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'I work to live, I don't live to work': 20 ways people messed up their job interviews

'I work to live, I don't live to work': 20 ways people messed up their job interviews

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20+ employees discuss their top reasons for leaving a job: ‘Quit before you become ashes from burnout’

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Entitled boss refuses to give employee full-time hours, employee lands a better job and boss loses it: ‘[She said] "I must prioritize her"’

'My company is stealing $20,000 from me': Employee denied the same pay as coworkers with the same job by new boss, begins retaliation

'My company is stealing $20,000 from me': Employee denied the same pay as coworkers with the same job by new boss, begins retaliation

Boss won't let employee leave work early to pick up kid from school, employee resigns unceremoniously: 'That's going to cost him $1500'

Boss won't let employee leave work early to pick up kid from school, employee resigns unceremoniously: 'That's going to cost him $1500'

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28-year-old coworker asks for 30-year-old employee's help, then goes to HR accusing him of taking credit: 'I didn’t take credit away from her'

28-year-old coworker asks for 30-year-old employee's help, then goes to HR accusing him of taking credit: 'I didn’t take credit away from her'

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Manager claims employee is lying about getting stuck in the snow en route to work, admits she left work to try and catch employee red-handed: ‘I sent [her] proof’

'Stop calling me that': Entitled coworker refuses to call employee by her real name, employee reports her to HR, causing work feud

'Stop calling me that': Entitled coworker refuses to call employee by her real name, employee reports her to HR, causing work feud

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Employee forces entitled customer out after coming in five minutes before closing with a complicated order: 'I pointed him to the door'

Employee forces entitled customer out after coming in five minutes before closing with a complicated order: 'I pointed him to the door'

Boss fires entire staff via text message: 'We will not be opening up for business tomorrow'

Boss fires entire staff via text message: 'We will not be opening up for business tomorrow'

Boss tests employee with one week to prove himself, employee follows up with resignation: 'You were lucky to have me'

Boss tests employee with one week to prove himself, employee follows up with resignation: 'You were lucky to have me'

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‘Okay!’: Helpful employee is scolded by arrogant boss for taking workplace initiative, so they fill up boss's entire afternoon with back-to-back interviews

Content writer gets paid 30% of agreed-upon compensation for project, gets even with ex-colleague when roles are reversed: 'He promptly transferred the remaining amount'

Content writer gets paid 30% of agreed-upon compensation for project, gets even with ex-colleague when roles are reversed: 'He promptly transferred the remaining amount'

'He just... wouldn't work. Just wouldn't. This was in a research lab': 15+ insufferable coworkers who made the workplace environment worse

'He just... wouldn't work. Just wouldn't. This was in a research lab': 15+ insufferable coworkers who made the workplace environment worse

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Employee discovers loophole within company half-day policy, allowing him to work for only one hour every Friday: 'Half days revolve around lunch times'

Employee discovers loophole within company half-day policy, allowing him to work for only one hour every Friday: 'Half days revolve around lunch times'

Star employee quits on the spot, now ex-CEO wants to know the real reason: 'I was just given employee of the year, then 3 weeks later I put in resignation'

Star employee quits on the spot, now ex-CEO wants to know the real reason: 'I was just given employee of the year, then 3 weeks later I put in resignation'

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Manager tries to get employee to work during PTO, giving her personal number to a contractor and listing her as on-call for tasks she was never hired to do: ‘I said “absolutely not!” I am taking a paid vacation and will not be coming in’

Manager tries to get employee to work during PTO, giving her personal number to a contractor and listing her as on-call for tasks she was never hired to do: ‘I said “absolutely not!” I am taking a paid vacation and will not be coming in’

'I can't keep it to myself anymore': 35-year-old millennial engineer claims that older employees are making their work "impossible"

'I can't keep it to myself anymore': 35-year-old millennial engineer claims that older employees are making their work "impossible"

Employee resigns, boss tries to cheap out by offering $20 less per hour than what he's worth to keep him on as a contractor: 'Their offer was not acceptable'

Employee resigns, boss tries to cheap out by offering $20 less per hour than what he's worth to keep him on as a contractor: 'Their offer was not acceptable'

27-year-old employee gets micromanaged by incompetent boss, spends a year becoming invaluable to the company, then quits and gets his boss fired: ‘Don’t try me.'

27-year-old employee gets micromanaged by incompetent boss, spends a year becoming invaluable to the company, then quits and gets his boss fired: ‘Don’t try me.'

HR requires a 500-word "reason" alongside each PTO request, so a witty employee writes an entire essay to go to their cousin's wedding: 'I began [by] explaining the historical significance of marriage'

HR requires a 500-word "reason" alongside each PTO request, so a witty employee writes an entire essay to go to their cousin's wedding: 'I began [by] explaining the historical significance of marriage'

20-year-old daughter asks for more freedom while balancing responsibilities, wants a healthier dynamic with her mom: 'I’m trying to grow up here'

20-year-old daughter asks for more freedom while balancing responsibilities, wants a healthier dynamic with her mom: 'I’m trying to grow up here'

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