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'Nobody reapplied': New owners layoff all staff and force them to reapply for their jobs, no one does

Brad Dickson

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'Every time he called... the call was recorded': Contractor loses thousands of dollars to construction company, then takes a different job with them and plays the long game

Remy Millisky

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'[Boss] started screaming like a petulant child': Tech worker poached by rival dealer, worker gives boss the opportunity to match the offer, boss loses it

Ben Weiss

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'[I] was immediately laid off when the app was complete': Development team gets gutted by new owner as soon as they deliver new app

Brad Dickson

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'I worked [there] for $16/hour... Now they’re willing to pay $150k': Ex-company tries to recruit an old employee for 4.5x the salary; he laughs in their face

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Gratitude won't pay our bills': Company wide meeting goes off the rails when CEO announces that, even after record profits, Christmas bonuses will be pushed to March

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Every piece of paper?': Office cleaner agrees to clean off everyone's desks after boss says she's 'very disappointed' in her work

Remy Millisky

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'He enjoys firing people': Airline service provider's PTO retroactively denied by conflict-friendly new manager, employee claps back

Ben Weiss

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'Haven't you boys heard that the customer is always right?': Alpha male customer thinks he can lift a sofa bed singlehandedly, then damages his own furniture and truck

Remy Millisky

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'You do your job and I'll do mine': Warehouse supervisor interrupts operations, gets upset with employee when they don't tell him how to do his job

Remy Millisky

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'I'm quitting in January': Manager doesn't ‘feel like’ working on Christmas then tries to guilt-trip an employee into covering their shift; he flat out refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I... thought some companies really cared': Deli employee cite safety concerns during exit interview, gets bullied into rewriting letter by their bosses

Remy Millisky

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'It took just 2 days for the client to... reach out to me': Chat support team manager writes honest analyses of their employees and sends it to their client

Remy Millisky

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'Employer is trying [...] to force me to resign': Boss tries to cheat employee out of unemployment compensation, also denies PTO request

Ben Weiss

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'Throwing a Christmas party instead of giving employees a Christmas bonus': 30 workers share what normal workplace practices might become illegal in 50 years

Isabella Penn

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'We got a digital cake': 40+ Terrible holiday bonuses that employees received from their cheap bosses

Remy Millisky

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