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'I see Dan coming back in, smiling the biggest grin': Movie theater employee works all night to shovel every snowflake, gains 12 hours of overtime pay

'I see Dan coming back in, smiling the biggest grin': Movie theater employee works all night to shovel every snowflake, gains 12 hours of overtime pay

'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

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'We had to pay fifty cents to use a K-Cup': 30+ Jobs with silly rules

'We had to pay fifty cents to use a K-Cup': 30+ Jobs with silly rules that drive the workers crazy

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

'[Coworker] hasn't told him that he's leaving': Employee debates telling boss that coworker has found a new job

'[Coworker] hasn't told him that he's leaving': Employee debates telling boss that coworker has found a new job

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'Don't believe I have the flu?': Night shift worker forced to come into work despite illness, maliciously complies and gets sick in front of boss

'Don't believe I have the flu?': Night shift worker forced to come into work despite illness, maliciously complies and gets sick in front of boss

'I am fed up': Boss's girlfriend rejects the way employee does her job, employee maliciously complies and quits

'I am fed up': Boss's girlfriend rejects the way employee does her job, employee maliciously complies and quits

'That's what she wants to have': Customer wants to pay more money for smaller cell phone plan

'That's what she wants to have': Customer insists on paying more money for smaller cell phone plan after refusing to listen to customer service rep

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'It’s now 15 days late': Ex-boss refuses to send final paycheck to former employee, employee considers filing class action lawsuit

'It’s now 15 days late': Ex-boss refuses to send final paycheck to former employee, employee considers filing class action lawsuit

'News of Shannon's self-firing raced through the building': Assistant director investigates 'untouchable' employee's performance

'News of Shannon's self-firing raced through the building': Assistant director investigates 'untouchable' employee's performance

'Tell me how you provide value to the organization': CEO confronts employees in the elevator as layoffs approach

'Tell me how you provide value to the organization': CEO confronts employees in the elevator as layoffs approach

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'I call the department manager, who is equally confused': Manager shows customers dictionary definition to convince them he's not trying to fool them

'While I appreciate the sentiment... I'm not doing that': Employee pushes back against coworkers' plan to buy boss a birthday gift

'While I appreciate the sentiment... I'm not doing that': Employee pushes back against coworkers' plan to buy boss a birthday gift

'I was never asked to buy donuts again': New employee constantly bothered about needing to buy donuts for everyone in the office, maliciously complies

'I was never asked to buy donuts again': New employee constantly bothered about needing to buy donuts for everyone in the office, maliciously complies

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'I do all of their work': Boss takes credit for employee's work, CEO tells employee she is making no impact on the company

'I do all of their work': Boss takes credit for employee's work, CEO tells employee she is making no impact on the company

'My old boss finally [got] what he deserved': Employee denied promotion despite already doing the work, maliciously complies and gets fired, store forced to close

'He answered that I was not qualified, nor smart enough to do this job': Employee denied promotion, maliciously complies and causes store to close down

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18-year-olds' plans to move out of their parents' houses for the first time hit a snag when their third 17-year-old friend declares she's not moving in right away and not paying rent: 'It doesn't make sense to pay for somewhere I don't even live'

18-year-olds' plans to move out of their parents' houses for the first time hit a snag when their third 17-year-old friend declares she's not moving in right away and not paying rent: 'It doesn't make sense to pay for somewhere I don't even live'

'Sorry, not good enough': Job candidate gets rejected for not having 5 years of experience in a software that launched last year

'Sorry, not good enough': Job candidate gets rejected for not having 5 years of experience in a software that launched last year

17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

Employee tricks his lackadaisical coworker, Seth, into self-sabotage, exposing that he hasn't been doing his own work and making others do it for him: 'He got lambasted for [messing] up such an important project and was put on temporary leave without pay'

Employee tricks his lackadaisical coworker, Seth, into self-sabotage, exposing that he hasn't been doing his own work and making others do it for him: 'He got lambasted for [messing] up such an important project and was put on temporary leave without pay'

'Make me one!': Entitled neighbor demands resident make him garbage can cart for free, resident refuses

'Make me one!': Entitled neighbor demands resident make him garbage can cart for free, resident refuses

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

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