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Restaurant manager ridicules chef for leaving his station to help fellow kitchen workers, chef maliciously complies to prove his point: 'You want me to stay in my station? Okay.'

Ben Weiss

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'Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day': Fired employee gets even with boss by redirecting hundreds of clients to spam her inbox

Ben Weiss

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'5 people are planning their exit because of this': Entitled coworker gets promotion after becoming company president's "work girlfriend," makes other employees consider leaving

Remy Millisky

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Employee forced to take the red-eye home, refuses to come to work the next day, leaving boss scrambling: 'I came back to work the following day to a flurry of emails'

Ben Weiss

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'Either reduce my hours [or] pay me more!': Employee working 6 days a week forced to take a 30% pay cut, hands in his resignation and gets job with a top client

Ben Weiss

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15+ Employees who watched their coworkers get fired: 'HR cleaned out his desk within 10 minutes'

Remy Millisky

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15+ Bosses who had the worst workers: '[She was] sleeping on the job. She was a lifeguard. Fired on the spot'

Remy Millisky

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Employee gets fired after never showing up to work, uses ex-boss as a reference, he maliciously complies: 'IF you can get Karen to work for you, you will be VERY lucky'

Ben Weiss

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'My interview was at 10:00 AM': Job candidate waits two hours for his interview, walks out and gives HR a piece of his mind

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets berated for sitting during 12-hour shift despite having a doctor's note, quits on the spot: 'I won't be in tomorrow. Or ever again'

Ben Weiss

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Employee complains to tech support about broken printer, IT guy discovers employee completely soaked it: 'I found pools of water in ridiculous places'

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager makes employee take an entire day of PTO just because he needed to leave 5 minutes early: 'Boss wasn’t happy with me [...] but I did follow their policy'

Ben Weiss

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Retail employee walks out mid-shift after team gets scolded for taking contractual breaks: 'We didn't deserve a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes?'

Ben Weiss

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‘Useless’ coworker accidentally deletes 15+ hours of employee's work when she finally decides to do her job: ‘I’m stuck having to redo everything’

Lana DeGaetano

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Micromanaging boss takes issue with employee's process, employee maliciously complies by offloading all calls and scanning duties to boss: 'I am not her secretary'

Ben Weiss

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‘The final straw’: Employee resigns after her micromanaging, narcissistic boss denies her PTO request and provides no bereavement when her loved one passes

Lana DeGaetano

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