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Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

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'Promoted at 12, laid off by 2 PM': Company leader publicly congratulates worker who has already been fired

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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

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‘Two can play that game’: Traveling employee triples the cost of their work trips after being denied a £20 expense over petty technicalities

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Manufacturer helps client with urgent order by supplying differently specced parts at client's agreement, client still makes official complaint because the parts weren't to normal specification, manufacturer delays their orders thereafter in retaliation

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15+ Employees who got fired for their social media posts: 'Girl called out last minute... she was posting pics from Six Flags'

Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without their consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without her consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

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Woman sets up email trap that tricks entitled coworker into hitting 'reply all' on an unprofessional message to her, office shuns him: ‘3-minutes later, I see a failed attempt at "Message Recall" and my enjoyment knows no bounds.’

Elna McHilderson

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kClient refuses to pay house cleaner in full after claiming she didn't do a good job, then attempts to hire her again, cleaner demands: 'Payment upfront'

Client refuses to pay house cleaner in full after claiming she didn't do a good job, then attempts to hire her again, cleaner demands: 'Payment upfront'

Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’

Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’

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Manager repeatedly ignores developer's warning, resulting in $228k of incorrect transactions: 'The system did exactly what it was told to do'

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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’

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Professional writer refuses unsolicited commission work offer from artist after being fooled before, and the artist responds with insults and accusations and gets blocked

Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’, employee shuns forced socialization in the workplace: ‘[I] keep my personal life private’

Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’ and employee pushes back on forced socialization in the workplace: ‘I prefer to keep my personal life private’

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Freelance employee quits after being overworked and underpaid for 8 months, 4 years later he sees they're still using his Dropbox, so he deletes everything: ‘[Everything] they've been relying on for years will be gone.'

Elna McHilderson

Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’