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'Stop crying and get back to work': Underpaid receptionist quits for a better job, learns 1.5 years later that her ex-boss still can't fill her position

Ben Weiss

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'[He] thought it was appropriate to call me at 10 p.m. to berate me': Workers retaliate after wage changes; boss blames the one employee who had no idea about it

Isabella Penn

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'Childish? Yes. Regrets? Not one': Coworker keeps making employee do his work, employee lashes out, ruins coworker's office plant, sabotages his notes

Ben Weiss

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'Good luck managing this sinking ship': Employee sends savage resignation email after CEO impulsively fires eight new people

Ben Weiss

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'After this I want to quit': Employee requests PTO to attend family funeral, boss asks for proof of the service

Ben Weiss

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'[It] had an international roaming plan': Boss forces IT worker to get a company phone so he can always be on call, worker maliciously complies

Isabella Penn

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'Lots of unqualified people selling hearing aids with a 500% markup': 20+ shady industries to be on the lookout for

Ben Weiss

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'Did my employee rage-quit, or did I fire her?': Manager joins HR to figure out what to do about twice-fired employee

Remy Millisky

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'How is this even legal?': Boss refuses to let coworker leave, gets him fired from new job and back to his old job

Ben Weiss

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'Enjoy litigation and demotion': Employee gets back at former boss for stealing his ideas and firing him, eventually takes over boss's new company and demotes him

Ben Weiss

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'I didn’t check my emails for seven weeks': Boss pressures employee to 'stay on top of things' during his paternity leave, employee puts his foot down

Ben Weiss

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'No OT without manager approval': Worker uses OT policy to his advantage, leaves mid-shift once he hits 40 hours to go to the movies

Ben Weiss

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'I will not be staying to paint [...] Because I don't want to': Boss thought he could force employees to work OT to paint the office, they refuse

Ben Weiss

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'We're just following his procedure, right?': New manager does away with his team's system, employees maliciously comply knowing productivity will decline

Ben Weiss

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'I told [them] a 15k salary increase': Employee and boss get into heated salary negotiation after boss demands five days a week in the office

Ben Weiss

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

Ben Weiss

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