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'EVERYTHING IS YOUR FAULT': Recruiter makes ridiculous job posting full of red flags

'EVERYTHING IS YOUR FAULT': Recruiter makes ridiculous job posting full of red flags

'Unprofessional pictures': 30+ instant turn-offs on job applications, according to recruiters

'Unprofessional pictures': 30+ instant turn-offs on job applications, according to recruiters

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'Put my resignation in the next day': CEO sends employee roses after relentless mocking

'Put my resignation in the next day': CEO sends employee roses after relentless mocking

'I like my food hot': Lunch thief gets a spicy surprise after coworker fills burrito with habanero peppers

'I like my food hot': Lunch thief gets a spicy surprise after coworker fills burrito with habanero peppers

Boss Denies Manager's Promised Promotion, Manager Gets Store Shut Down: 'They were going to demote me!'

Boss Denies Manager's Promised Promotion, Manager Gets Store Shut Down: 'They were going to demote me!'

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'She asked me to transfer her to the governor...': Phone operators for banks, pharmacies, and other white collar jobs share the most laughable requests they've gotten from customers

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'You are trying to call off work because your horoscope is wrong?': 20+ ridiculous excuses for calling in sick

'You are trying to call off work because your horoscope is wrong?': 20+ ridiculous excuses for calling in sick

'I’m here to work, not make friends': Guy plays loud unpopular music at work to spite coworkers

'I’m here to work, not make friends': Guy plays loud unpopular music at work to spite coworkers

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HR Fires Employee While On Medical Leave: 'the company's needs have changed during your absence'

HR Fires Employee While on Medical Leave: 'the company's needs have changed during your absence'

'I decided it was a matter of opinion': Boss makes casino workers where name tags stating their hometowns, cue malicious compliance

'I decided it was a matter of opinion': Boss makes casino workers where name tags stating their hometowns, cue malicious compliance

'Have you been feeling extreme emotions following a missing food incident?': Employee leaves hostile note on fridge after lunch thief incident

'Have you been feeling extreme emotions following a missing food incident?': Coworker leaves hostile note on fridge after lunch theft

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'Never say that's not my job': Bad boss posts passive-aggressive signs all over the office when workers return

'Never say that's not my job': Bad boss posts passive-aggressive signs all over the office when workers return

'I would duct tape them to the bottom of her desk': Coworker keeps stealing bananas, employee claps back by hiding rotting ones under her desk

'I would duct tape them to the bottom of her desk': Coworker keeps stealing bananas, employee claps back by hiding rotting ones under her desk

'18K gone in less than 30 seconds': 20 workers share the biggest mistakes they've made on the job

'18K gone in less than 30 seconds': 20 workers share the biggest mistakes they've made on the job

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‘Feeling happily petty’: Guy gets even with his messy coworker by ruining his rubber band collection

‘Feeling happily petty’: Guy gets even with his messy coworker by ruining his rubber band collection

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'Client pretends to hire me to get around the rules': Group of lawyers outsmart security guard

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Boss takes 15 minutes off construction worker's pay when he was 1 minute late, his refusal to work sparks chain reaction with other staff: 'I'm not getting paid until 6:15 so I'm not doing any work until 6:15. I enjoy what I do but I don't do it for free'

Boss takes 15 minutes off construction worker's pay when he was 1 minute late, his refusal to work sparks chain reaction with other staff: 'I'm not getting paid until 6:15 so I'm not doing any work until 6:15. I enjoy what I do but I don't do it for free'

'I stopped correcting Stacey's work': Employee told by HR to stop fixing boss's mistakes without approval, boss loses clients over too many errors

'I stopped correcting Stacey's work': Employee told by HR to stop fixing boss's mistakes without approval, boss loses clients over too many errors

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Employee allows coworker with wheelchair user son to use his RV when needed, coworker flips out when he tells her she can't use the RV for her upcoming vacation: ‘Since then... I've been excluded from team lunches and group chats’

Employee allows coworker with wheelchair user son to use his RV when needed, coworker flips out when he tells her she can't use the RV for her upcoming vacation: ‘Since then... I've been excluded from team lunches and group chats’

29-year-old moves in with 34-year-old brother "temporarily," overstays welcome by months without contributing to rent or bills: 'Well, it’s now June. He’s still here.'

29-year-old moves in with 34-year-old brother "temporarily," overstays welcome by months without contributing to rent or bills: 'Well, it’s now June. He’s still here.'

Homeowner spends 2 years cultivating a vegetable garden on their property, then gets accosted by a newbie neighbor who demands they dig it up because 'her dog doesn't like it': 'Apparently, my tomatoes are the local menace'

Homeowner spends 2 years cultivating a vegetable garden on their property, then gets accosted by a newbie neighbor who demands they dig it up because 'her dog doesn't like it': 'Apparently, my tomatoes are the local menace'

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