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Manager at understaffed pizzeria gets scolded for taking a 10 minute break, gets scheduled hours reduced: 'You know what? Keep the schedule. I quit'

Manager at understaffed pizzeria gets scolded for taking a 10 minute break, gets scheduled hours reduced: 'You know what? Keep the schedule. I quit'

Candidate gets offered $15K less than what he's worth, ghosts recruiter, recruiter throws tantrum: 'They lost their minds that I didn't respond to them'

Candidate gets offered $15K less than what he's worth, ghosts recruiter, recruiter throws tantrum: 'They lost their minds that I didn't respond to them'

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'There is no paperwork, I'm just fired': Guy relocates to Japan for a job, only to get fired after one week

'There is no paperwork, I'm just fired': Guy relocates to Japan for a job, only to get fired after one week

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'Watching them scramble... was the most hilarious thing': Rideshare driver scares teenagers into fleeing her car

Employee quits, then overhears boss talking about ordering a petty goodbye cake for her: 'My last day will be a nightmare'

Employee quits, then overhears boss talking about ordering a petty goodbye cake for her: 'My last day will be a nightmare'

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Entitled manager pushes employee to resign, backtracks on their workplace maltreatment and tries to convince her to stay, even though she has already found a better job

‘Never make that mistake again’: Employee resigns after multiple instances of workplace mistreatment, manager backtracks on prior reprimands and refuses to ‘accept’ her two-week notice

Employee quits job for better opportunity, boss threatens to contact new employer and get them to take back their offer: 'There's a chance I may be stuck here'

Employee quits job for better opportunity, boss threatens to contact new employer and get them to take back their offer: 'There's a chance I may be stuck here'

'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go': Manager approves then revokes employee's PTO due to family emergency, employee stands up to manager

'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go': Manager approves then revokes employee's PTO due to family emergency, employee stands up to manager

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Bartender set up and unjustly fired by insecure manager, half the staff quits to retaliate

Bartender set up and unjustly fired by insecure manager, half the staff quits to retaliate

Boss steals employee's idea and fires him, employee gets back at him years later: 'I [bought] out the company he works for and [demoted] him'

Boss steals employee's idea and fires him, employee gets back at him years later: 'I [bought] out the company he works for and [demoted] him'

'This has to stop': Manager tells team in group chain not to discuss wages, employee claps back with receipts

'This has to stop': Manager tells team in group chain not to discuss wages, employee claps back with receipts

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'I'm normally never this petty': Employee receives mediocre performance review, responds by keeping track of everything to prove her boss wrong

'I'm normally never this petty': Employee receives mediocre performance review, responds by keeping track of everything to prove her boss wrong

Boss tells assistant to stop chatting with coworkers, she maliciously complies by giving everyone the silent treatment: 'You told me to stop talking to people [...] So I did'

Boss tells assistant to stop chatting with coworkers, she maliciously complies by giving everyone the silent treatment: 'You told me to stop talking to people [...] So I did'

Lazy receptionist doesn't make boss's travel arrangements, boss denies her a job years later: 'I am constantly baffled by people who don't do their jobs'

Lazy receptionist doesn't make boss's travel arrangements, boss denies her a job years later: 'I am constantly baffled by people who don't do their jobs'

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'I reached a complete breaking point over donuts': New hire forced to buy everyone donuts during his first week, maliciously complies and scares off annoying coworkers

'I reached a complete breaking point over donuts': New hire forced to buy everyone donuts during his first week, maliciously complies and scares off annoying coworkers

'I'm still gloating over my [win] over corporate Karen': Worker maliciously complies with boss's request to park bike in designated spot, results in six hours of OT

'I'm still gloating over my [win] over corporate Karen': Worker maliciously complies with boss's request to park bike in designated spot, results in six hours of OT

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"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

35 Funny signs with stories behind them: 'We are short-staffed... If you run out of patience, ask for an application'

35 Funny signs with stories behind them: 'We are short-staffed... If you run out of patience, ask for an application'

20-year-old refuses to sign over property rights to older sibling until he gets his promise in writing, sparking family feud: 'I’m just asking for legal security before I give up mine'

20-year-old refuses to sign over property rights to older sibling until he gets his promise in writing, sparking family feud: 'I’m just asking for legal security before I give up mine'

'This is going to be a $7,000 lesson for you': 15 Workers whose clients, customers, and bosses saw their big mistakes

'This is going to be a $7,000 lesson for you': 15 Workers whose clients, customers, and bosses saw their big mistakes

Parents force to 19-year-old college student daughter to keep her Life360 tracking app turned on, she tells them that she is turning it off after they track her every movement: 'It's uncomfortable knowing that wherever I am, they're probably looking'

Parents force to 19-year-old college student daughter to keep her Life360 tracking app turned on, she tells them that she is turning it off after they track her every movement: 'It's uncomfortable knowing that wherever I am, they're probably looking'

Licensed builder replaces mother-in-law's roof without a written contract, and she fails to pay them the $18,800 they are rightfully owed: ‘She comes up with excuses and gives the runaround every time I talk to her about payment’

Licensed builder replaces mother-in-law's roof without a written contract, and she fails to pay them the $18,800 they are rightfully owed: ‘She comes up with excuses and gives the runaround every time I talk to her about payment’

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