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Employee learns his new raise is $2,000 more than what his mentor makes: '[He] has worked 50 years in my current company'

Employee learns his new raise is $2,000 more than what his mentor makes: '[He] has worked 50 years in my current company'

'Please send messages for me directly to me': Employee gets back at petty coworker by only pointing out his errors in the team's group chat

'Please send messages for me directly to me': Employee gets back at petty coworker by only pointing out his errors in the team's group chat

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'I'm paying so that the restaurant doesn't lose $500 on a dine-and-dash': Server gets scolded by manager after table of 11+ customers leave without paying

'I'm paying so that the restaurant doesn't lose $500 on a dine-and-dash': Server gets scolded by manager after table of 11+ customers leave without paying

Coworker keeps trying to mooch off of employee's lunches, sparking office feud: 'It wasn't my responsibility to provide food for everyone'

Coworker keeps trying to mooch off of employee's lunches, sparking office feud: 'It wasn't my responsibility to provide food for everyone'

'[She] left us with $800 worth of merchandise to put back': Entitled customer shops for 7+ hours but can't pay for most items in her cart, employees clean up her mess

'[She] left us with $800 worth of merchandise to put back': Entitled customer shops for 7+ hours but can't pay for most items in her cart, employees clean up her mess

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Underpaid employee humiliated by micromanaging boss for repeatedly wearing the same clothes to the office

Underpaid employee humiliated by micromanaging boss for repeatedly wearing the same clothes to the office

'I give it 3 months tops:' New employee overhears Karen coworker gossiping about her, confronts Karen on her last day

'I give it 3 months tops:' New employee overhears Karen coworker gossiping about her, confronts Karen on her last day

'I deny work from all of my managers': Employee with three different bosses keeps claiming he's swamped with tasks, ends up doing no work and collecting checks

'I deny work from all of my managers': Employee with three different bosses keeps claiming he's swamped with tasks, ends up doing no work and collecting checks

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Freelance worker fired after asking to be paid for extra work: 'I got a termination email claiming disrespectful conduct'

Freelance worker fired after asking to be paid for extra work: 'I got a termination email claiming disrespectful conduct'

30 funny job postings filled with typos: 'Get paid to become a science!'

30 funny job postings filled with typos: 'Get paid to become a science!'

'Is he trying to get fired?': Employee photoshops picture of boss's family and sends it to the wrong chat, boss plays mind games to get even

'Is he trying to get fired?': Employee photoshops picture of boss's family and sends it to the wrong chat, boss plays mind games to get even

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Employee told by boss to move surgery to Christmas break despite having 300+ hours of PTO saved: '[I] should be able to take this time off'

Employee told by boss to move surgery to Christmas break despite having 300+ hours of PTO saved: '[I] should be able to take this time off'

Small company gets bought out, new CEO demands employees to look busy, cue malicious compliance: 'We're basically creating a public perception of busy without actually doing too much'

Small company gets bought out, new CEO demands employees to look busy, cue malicious compliance: 'We're basically creating a public perception of busy without actually doing too much'

'I'm not okay with this': Partner advocates for location tracking of all lawyers in the firm, associate refuses

'I'm not okay with this': Partner advocates for location tracking of all lawyers in the firm, associate refuses

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'We have to fire you because you are too expensive': Employee gets fired, demands compensation for a full year then starts working for competitor

'We have to fire you because you are too expensive': Employee gets fired, demands compensation for a full year then starts working for competitor

Candidate shares nonsensical job application from toxic recruiter: 'Are you normal?'

Candidate shares nonsensical job application from toxic recruiter: 'Are you normal?'

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Stay-at-home mom continues cooking homemade meals every day for a full house to save money despite her picky brother-in-law’s demands for special meals: 'I can’t really afford making main courses that are entirely meat'

Stay-at-home mom continues cooking homemade meals every day for a full house to save money despite her picky brother-in-law’s demands for special meals: 'I can’t really afford making main courses that are entirely meat'

18-year-old Daughter bans her Mother from her graduation following 8 years of her Mother favoring her 18-year-old Stepsister after remarrying: 'I told my mom it hurt my feelings'

18-year-old Daughter bans her Mother from her graduation following 8 years of her Mother favoring her 18-year-old Stepsister after remarrying: 'I told my mom it hurt my feelings'

Hardworking 16-year-old won’t give his dad weekly $50 he saves up from his first job, encouraging him to build his own career: ‘He has been getting overly invested into my job and things [revolve] around my work life'

Hardworking 16-year-old won’t give his dad weekly $50 he saves up from his first job, encouraging him to build his own career: ‘He has been getting overly invested into my job and things [revolve] around my work life'

Employee of 12-years is considered the ‘most essential,' but is written up when he comes in to help on his day off, so he quits on the spot: ‘The manager immediately started backpedaling, saying it was all a misunderstanding.’

Employee of 12-years is considered the ‘most essential,' but is written up when he comes in to help on his day off, so he quits on the spot: ‘The manager immediately started backpedaling, saying it was all a misunderstanding.’

Engineer complies with manager's insistence to never stay past 5:00 PM by pausing an imminent project at the end of the day: 'Greg had explicitly told me to leave even if the building was on fire'

Engineer complies with manager's insistence to never stay past 5:00 PM by pausing an imminent project at the end of the day: 'Greg had explicitly told me to leave even if the building was on fire'

Boss demands electrician apprentice, who makes $15 an hour, work for free to pay off mistake

Boss demands electrician apprentice, who makes $15 an hour, work for free to pay off mistake

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