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'Worst Secret Santa ever!': Boss "gifts" employees a Febreeze plug-in, mismatched pens, and a used gift card for office Secret Santa

'Worst Secret Santa ever!': Boss "gifts" employees a Febreeze plug-in, mismatched pens, and a used gift card for office Secret Santa

'I'm going to be struggling stuck in a cold truck for Christmas': Truck driver abandoned with no money or gas after boss ghosts him during the holidays

'I'm going to be struggling stuck in a cold truck for Christmas': Truck driver abandoned with no money or gas after boss ghosts him during the holidays

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Update: Former manager shows up to office Christmas party anyway, wife makes a scene: 'Jeff was mortified'

Update: Former manager shows up to office Christmas party anyway, wife makes a scene: 'Jeff was mortified'

Entire team gets let go before Christmas, only for company to post pictures of over-the-top Holiday party: 'That looked expensive and like a grand ol' time'

Entire team gets let go before Christmas, only for company to post pictures of over-the-top Holiday party: 'That looked expensive and like a grand ol' time'

'I gave them everything I had for 6 years': Project manager denied raise and Christmas bonus, gets even by making company lose $3 million contract

'I gave them everything I had for 6 years': Project manager denied raise and Christmas bonus, gets even by making company lose $3 million contract

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'Discussing pay amongst employees is within our rights': Employee engages in fiery exchange with HR over wage transparency

'Discussing pay amongst employees is within our rights': Employee engages in fiery exchange with HR over wage transparency

'Just so we're clear, you fired me...': IT guy replaced by new CFO's 21-year-old nephew, they ask him back after nephew proves to be incompetent

'Just so we're clear, you fired me...': IT guy replaced by new CFO's 21-year-old nephew, they ask him back after nephew proves to be incompetent

Employee helps friend land a job at her company, gets denied raise while friend gets paid $10,000 more than her: 'Should I confront my CEO?'

Employee helps friend land a job at her company, gets denied raise while friend gets paid $10,000 more than her: 'Should I confront my CEO?'

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Corporate asks entire team of 30 employees to share their Spotify Wrapped for team-building: '[This is] so emblematic of something I dislike about work culture'

Corporate asks entire team of 30 employees to share their Spotify Wrapped for team-building: '[This is] so emblematic of something I dislike about work culture'

'Look busy!': Student worker gets paid $10,000 to sit on his phone, maliciously complying with boss's orders to take his time on new project

'Look busy!': Student worker gets paid $10,000 to sit on his phone, maliciously complying with boss's orders to take his time on new project

Guy lets ex-boss join his DnD campaign, enacts payback for making him quit: 'They got what they deserved!'

Guy lets ex-boss join his DnD campaign, enacts payback for making him quit: 'They got what they deserved!'

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Employee quits after making boss $1.5 million and getting a paltry holiday 'bonus' as thanks: 'For Christmas he got me a $25 AMC gift card'

Employee quits after making boss $1.5 million and getting a paltry holiday 'bonus' as thanks: 'For Christmas he got me a $25 AMC gift card'

'We got a $5 Starbucks gift card': 20+ employees share the worst Holiday bonuses they've received

'We got a $5 Starbucks gift card': 20+ employees share the worst Holiday bonuses they've received

'My boss is a literal insane person': New hire gets called into boss's office 3 weeks in with boss claiming no one likes her

'My boss is a literal insane person': New hire gets called into boss's office 3 weeks in with boss claiming no one likes her

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Micromanager retroactively rejects employee's December PTO request, employee calls him out: 'Plans have been made and it can't be canceled'

Micromanager retroactively rejects employee's December PTO request, employee calls him out: 'Plans have been made and it can't be canceled'

'I quit. It wasn’t even an hour after I clocked in': Undervalued employee gets reprimanded for costing the company $12, he costs them more by quitting

'I quit. It wasn’t even an hour after I clocked in': Undervalued employee gets reprimanded for costing the company $12, he costs them more by quitting