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‘I am both impressed and disgusted by the audacity of this team’: Employee sent across the world to help with project ends up as their scapegoat, leaves team high and dry

Elna McHilderson

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‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

Etai Eshet

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Call center boss demands that workers read long script for every single call, doubling customer wait time: 'The message said "no exceptions"'

Remy Millisky

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'You're next': Employee's manager warns him about his job security after getting unceremoniously fired over "excessive absences"

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee use very slow company computer, employee waits 15 hours while editing 2 files: 'I headed to the break room'

Remy Millisky

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Mother kicks entitled family out for gatecrashing her son's private birthday party and stealing food: 'That doesn't matter, my children want some food'

Brad Dickson

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Northern lights tour employee instructed to guarantee if auroras will happen or not following customer complaints: 'Tours didn't go out... tourists are leaving 1-star reviews'

Remy Millisky

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'My boss trusts a broken AI bot more than the people actually doing the work': Boss blames employees when their AI productivity tool fails to update properly—why trying to fix workflows that aren't broken might not be such a good idea

Brad Dickson

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Employee quiet quits after hitting his $2M savings goal at 40, accidentally gets 4 promotions and becomes a millionaire executive by doing less work: 'I became an expert at saying no'

Isabella Penn

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Unemployed job seeker has Zoom interview with low-rated call center offering $16 an hour, but as the recruiters list absurd conditions, candidate can’t stop uncontrollably laughing through the whole interview at their terms: 'I couldn't help it'

Emma Saven

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HR forgets to approve employee's work-from-home requests, employee stops coming in with no consequences: 'Bureaucracy at its finest'

Ben Weiss

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Café owner demands bakery lead order more product due to upcoming holiday, ignoring and overriding their knowledge and experience, they comply and then quit when they're blamed for the wasted product: 'So I did it. I doubled my regular order'

Brad Dickson

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Employee discovers how to avoid the 'hidden tax' of the office and saves $600 each month: 'It's about financial survival'

Remy Millisky

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‘I finally got a shiny new spine!’: Employee has it with co-worker throwing her under the bus, maliciously complies and gives her a uno reverse

Elna McHilderson

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IT employee gets 90 seconds of work to cost 15-minutes due to new manager's negligence, Director throws a fit: ‘Be careful what you standardize.’

Elna McHilderson

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A Midmorning Snack of 22 Work Memes for Employees Hungry to Clock Out Early

Jesse Kessenheimer

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