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'Not worth it': New employee misled during onboarding process after prior commitments were not honored, confronts recruiter

'Not worth it': New employee misled during onboarding process after prior commitments were not honored, confronts recruiter

'[He] had to be repeatedly sent home to shower and change': 15 bosses tell all about their worst employees

'[He] had to be repeatedly sent home to shower and change': 15 bosses tell all about their worst employees

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'I had someone quit because they couldn't find parking': 20+ Managers share the silliest reasons their employees have quit on the spot

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Supervisor [...] fired her staff for obeying the rules': Receptionist follows boss's rules, refuses to make coffee for salesman, gets fired but asked to stay until replacement starts

'Supervisor [...] fired her staff for obeying the rules': Receptionist follows boss's rules, refuses to make coffee for salesman, gets fired but asked to stay until replacement starts

'Not sure why he didn't get fired': 10+ times coworkers messed up majorly and got away with it

'Not sure why he didn't get fired': 10+ times coworkers messed up majorly and got away with it

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'No one at the top is returning my calls': Job revokes employee's work from home accommodations despite medical issues, learns they're trying to get him to quit

'No one at the top is returning my calls': Job revokes employee's work from home accommodations despite medical issues, learns they're trying to get him to quit

'I've been doing hers last': Employee gets even with grudge-holding coworker who keeps sabotaging her by being too careful

'I've been doing hers last': Employee gets even with grudge-holding coworker who keeps sabotaging her by being too careful

'Well it's mine and I got it for my stuff': Teacher calls out annoying coworker for hogging her own personal mini fridge

'Well it's mine and I got it for my stuff': Teacher calls out annoying coworker for hogging her own personal mini-fridge

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'She was employed there for 45 minutes': Boss accidentally loses tarantula-loving new hire after breaking her only request

'She was employed there for 45 minutes': Boss accidentally loses tarantula-loving new hire after breaking her only request

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'The factory chief laughed in my face': Irreplaceable employee creates a program to aid factory operations, gets fired and takes his intellectual property with him

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I [...] thought it would be more fun to comply': Supervisor insists on making employees submit requests for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

'I [...] thought it would be more fun to comply': Supervisor insists on making employees submit requests for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

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'I'll never be someone's backup plan': Guy gets rejected, told the position has been filled, they come crawling back begging to him

'I'll never be someone's backup plan': Job candidate gets rejected, they come crawling back begging to her a week later, she rejects them

'I walked out and three people followed me': Guy rage quits during the interview process after being asked to work night shifts for free

'I walked out and three people followed me': Guy rage quits during the interview process after being asked to work night shifts for free

'Boss picked up on my quiet quitting': Employee responds to tone-deaf lecture from boss about quiet quitting by actually quitting

'Boss picked up on my quiet quitting': Employee responds to tone-deaf lecture from boss about quiet quitting by actually quitting

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'You've got work, you know': Boss shames employee for taking off work for her husband's surprise trip despite working overtime

'You've got work, you know': Boss shames employee for taking off work for her husband's surprise trip despite working overtime

'They found out she interviewed for another job': Boss forces employee to resign just because they took an interview elsewhere

'They found out she interviewed for another job': Boss forces employee to resign just because they took an interview elsewhere

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New Jersey man wins a storage auction and sells valuable antiques, then the former tenant later demands them back, leaving him questioning ownership and responsibility

New Jersey man wins a storage auction and sells valuable antiques, then the former tenant later demands them back, leaving him questioning ownership and responsibility

Employees discuss why they quit their jobs only a few days (or hours) in: ‘[I was] working 12-13 hours a day’

Employees discuss why they quit their jobs only a few days (or hours) in: ‘[I was] working 12-13 hours a day’

34-year-old aunt asks sister to stop bringing her 4 and 6-year-old kids to apartment unannounced: 'You work from home, you're always there anyway'

34-year-old aunt asks sister to stop bringing her 4 and 6-year-old kids to apartment unannounced: 'You work from home, you're always there anyway'

Wealthy 20-year-old college student gets told off by friend group for going into debt on purpose: 'I could just pay off the debt using my trust fund'

Wealthy 20-year-old college student gets told off by friend group for going into debt on purpose: 'I could just pay off the debt using my trust fund'

Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Nightshift security guard accused of stealing company electricity to charge his laptop, so he brings a typewriter to write his novel instead: 'It was never about the electricity'

Nightshift security guard accused of stealing company electricity to charge his laptop, so he brings a typewriter to write his novel instead: 'It was never about the electricity'

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