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'Three hours of mandatory OT is requested per week': Employees pushed to work overtime despite working 10+ hour shifts

Ben Weiss

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'My boss cut my salary in half': Employee demoted despite having to do the same tasks and responsibilities, internet reacts

Ben Weiss

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'Here's something sweet to remember me': Employee quits, announces departure on cake, internet drags him

Ben Weiss

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'I caught her in a bold-faced lie': 20 Incompetent coworkers who are impossible to work with

Remy Millisky

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'He's a compulsive liar': Coworker always one-ups everyone else in the office, gets caught in a lie, HR intervenes

Ben Weiss

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'I just quit my job on the first day': Underpaid employee receives no training or oversight on day one, he quits while he can

Ben Weiss

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'Our cleaner quit': Boss tries to convince employees to assume cleaning lady's duties, frames it as an 'exciting opportunity'

Ben Weiss

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'My director [...] is going absolutely nuts': Engineer transitions out of the company, boss finally discovers how doomed they are

Ben Weiss

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'I was never paid': Employee quits after one week, ex-boss refuses to pay despite having submitted a W4 form

Ben Weiss

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'I didn’t get a raise': Guy promoted at brewery without a raise, gets mocked at company meeting for making just above minimum wage

Ben Weiss

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'I applaud your father for... calling their bluff': Employee refutes his job's petty HR team with his own evidence

Remy Millisky

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'This is the last time I'll be polite': Employee goes off on coworker for always bothering them while they're on Do Not Disturb

Ben Weiss

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'I decided to quit once the schedule went up': Entire workplace receives employees' personal writeup note on their schedule

Remy Millisky

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'Let's see how that goes over': Worker told submitted report wasn't detailed enough, sends 30+ page document, bosses regret their request

Ben Weiss

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'In an industry so small, your reputation is everything': Employee quits then calls out boss for refusing to pay her

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'Loyalty will make you poor': Coworker quits after getting final raise, gets competitive offer elsewhere

Ben Weiss

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