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'The manager was wearing shorts and flip-flops': Candidate told to dress professionally by interviewer wearing shorts and flip-flops

Update: 'He then said... I need to pay my dues': Employee turns down job with more responsibility after boss lowballs herUpdate: 'He then said... I need to pay my dues': Employee turns down job with more responsibility after boss lowballs her

Update: 'He then said... I need to pay my dues': Employee stuns boss by turning down job with more responsibility after boss lowballs her

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'New manager, new rules': Boss enforces unnecessary dress code, employee wears same ugly shirt in defiance

'I almost caused 12 people to lose their jobs': Coworkers almost quit after office manager demands they complete extra tasks like cleaning the office

'I almost caused 12 people to lose their jobs': Coworkers almost quit after manager demands they complete extra tasks like cleaning the office

'I found out I was let go... by being CC'd:' Boss accidentally copies employee on email about upcoming termination

'I found out I was let go... by being CC'd to remove my access:' Boss accidentally copies employee on email about upcoming termination

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'We microwaved her salad': Servers share the strangest things customers have ever asked for

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'I respectfully asked them to stop': Coworkers feed birds by employee's desk, employee tries to get revenge, plan backfires

'I respectfully asked them to stop': Coworkers feed birds by employee's desk, employee tries to get revenge, plan backfires

'You make me late going home? Enjoy [cleaning] the kitchen': Overnight hotel desk employee gets revenge on her colleague for being consistently 45 minutes late

'You make me late going home? Enjoy [cleaning] the kitchen': Overnight hotel desk employee gets revenge on her colleague for being consistently 45 minutes late

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'I got fired for changing': Server fired after customer sees her using the public bathroom stall to change into uniform

'I got fired for changing': Server fired after customer sees her using the public bathroom stall to change into uniform

‘You can't sit down’: Owner throws out all chairs in store so employees can't sit down during break time, owner keeps one chair for himself, refuses to let employees sit on it

‘You can't sit down’: Owner throws out all chairs in store so employees can't sit down during break time, owner keeps one chair for himself, refuses to let employees sit on it

‘We get 5 days a year of PTO’: Employee gets forced to resign after requesting a 2 week vacation; audacious boss encourages him to reapply for the same position when he gets back

‘We get 5 days a year of PTO’: Employee gets forced to resign after requesting a 2 week vacation; audacious boss encourages him to reapply for the same position when he gets back

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'I was like absolutely not': Employees share stories of mandatory group Halloween costumes at work

'Everyone in line immediately started laughing at her': Customer realizes she has to wait in line like everyone else

'Everyone in line immediately started laughing at her': Entitled customer throws a fit after realizing she has to wait in line like everyone else

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'Your original pay is now void': Employee quits without notice, fast food manager tries to pay him minimum wage for final paycheck

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'Forget everything about this place': Employee threatened with lawsuit for not helping their employer 10 years after being fired

'You're all going to wait for me': Karen holds up line at 5:30 in the morning, gets in customer's face, he wins out with free coffee

'You're all going to wait for me': Karen holds up line at 5:30 in the morning, gets in customer's face, he wins out with free coffee

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‘I thought this job would be my career for the next 30 years, but I'm worried’: Employee accidentally tells “CEO” her team was forced to volunteer, triggering management panic and office gossip

‘I thought this job would be my career for the next 30 years, but I'm worried’: Employee accidentally tells “CEO” her team was forced to volunteer, triggering management panic and office gossip

Boss enforces strict no-overtime rule, employee clocks out on time and freezes steel mill operations with 2-mile-long parked train

Boss enforces strict no-overtime rule, employee clocks out on time and freezes steel mill operations with 2-mile-long parked train

28-year-old tech employee vows to help pay for younger siblings' college, her father now pressures her to split the funds with new step-siblings she hasn't met: 'I don’t even know them!'

28-year-old tech employee vows to help pay for younger siblings' college, her father now pressures her to split the funds with new step-siblings she hasn't met: 'I don’t even know them!'

Colleague Melissa tries to claim credit for coworker’s idea, gets called out in front of manager mid-meeting: ‘Melissa told me I embarrassed her and made her look bad in front of the team’

Colleague Melissa tries to claim credit for coworker’s idea, gets called out in front of manager mid-meeting: ‘Melissa told me I embarrassed her and made her look bad in front of the team’

Controlling father kicks 19-year-old son out, 5 years later discovers son's success and demands he move back in with him to help pay rent due to financial issues, son refuses, causing family feud: 'She says I’m punishing him for the past'

Controlling father kicks 19-year-old son out, 5 years later discovers son's success and demands he move back in with him to help pay rent due to financial issues, son refuses, causing family feud: 'She says I’m punishing him for the past'

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