boss never draws up his W2, demands to be paid in full

'Sounds optional to me': Employee declines optional training course, boss reprimands her, claims it was mandatory to attend

'Sounds optional to me': Employee declines optional training course, boss reprimands her, claims it was mandatory to attend

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Employee's boss finds out they got an interview elsewhere, pressures her to resign: 'She doesn't even know if she got the job yet'

Boss finds out employee got an interview elsewhere, pressures her to resign: 'She doesn't even know if she got the job yet'

'Call it quits before it gets too messy': New tutor denied promised hours and school district leading to impossible commute, quits before first day

'Call it quits before it gets too messy': New tutor denied promised hours and school district leading to impossible commute, quits before first day

'You want ti be in control? Fine!': Micromanager gets comeuppance after requiring approval for mandatory training programs, employee malicious complies

'You want to be in control? Fine!': Micromanager gets comeuppance after requiring approval for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

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'He will owe us almost $30,000 in back pay': 1099 contractors rebel after working over 80 hours a week for their boss and having to sleep in their cars on work trips

'He will owe us almost $30,000 in back pay': 1099 contractors rebel after working over 80 hours a week for their boss and having to sleep in their cars on work trips

'New hire lasted 10 minutes': Server tells off manager on day one after not being allowed to bring her dog to work

'New hire lasted 10 minutes': Server tells off manager on day one after not being allowed to bring her dog to work

'A nice little power imbalance is her cup of tea': Boss pressures employee to text her every time she leaves for work, employee refuses

'A nice little power imbalance is her cup of tea': Boss pressures employee to text her every time she leaves for work, employee refuses

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'She was unwilling to listen': Consultant insists that she won't take "fashion advice" from coworker

'I encourage everyone to seek employment elsewhere': New hire discovers epic resignation email from a few months ago, immediately quits in solidarity

'I encourage everyone to seek employment elsewhere': New hire discovers epic resignation email from a few months ago, immediately quits in solidarity

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Homeowner asks elderly neighbors to stop parking in his driveway, they refuse and tell him he's being "too rigid": '[They] suddenly started to use my driveway, first for a couple of hours and by now they are just straight up occupying it'

Homeowner asks elderly neighbors to stop parking in his driveway, they refuse and tell him he's being "too rigid": '[They] suddenly started to use my driveway, first for a couple of hours and by now they are just straight up occupying it'

‘It makes me feel like I'm in The Truman Show’: Neighbor continually mows 6 feet of new homeowner's front lawn and attaches deer-repelling mechanisms to their shrubbery, failing to adhere to the clear property line

‘It makes me feel like I'm in The Truman Show’: Neighbor continually mows 6 feet of new homeowner's front lawn and attaches deer-repelling mechanisms to their shrubbery, failing to adhere to the clear property line

‘You can thank your insubordination for this!’: Boss responds to mass quitting by enforcing that employees give three months’ notice, employees rebel

‘You can thank your insubordination for this!’: Boss responds to mass quitting by enforcing that employees give three months’ notice, employees rebel

25-year-old employee gets written up by supervisor for not coming into work during his approved time off: ‘It’s not your job to make sure that your supervisor does her job’

25-year-old employee gets written up by supervisor for not coming into work during his approved time off: ‘It’s not your job to make sure that your supervisor does her job’

Manager forces HR to hire his ‘crush’ even though she was the least ranked candidate, costs the company thousands of dollars: ‘Turns out, hiring your crush isn’t as cute when the company starts losing money.’

Manager forces HR to hire his ‘crush’ even though she was the least ranked candidate, costs the company thousands of dollars: ‘Turns out, hiring your crush isn’t as cute when the company starts losing money.’

Neighbor repeatedly claims woman’s patio, forcing her to document his stubborn chair invasions and finally report him to the landlord: ‘I moved his chair three more times, but he kept moving it back’

Neighbor repeatedly claims woman’s patio, forcing her to document his stubborn chair invasions and finally report him to the landlord: ‘I moved his chair three more times, but he kept moving it back’

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