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Mid-40s coworker living on parents’ expense constantly brags about money and success, making 24-year-old colleague increasingly annoyed by the nonstop ego show: ‘For some reason, he sees himself as a mentor to me, giving me advice on life’

Mid-40s coworker living on parents’ expense constantly brags about money and success, making 24-year-old colleague increasingly annoyed by the nonstop ego show: ‘For some reason, he sees himself as a mentor to me, giving me advice on life’

Overworked employee refuses to keep spending Saturdays doing unpaid fake “volunteer” projects that secretly aim at benefiting her boss’s friends and family, causing tension at work

Overworked employee refuses to keep spending Saturdays doing unpaid fake “volunteer” projects that secretly aim at benefiting her boss’s friends and family, causing tension at work: 'These Saturdays are “optional” but everyone knows they really aren't'

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'I'm not a computer person': IT department refuses to walk incompetent employees through basic tech issues, claiming it's 2025

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Company VP invites employees to his holiday housewarming party, then tells them they're expected to do business with other attendees last-minute: ‘I didn’t sign up for [this] on my days off’

Worker finally resigns after a five-year promotion stall, only for the company to offer the immediate role they claimed didn’t exist

Worker finally resigns after a five-year promotion stall, only for the company to offer the immediate role they claimed didn’t exist: 'Your loyalty should be to yourself, not to a company that won't hesitate to string you along'

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‘I politely declined’: Guy who quit 3-years prior gets a call from HR offering him a $5,000 re-join bonus and $300 more a month, turns out management drove the company to the ground

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker accidentally pulls up 50+ photos of her cats in costume during key client presentation: 'We all saw the cat in the birthday hat. We all saw it'

15+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: '[Boss] said, "If you leave I can replace you..." So I did'

15+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: '[Boss] said, "If you leave I can replace you..." So I did'

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'Enjoy washing all those glasses!': Petty teen girls get revenge on ex-boyfriend during his dishwasher shift

'Enjoy washing all those glasses!': Petty teen girls get revenge on ex-boyfriend during his dishwasher shift

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Airline coordinator gets previously approved PTO revoked by new boss due to staff shortage, hands in his resignation the next day: 'Maybe this time he finds someone to cover my flights'

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Boss tells employee to be grateful she has a job after reprimanding her for taking her 30-minute unpaid lunch break, forcing her to make a hard decision about the future of her employment: '[I] sent out 5 applications during my lunch break today'

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Employee recommends ‘Stranger Things’ to their arrogant colleague, who then berates them because the show ‘traumatized’ her: ‘Her bad moods would dominate the workplace’

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‘The room went silent’: Backstabbing office employee drops the ball on a project, then throws their colleague under the bus, so the coworker reveals the truth in a company meeting

Jesse Kessenheimer

Supervisor demands employees file help tickets for everything, employees maliciously comply by refusing to accept verbal requests: 'Enjoy waiting for your own approvals'

Supervisor demands employees file help tickets for everything, employees maliciously comply by refusing to accept verbal requests: 'Enjoy waiting for your own approvals'

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Employee cautiously convinced to give colleague a single ride home regrets it when she immediately turns to demanding rides at her own convenience like a personal chauffeur: 'From that day on, she started acting like I was her personal ride'

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'I REFUSE to work if I’m not getting paid': Overworked employee goes part time, leaving entitled coworkers to fend for themselves

Elna McHilderson

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10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

Boss cuts 22-year-old sandwich shop worker's hours after he helps train new hire: 'I went from working 30+ hours a week to working less than 15'

Boss cuts 22-year-old sandwich shop worker's hours after he helps train new hire: 'I went from working 30+ hours a week to working less than 15'

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Entitled roommate blames $12 internet bill increase on other tenants having too many tabs open and using Google too much: 'This man genuinely believed the wifi company charges per Google search like some kind of data utility meter'

Entitled roommate blames $12 internet bill increase on other tenants having too many tabs open and using Google too much: 'This man genuinely believed the wifi company charges per Google search like some kind of data utility meter'

Automotive product planning employee gets promoted and boss fired by booking wheels and tires as checked luggage when boss tries to blame him for a misdelivered shipment of wheels for a photoshoot: 'He had no one else to blame'

Automotive product planning employee gets promoted and boss fired by booking wheels and tires as checked luggage when boss tries to blame him for a misdelivered shipment of wheels for a photoshoot: 'He had no one else to blame'

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