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'Boss balked at the idea': Manager forces employee to take PTO for the whole day just because he needed to leave five minutes early

'Boss balked at the idea': Manager forces employee to take PTO for the whole day just because he needed to leave five minutes early

'I'll make sure it's $30 Every. Single. Time': Employee gets in trouble for expensing $1.02 above the limit, maliciously complies and costs the company 3x her normal spending

'I'll make sure it's $30 Every. Single. Time': Employee gets in trouble for expensing $1.02 above the limit, maliciously complies and costs the company 3x her normal spending

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'I marked this as remote for increased outreach': Company acknowledges lying about remote status on job posting, gets roasted online

'I marked this as remote for increased outreach': Company acknowledges lying about remote status on job posting, gets roasted online

'I told the head of HR that no one cares about his survey': Employee ruins his chance at a promotion by accidentally badmouthing company survey to HR's face

'I told the head of HR that no one cares about his survey': Employee ruins his chance at a promotion by accidentally badmouthing company survey to HR's face

'You never have your wallet when I need it': Mooching coworker gets called out and fired, blocks her work wife on social media

'You never have your wallet when I need it': Mooching coworker gets called out and fired, blocks her work wife on social media

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Employee gets fired for taking recycled computer mouse nobody was using: 'It’s against company policy to take things from the electronics bin'

Employee gets fired for taking recycled computer mouse nobody was using: 'It’s against company policy to take things from the electronics bin'

Boss enforces checking emails every 24 hours even when off work, employee maliciously complies and submits OT: 'Make sure you put it on your timesheet'

Boss enforces checking emails every 24 hours even when off work, employee maliciously complies and submits OT: 'Make sure you put it on your timesheet'

‘Is this some kind of joke?!’: Undervalued employee demoted to workstation near restroom as an office is ‘above her pay grade’

‘Is this some kind of joke?!’: Undervalued employee demoted to workstation near restroom as an office is ‘above her pay grade’

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‘Just go…’: Employee kicks entitled customer out after they refuse to leave at closing time

‘Just go…’: Employee kicks entitled customer out after they refuse to leave at closing time

Update: Coworker gets back at lunch thief by tossing their unlabeled boxes: ‘Did you have your name on them?’

Update: Coworker gets back at lunch thief by tossing their unlabeled boxes: ‘Did you have your name on them?’

Tone-deaf CEO casually brags about expensive family vacation in front of employees living paycheck-to-paycheck: '[He] drop[s] 15K…twice a year…on Disney cruises'

Tone-deaf CEO casually brags about expensive family vacation in front of employees living paycheck-to-paycheck: '[He] drop[s] 15K…twice a year…on Disney cruises'

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Employees outraged over company causally announcing shifting to a 42.5-hour workweek: 'They actually tried to spin this as a way to promote equity'

Boss dangles $250 gift card to employee he fired if he refers new potential employees: 'Every eligible candidate you refer [...] earns you an entry [to] receive a $250 Amazon gift card'

Boss dangles $250 gift card to employee he fired if he refers new potential employees: 'Every eligible candidate you refer [...] earns you an entry [to] receive a $250 Amazon gift card'

Manager demands to see no more reports of hourly workers arriving late, employee cleverly complies by requesting HR stop sending attendance reports to manager altogether

Manager demands to see no more reports of hourly workers arriving late, employee cleverly complies by requesting HR stop sending attendance reports to manager altogether

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Cheapskate CEO enforces new coffee policy, employee gets payback at company workshop with his own rule: 'You can't have coffee!'

Cheapskate CEO enforces new coffee policy, employee gets payback at company workshop with his own rule: 'You can't have coffee!'

Guy gets passed over for a promised promotion in favor of manager's buddy: 'SAY WHAT BRUH?!'

Guy gets passed over for a promised promotion in favor of manager's buddy: 'SAY WHAT BRUH?!'

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Marketing employee calls out coworker for taking credit for their work, HR and CEO refuse to do anything about it: 'I want to quit on the spot'

Marketing employee calls out coworker for taking credit for their work, HR and CEO refuse to do anything about it: 'I want to quit on the spot'

HR tries to fire employee without severance after claiming employee took unapproved work-from-home days, employee proves them wrong: ‘My case is closed’

HR tries to fire employee without severance after claiming employee took unapproved work-from-home days, employee proves them wrong: ‘My case is closed’

Employee arrives at their disciplinary work hearing with receipts that disprove the accusations against them, committee still gives them a written warning: ‘Politics trumped evidence’

Employee arrives at their disciplinary work hearing with receipts that disprove the accusations against them, committee still gives them a written warning: ‘Politics trumped evidence’

Employee with plenty of accrued PTO asks for one unpaid day off, but her boss denies it and invents fake rules to justify it: ‘I went by HR again, and they confirmed she’s wrong and the info she’s been telling me is not true’

Employee with plenty of accrued PTO asks for one unpaid day off, but her boss denies it and invents fake rules to justify it: ‘I went by HR again, and they confirmed she’s wrong and the info she’s been telling me is not true’

23-year-old waitress confronts impolite customer after he takes away $100 tip: 'I don't think he expected someone to call him out'

23-year-old waitress confronts impolite customer after he takes away $100 tip: 'I don't think he expected someone to call him out'

'Gift cards don't work that way': Taco shop drive-thru employee dumbfounded, denying a customer when they try to purchase a meal with a $0 gift card

'Gift cards don't work that way': Taco shop drive-thru employee dumbfounded, denying a customer when they try to purchase a meal with a $0 gift card

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