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'If you don't want me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best': 20+ unprofessional comments job applicants wrote on their resumes

'If you don't want me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best': 20+ unprofessional comments job applicants wrote on their resumes

Fully remote HR rep denies employee's request to work from home due to childcare: 'It is 100% about control'

Fully remote HR rep denies employee's request to work from home due to childcare: 'It is 100% about control'

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'I'm most likely getting fired': Employee complains about boss on social media, boss finds out, now his days are numbered

'I'm most likely getting fired': Employee complains about boss on social media, boss finds out, now his days are numbered

‘Dig your own grave I guess’: Boss forces specific employees to use PTO during a snowstorm instead of allowing them to work remotely

‘Dig your own grave I guess’: Boss forces specific employees to use PTO during a snowstorm instead of allowing them to work remotely

'You don't want me to do my job? Ok, I won't': Employee gets taken off of work project, incompetent coworker takes over, employee refuses to clean up her mess

'You don't want me to do my job? Ok, I won't': Employee gets taken off of work project, incompetent coworker takes over, employee refuses to clean up her mess

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Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send 4 selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send four selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Office lunch thief eats birthday cake for employee's daughter, employee loses it: 'Your boss ate the cake'

Office lunch thief eats birthday cake meant for employee's daughter, employee loses it: 'Your boss ate the cake'

Pregnant employee gets even with nosy coworkers, effectively offloading work and starting maternity leave early: 'I'm due tomorrow but they say it could take a while'

Pregnant employee gets even with nosy coworkers, effectively offloading work and starting maternity leave early: 'I'm due tomorrow but they say it could take a while'

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Employee finds his job posting online, goes to HR and gets boss fired: 'Maybe you aren't a good fit here'

Employee finds his job posting online, goes to HR and gets boss fired: 'Maybe you aren't a good fit here'

Employer replaces all vacation day benefits with a one-time pay increase of $0.80/hour: 'This is a "full staff quits on the spot" level of egregiousness'

Employer replaces all vacation day benefits with a one-time pay increase of $0.80/hour: 'This is a "full staff quits on the spot" level of egregiousness'

Employee gets fired while on medical leave, HR offers lame alternative to avoid getting sued: 'The company's needs have changed during your absence':

Employee gets fired while on medical leave, HR offers lame alternative to avoid getting sued: 'The company's needs have changed during your absence':

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'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings

Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings'

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Employee automates task, making everyone’s jobs easier, boss takes credit for her work: ‘You probably didn’t even know how to turn on your computer when we found you’

Employee automates task, making everyone’s jobs easier, boss takes credit for her work: ‘You probably didn’t even know how to turn on your computer when we found you’

20 unprofessional answers no one should give in a job interview: 'I am very good with people because I am myself a person'

20 unprofessional answers no one should give in a job interview: 'I am very good with people because I am myself a person'

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'The guy who made my life miserable for a year is now going to be under my authority': Software engineer takes a 50% pay cut to join “dream team,” finally gets promoted over undermining team lead

'The guy who made my life miserable for a year is now going to be under my authority': Software engineer takes a 50% pay cut to join “dream team,” finally gets promoted over undermining team lead

All-star employee denied a promotion until 2028 for being too good at her job, but she won’t let her boss off so easily: 'I'm being punished for doing better work'

All-star employee denied a promotion until 2028 for being too good at her job, but she won’t let her boss off so easily: 'I'm being punished for doing better work'

Resident assumes their neighbor will volunteer as an unpaid dog sitter because they work from home, but the busy remote worker proves them wrong: ‘[She] got offended when I said no’

Resident assumes their neighbor will volunteer as an unpaid dog sitter because they work from home, but the busy remote worker proves them wrong: ‘[She] got offended when I said no’

Manager fires top performer over contract dispute to intimidate the rest of the team: 'Keep in line, produce, and don't cause trouble'

Manager fires top performer over contract dispute to intimidate the rest of the team: 'Keep in line, produce, and don't cause trouble'

35-year-old daughter dumbfounded by her aging father's demand that she take her 9-year-old half-brother on vacation to France with her family and own 8 and 4-year-old children: 'We wanted the trip to be just us and our kids'

35-year-old daughter dumbfounded by her aging father's demand that she take her 9-year-old half-brother on vacation to France with her family and own 8 and 4-year-old children: 'We wanted the trip to be just us and our kids'

28-year-old home cook stands her ground and removes MIL after catching her sabotaging her signature 3-day brisket with store-bought BBQ sauce: ‘You had no right to touch my food’

28-year-old home cook stands her ground and removes MIL after catching her sabotaging her signature 3-day brisket with store-bought BBQ sauce: ‘You had no right to touch my food’

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