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'Professional dog show people': Top 20 Professions with the Messiest People

'Professional dog show people': Top 20 Professions with the Messiest People

'She was fired maybe an hour later': 15+ managers share the times they fired new employees on day one

'She was fired maybe an hour later': 15+ managers share the times they fired new employees on day one

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'They don't care about me, why should I care about them?': Company man gets passed over for promotion, discovers quiet quitting after 11 years at the cimpany

'They don't care about me, why should I care about them?': Company man gets passed over for promotion, discovers quiet quitting after 11 years at the company

'Management has Zoom background of their office to pretend they're at the office': Employee calls out hypocritical bosses after enforcing return to office

'Management has Zoom background of their office to pretend they're at the office': Employee calls out hypocritical bosses after enforcing return to office

'Companies pay $50,000+ [...] for a "best place to work" advertisement package:' 20+ company secrets from people who no longer work there

'Companies pay $50,000+ [...] for a "best place to work" advertisement package:' 20+ company secrets from people who no longer work there

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'He screamed "freedom" at the top of his lungs, while walking out the door during the busiest part of the day': 20+ Quitters who left their jobs in the funniest ways possible

'He screamed "FREEDOM" at the top of his lungs, while walking out the door during the busiest part of the day': 20+ Proud quitters who left their jobs in the funniest ways possible

'Get this to me as ASAP as possible': 20+ unwise comments from horrible bosses

'Get this to me as ASAP as possible': 20+ unwise comments from horrible bosses

'I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are': 25+ Smart alecks who had the perfect comebacks

'I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are': 25+ Smart alecks who had the perfect comebacks

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'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

'I don't respond on Sunday[s]': Boss requests that HR deduce employee's salary by 50% because he doesn't respond on his one day off

'I don't respond on Sunday[s]': Boss requests that HR deduce employee's salary by 50% because he doesn't respond on his one day off

'Nobody is questioning it': Employee submits Work From Home requests to HR, they never approve, he goes remote anyway and gets away with it

'Nobody is questioning it': Employee submits Work From Home requests to HR, they never approve, he goes remote anyway and gets away with it

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'If I’m not her supervisor, then I don’t need to check any of [her] work': Administrative assistant claims she's on par with the CFO, CFO maliciously complies, she gets fired

'If I’m not her supervisor, then I don’t need to check any of [her] work': Administrative assistant claims she's on par with the CFO, CFO maliciously complies, she gets fired

'"My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

'My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

'Her system absolutely backfired': Student finds loophole in summer job's payment policy, gets paid full day's work for 30 minutes of labor, collects all the money

'Her system absolutely backfired': Student finds loophole in summer job's payment policy, gets paid full day's work for 30 minutes of labor, collects all the money

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Update: 'I can't even handle this level of pettiness': High school principal won't let teacher leave early for doctor appointment, teacher decides to take even more time off

Update: 'I can't even handle this level of pettiness': High school principal refuses to let teacher leave early for doctor appointment, teacher decides to take even more time off

'I worked a full two weeks': Boss refuses to provide W2, denies employee his promised salary, employee sabotages company

'I worked a full two weeks': Boss refuses to provide W2, denies employee his promised salary, employee sabotages company

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Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

'That's a 40 hour donation': Job candidate rejects job offer with fiery email after learning they need to work an unpaid "one-week trial"

'That's a 40 hour donation': Job candidate rejects job offer with fiery email after learning they need to work an unpaid "one-week trial"

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