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'They literally said "The stars weren't aligned" for that date': 20+ Clients who had workers laughing behind their backs

'Go complain about your boss [...] on me': Boss sends passive aggressive email about punctuality, employees retaliate, boss apologies with free lunch

'Go complain about your boss [...] on me': Boss sends passive aggressive email about punctuality, employees retaliate, boss apologies with free lunch

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'I really need you to just do your job': Employee 'quiet quits' position after boss promotes coworkers instead of them

'I really need you to just do your job': Employee 'quiet quits' position after boss promotes coworkers instead of them

'You fired me cause you didn't like me': Overworked employee asks to be paid as much as coworkers, gets fired, rejects boss's request for sit down

'You fired me cause you didn't like me': Overworked employee asks to be paid as much as coworkers, gets fired, rejects boss's request for sit down

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'I get injured and [there's] no loyalty': Employee on disability leave gets fired after missing 3 weeks of work; the Internet calls out a broken system of hypocritical bosses

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I was denied a raise, so I quit’: Boss denies IT employee 5-10% raise, employee quits, leading to boss paying 40% extra for replacement

‘I was denied a raise, so I quit’: Boss denies IT employee 5-10% raise, employee quits, leading to boss paying 40% extra for replacement

'This is my supervillain origin story': Boss tries to tell worker that getting demoted is a good thing, they leave and cripple the company

'This is my supervillain origin story': Boss tries to tell worker that getting demoted is a good thing, they leave and cripple the company

'We’re being taken advantage of': Boss refuses to pay employee for requested vacation days but closes restaurant for his own vacation

'We’re being taken advantage of': Boss refuses to pay employee for requested vacation days but closes restaurant for his own vacation

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'He's lucky I didn't quit on the spot': Hardworking employee gets a second job to make ends meet; get chastised by his first boss when he's no longer available 24/7

Jesse Kessenheimer

'My intern [is] benefitting from pretty privilege': Employee gets in tense interaction with intern after discovering office secret

'My intern [is] benefitting from pretty privilege': Jealous employee gets into tense argument with intern after discovering office secret

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'I was fed up': Gaggle of Karens harangue sandwich shop workers; jaded employee buys their meal for themselves and literally eats their lunch

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker passed up for promotion and told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

'Girl, it's a job not a family': Boss denies overworked employee a raise despite telling her the company would 'crumble' without her

'Girl, it's a job not a family': Boss denies overworked employee a raise despite telling her the company would 'crumble' without her

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'I had over 80 hours of PTO': Employee gives notice, loses all their PTO

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'I haven't had a sick day in nine years': Boss forces employee to come in so he can decide if she's actually sick, she gets him sick

'I haven't had a sick day in nine years': Boss forces employee to come in so he can decide if she's actually sick, she gets him sick

'I shut down a lawsuit with a single question': Company tries to sue employee for leaving their job

'I shut down a lawsuit with a single question': Company tries to sue employee for leaving their job

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Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

Overworked employee doing a 3-person job solo gets denied PTO for a two-day vacation after her company laid off the rest of the department and never replaced anyone

Overworked employee doing a 3-person job solo gets denied PTO for a two-day vacation after her company laid off the rest of the department and never replaced anyone

Homeowner calls cops on neighbor who cut down 11 of their 30-year-old trees: 'This is going to be very expensive for him'

Homeowner calls cops on neighbor who cut down 11 of their 30-year-old trees: 'This is going to be very expensive for him'

Girlfriend's best friend breaks up with his girlfriend and immediately starts spending every day at the couple's apartment for three weeks, boyfriend gives ultimatum and gets called toxic: 'I pay half the rent to live with her, not another roommate'

Girlfriend's best friend breaks up with his girlfriend and immediately starts spending every day at the couple's apartment for three weeks, boyfriend gives ultimatum and gets called toxic: 'I pay half the rent to live with her, not another roommate'

Teacher Fails Middle School Student for Being 'Really Poor': 'I thought I did actually pretty good... But then I get my grade afterwards. I failed.'

Teacher Fails Middle School Student for Being 'Really Poor': 'I thought I did actually pretty good... But then I get my grade afterwards. I failed.'

Recruiter sends strong offer to 24-year-old junior dev, gets a call an hour later from his mom demanding $15k more and extra vacation: 'I've been doing this for 8 years and this is a first'

Recruiter sends strong offer to 24-year-old junior dev, gets a call an hour later from his mom demanding $15k more and extra vacation: 'I've been doing this for 8 years and this is a first'

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