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'You're fired!': Karen insists customer be fired from a store where he doesn't even work

Brad Dickson

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'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm': HR makes a mistake with new employee's contract, employee refuses to let them change it

Ben Weiss

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'I see Dan coming back in, smiling the biggest grin': Movie theater employee works all night to shovel every snowflake, gains 12 hours of overtime pay

Remy Millisky

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'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

Ben Weiss

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'They want free labor': Woman faces off against boss who wants her to work overtime without additional pay

Stephanie Harper

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'We had to pay fifty cents to use a K-Cup': 30+ Jobs with silly rules that drive the workers crazy

Remy Millisky

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'This guy generates $1M+ in sales': High-performing salesman requests a replacement for a $15 computer part; boss refuses until it's ‘completely broken’, salesman retaliates by smashing his equipment

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

Ben Weiss

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'[Coworker] hasn't told him that he's leaving': Employee debates telling boss that coworker has found a new job

Remy Millisky

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'Don't believe I have the flu?': Night shift worker forced to come into work despite illness, maliciously complies and gets sick in front of boss

Ben Weiss

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'I walked out of my interview today': Candidate walks out of an interview after interviewer is 15 minutes late

Brad Dickson

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'I gagged, took my apron off, and left': Jaded employees recall the horrors of when they quit a new job on the first day

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'That weekend [...] doubles as our vacation': Bridesmaid wants to bring her boyfriend to bachelorette party at bride's sister's expense

Brad Dickson

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'That's what she wants to have': Customer insists on paying more money for smaller cell phone plan after refusing to listen to customer service rep

Remy Millisky

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'News of Shannon's self-firing raced through the building': Assistant director investigates 'untouchable' employee's performance

Remy Millisky

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'Tell me how you provide value to the organization': CEO confronts employees in the elevator as layoffs approach

Ben Weiss

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