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'I like to party': Guy shows up to mass interview of 50 people, self-sabotages to get back at arrogant manager

'I like to party': Guy shows up to mass interview of 50 people, self-sabotages to get back at arrogant manager

'Carol was a Karen': Restaurant worker gets fired by assistant manager for their mistake, gets manager fired as petty payback

'Carol was a Karen': Restaurant worker gets fired by boss for her mistake, gets boss fired as petty payback

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'That's my job': Interview candidate calls company, accidentally speaks to the employee she might replace, employee left aghast

'That's my job': Interview candidate calls company, accidentally speaks to the employee she might replace, employee left aghast

'My old boss asked if I might have a copy of their entire company's directory': Employee laid off then asked to recover important documents a year later

'My old boss asked if I might have a copy of their entire company's directory': Employee laid off then asked to recover important documents a year later

'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

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'Didn't I just sign a paper where I promised that I never would talk back to you?': Fast food worker forced to never talk back to manager after defending coworker, cue malicious compliance

'Didn't I just sign a paper where I promised that I never would talk back to you?': Fast food worker forced to never talk back to manager after defending coworker, cue malicious compliance

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'I hid them all around the facility': Disgruntled employee stashes the company's key collection before quitting, serving his resignation letter with a side of pettiness

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'Night person: DO NOT MOVE MY STUFF': Karen coworker refuses to share desk with night shift employee, leaves hostile note, cue petty payback

'Night person: DO NOT MOVE MY STUFF': Karen coworker refuses to share desk with night shift employee, leaves hostile note, cue petty payback

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Hotel guest tries to get front desk clerk fired, only for her plan to backfire

'She sighed loudly and immediately lost her patience': Hotel guest tries to get front desk clerk fired, only for her plan to backfire

'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

$'He thought we could increase productivity': Boss asks employee to run overtime math, then completely ignores calculations$

'He thought we could increase productivity': Boss asks employee to run overtime math, then completely ignores calculations

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'Company event was a cringe fest': Boss requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

'Company event was a cringe fest': CEO requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

'He just took the printer and threw it out of the window': 15+ Employees share their most extraordinary days at work

'He just took the printer and threw it out of the window': 15+ Employees share their craziest days at work

‘It felt so… power-trippy?’: Job candidate asked to show recruiter around their room during Zoom interview

‘It felt so…power-trippy?’: Job candidate asked to show recruiter around their room during Zoom interview

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'[I] automated my boss out of her job': Boss sneaks out of work to have an affair, employee automates every task she does

'[I] automated my useless boss out of her job': Boss sneaks out of work to have an affair, employee automates every task she does

‘I couldn’t believe my ears’: Company asks employees to deduct up to $5K out of paychecks to be ‘team players’

‘I couldn’t believe my ears’: Company asks employees to deduct up to $5K out of paychecks to be ‘team players’

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Dad insists on clearing snow for neighbors over 10+ hours, neighbors critique his work: 'Did you shovel our walk? [...] we're not paying you'

Dad insists on clearing snow for neighbors over 10+ hours, neighbors critique his work: 'Did you shovel our walk? [...] we're not paying you'

Boss revokes honeymoon PTO planned a year in advance and offers employee to quit when they refuse to cancel

Boss revokes honeymoon PTO planned a year in advance and offers employee to quit when they refuse to cancel

Employees get back at boss for years of workplace mistreatment by sabotaging company's chances to win a prestigious award: ‘They never really recovered after that’

Employees get back at boss for years of workplace mistreatment by sabotaging company's chances to win a prestigious award: ‘They never really recovered after that’

'Of course, now I'm laughing about it': Retail boss handles young employee's first Karen-customer encounter like all upper management should, standing up for their employee

'Of course, now I'm laughing about it': Retail boss handles young employee's first Karen-customer encounter like all upper management should, standing up for their employee

Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send four 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'

Boss refuses to approve employee's day off without a formal request, employee complies by ‘formally requesting’ time off for every weekend in the foreseeable future: ‘I'm so done’

Boss refuses to approve employee's day off without a formal request, employee complies by ‘formally requesting’ time off for every weekend in the foreseeable future: ‘I'm so done’

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