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Job applicant rejected after former boss gave a scathing reference: 'I thought we were on good terms'

Ben Weiss

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'John threw you under the bus’: Lazy coworker leaves a novice colleague high and dry while he's on vacation, then faces the consequences with management upon return when everything falls apart

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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'Not allowed to go home early? Ok!': Manager defies boss by adjusting schedule so employees can still leave at a decent hour

Ben Weiss

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‘It's like gentle parenting': Restaurant hostess explains how to stop guests from asking ‘stupid’ questions and shares an IRL video of her using her technique at work

Elna McHilderson

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'You'll want something from me. You'll see': Coworker pranks employee by pretending their wallet got stolen, employee gets even the next time she needs help

Ben Weiss

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[He] was the stereotypical lazy manager': Employee teaches messy boss a lesson by leaving fake contamination note in the breakroom, scares boss into becoming a neat freak

Isabella Penn

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Mechanic fails to fix customer's car for three months due to being ‘short staffed’, leading to a dispute when customer grows tired of waiting: ‘They hadn't even looked at my car’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'They call me 5:01': Overworked employee refuses to stay late after 5:00pm, boss makes a nickname out of it, employee owns it

Ben Weiss

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LinkedIn is now just another social media platform: Gen Z contradicts their ‘work/life balance’ ethos by turning the professional networking platform into a new place to overshare

Lana DeGaetano

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'He was fired within 15 minutes of showing up': 10+ times coworkers got fired immediately after starting their jobs

Ben Weiss

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Employee refuses to pitch $50 for a gift for his boss who makes 3x his salary, protesting the staff's pathetic holiday pizza party in return: 'I already gave my gift… it's a 0% wage increase'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They were expecting about 125 people to relocate with them; they got 3': 20+ Workplaces whose employees quit together all at once

Remy Millisky

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'But hey, 'I'm just a cashier'': Retail manager gets wrongfully reprimanded on Black Friday by incompetent supervisors, so he lets them 'run the show' as revenge

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Karen demands bank teller reprint her debit card 8 times, teller maliciously complies: '[Your] employee tricked me into paying $100 worth of fees'

Ben Weiss

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'You are entitled to it': Family leaves 19-year-old out of vacation plans

Remy Millisky

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