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'[She] took a week off for a 'personal emergency' and posted pictures of herself in Hawaii.': 15 Dumb ways to ruin your career in seconds

Jesse Kessenheimer

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In-office manager tries to lie his way into a room during yearly in-person meeting for remote workers, takes team 15 minutes to prove he's full of it: ‘Enter entitled manager… at 2pm.’

Elna McHilderson

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New-hire fast food worker told to stand in one place and not move, they comply, standing still and not helping customers for more than 30 minutes: 'I’m sorry, I would get that for you but I’m not allowed'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quiet quits for 4 years straight, gets a raise and then promoted, they tell how they did it: 'I got a raise and a promotion'

Brad Dickson

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Woman completes 4 rounds of interviews before learning company already chose internal hire, realizes she was only there to “validate” the promotion: ‘I was never a real candidate. I was a prop in their internal politics.’

Inés Soubrie

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Call center employee thrown under the bus over a manager's verbal instructions, but they reveal a 14-email paper trail to safeguard themselves: ‘I kept my job; Derek was moved’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Manager demands employee charge customers 75 cents for tap water, employee makes sure customers know boss is responsible forcing him to face the customers himself: 'My boss acted like he'd invented modern economics'

Brad Dickson

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Employee saves company $800,000 a year by bringing failing project in-house, only to get pushed out of the project and eventually fired: ‘They gave it to a guy who was friends with management’

Cata Holmes

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Hybrid office enforces a "camera on" rule for virtual meetings, it backfires and sparks a debate over workplace engagement: 'Everyone just stares at themselves'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New manager targets respected senior technical specialist and threatens him with a PIP, completes more tasks in 2 days than the boss did in 6 weeks before management intervenes: 'I did it over 20 times faster than him'

Brad Dickson

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$40 billion dollar supermarket suddenly refuses to accept employees' doctor’s notes, with only 4 exceptions

Remy Millisky

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for some extra energy (May 9, 2026)

Elna McHilderson

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Employee wins baseball tickets to the Toronto Blue Jays at work, coworker demands he give her the tickets because she's a bigger fan, he refuses: ‘I stayed firm’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager demands warehouse employee follow closing checklist to the letter, they comply getting overtime and making the manager late to leave: 'By the time I finished everything, we were almost an hour past closing time'

Brad Dickson

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Ex-job recruiter gets confronted by new co-worker, whom she previously rejected for a position with her ex-employer, so she airs out their dirty laundry: 'Honestly, I saved you from that place…’

Elna McHilderson

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Dad blames daughter of ‘not working enough’ after she switches from working 6 days a week to a mere 40-hour, 5-day schedule, she says: ‘I refuse to repeat the cycle of burnout’

Bar Mor Hazut

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