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Job candidate rejects recruiter's request for free, unpaid work during interview process: 'I was asked to produce a full list of tasks for [free]'

Job candidate rejects recruiter's request for free, unpaid work during interview process: 'I was asked to produce a full list of tasks for [free]'

'You want a phone call EVERY time? Will do!': Employee puts in tons of overtime to maliciously comply with micromanager's demands, gets him fired

'You want a phone call EVERY time? Will do!': Employee puts in tons of overtime to maliciously comply with micromanager's demands, gets him fired

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'I cost them $100+k': Contractor denied phone access in warehouse to speak to supervisor, entire team collects paycheck and walks out

'I cost them $100+k': Contractor denied phone access in warehouse to speak to supervisor, entire team collects paycheck and walks out

Manager at understaffed pizzeria gets scolded for taking a 10 minute break, gets scheduled hours reduced: 'You know what? Keep the schedule. I quit'

Manager at understaffed pizzeria gets scolded for taking a 10 minute break, gets scheduled hours reduced: 'You know what? Keep the schedule. I quit'

Candidate gets offered $15K less than what he's worth, ghosts recruiter, recruiter throws tantrum: 'They lost their minds that I didn't respond to them'

Candidate gets offered $15K less than what he's worth, ghosts recruiter, recruiter throws tantrum: 'They lost their minds that I didn't respond to them'

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'There is no paperwork, I'm just fired': Guy relocates to Japan for a job, only to get fired after one week

'There is no paperwork, I'm just fired': Guy relocates to Japan for a job, only to get fired after one week

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'Watching them scramble... was the most hilarious thing': Rideshare driver scares teenagers into fleeing her car

Employee quits, then overhears boss talking about ordering a petty goodbye cake for her: 'My last day will be a nightmare'

Employee quits, then overhears boss talking about ordering a petty goodbye cake for her: 'My last day will be a nightmare'

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Entitled manager pushes employee to resign, backtracks on their workplace maltreatment and tries to convince her to stay, even though she has already found a better job

‘Never make that mistake again’: Employee resigns after multiple instances of workplace mistreatment, manager backtracks on prior reprimands and refuses to ‘accept’ her two-week notice

Employee quits job for better opportunity, boss threatens to contact new employer and get them to take back their offer: 'There's a chance I may be stuck here'

Employee quits job for better opportunity, boss threatens to contact new employer and get them to take back their offer: 'There's a chance I may be stuck here'

'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go': Manager approves then revokes employee's PTO due to family emergency, employee stands up to manager

'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go': Manager approves then revokes employee's PTO due to family emergency, employee stands up to manager

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Bartender set up and unjustly fired by insecure manager, half the staff quits to retaliate

Bartender set up and unjustly fired by insecure manager, half the staff quits to retaliate

Boss steals employee's idea and fires him, employee gets back at him years later: 'I [bought] out the company he works for and [demoted] him'

Boss steals employee's idea and fires him, employee gets back at him years later: 'I [bought] out the company he works for and [demoted] him'

'This has to stop': Manager tells team in group chain not to discuss wages, employee claps back with receipts

'This has to stop': Manager tells team in group chain not to discuss wages, employee claps back with receipts

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'I'm normally never this petty': Employee receives mediocre performance review, responds by keeping track of everything to prove her boss wrong

'I'm normally never this petty': Employee receives mediocre performance review, responds by keeping track of everything to prove her boss wrong

Boss tells assistant to stop chatting with coworkers, she maliciously complies by giving everyone the silent treatment: 'You told me to stop talking to people [...] So I did'

Boss tells assistant to stop chatting with coworkers, she maliciously complies by giving everyone the silent treatment: 'You told me to stop talking to people [...] So I did'

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Update: Coworkers join forces to confront paralegal who blocks doors when he sees women approach: 'HR won’t do anything'

Update: Coworkers join forces to confront paralegal who blocks doors when he sees women approach: 'HR won’t do anything'

Professor tries to drop 22-year-old college senior from class based on one absence, student claps back with receipts: 'Will you please explain the policy to my professor?'

Professor tries to drop 22-year-old college senior from class based on one absence, student claps back with receipts: 'Will you please explain the policy to my professor?'

'They want her to [pay] $2,500.00': Neighbor fires back at HOA for forcing her to pay for landscaping area outside her property, HOA pays up

'They want her to [pay] $2,500.00': Neighbor fires back at HOA for forcing her to pay for landscaping area outside her property, HOA pays up

Mom defends 8-year-old daughter's right to read during family vacation, family members ask her to "reconsider": 'My MIL and FIL have spent the entire breakfast scowling at me'

Mom defends 8-year-old daughter's right to read during family vacation, family members ask her to "reconsider": 'My MIL and FIL have spent the entire breakfast scowling at me'

'My boss just decided water isn’t free anymore': Warehouse worker shares their frustration when their boss declares employees now need to buy water

'My boss just decided water isn’t free anymore': Warehouse worker shares their frustration when their boss declares employees now need to buy water

‘I just want you to know I know what you did’: Neighbor uses herbicides on man's lawn and attempts to gaslight him into thinking he's imagining things

‘I just want you to know I know what you did’: Neighbor uses herbicides on man's lawn and attempts to gaslight him into thinking he's imagining things

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