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Employee quits after getting written up for being 2 minutes late after covering 3 people's jobs for 6 months: 'I got a formal write-up'

Brad Dickson

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'Don’t want me start before 8:00? Fine!': Micromanaging boss refuses to let employee clock in before 8:00 AM, employee maliciously complies to prove a point

Ben Weiss

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‘I was told my time doesn't matter... So I quit’: Employee leaves company after new boss revokes her pre-approved vacation to visit her soldier husband, just so she can take vacation instead

Lana DeGaetano

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'I dropped a $2,650 ice sculpture... minutes before its unveiling': 25+ Employees who made colossal mistakes on the job

Remy Millisky

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Co-worker refuses to contribute $50 to boss' birthday gift, the rest of the internet wonders why that's even happening in the first place: ‘Clock in, work, clock out. End of work interaction.’

Elna McHilderson

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‘It will be devastating for him to lose me’: Overworked all-star employee gleefully gives her two-week notice, then uses all of her remaining PTO to get back at a micromanger who will soon realize she carries the entire department

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'He was gone in 5 minutes': 25+ Employees who got fired on their first day of work

Remy Millisky

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‘They fired the Cash Cow’: Carpet cleaning company axes its top phone upseller, who turns every $99 call into a multi-hundred-dollar deal for years over sick leave, leaving owners to watch profits tank

Etai Eshet

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Overworked employee starts leaving right at 5pm making their boss think that they've suddenly got better at their job and have "stepped up their game": 'I got a raise after I started leaving exactly at 5pm'

Brad Dickson

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Engineer agrees to help friend’s mother-in-law with renovation as a favor, quits when she treats him like a servant: '[She] learned that professionals can in fact walk away'

Isabella Penn

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HR green lights employee's April Fool's prank in the office bathroom, employee is subsequently fired for it: ‘[HR] even told me what washroom to put it in’

Lana DeGaetano

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'You want me to log every minute? Sure thing, boss!': Micromanager enforces new time-tracking to policy to "optimize productivity," team maliciously complies to prove productivity would plummet

Ben Weiss

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Remote employee transforms spare bedroom into home office, in-laws who visit once a year outraged they’ve lost their guest suite: '[We] live in a 2-bedroom apartment'

Isabella Penn

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New boss removes flexible working with "no exceptions" preventing employee from attending their cousin's wedding, employee takes all 23 days of their leave at the end of the quarter instead forcing their boss to cover for them: 'Two people quit'

Brad Dickson

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‘Game on’: Arrogant boss tries to micromanage high-performing employee into quitting, fails miserably

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled lady hassles random woman at the thrift store, so woman buys every single pants in that Karen's size: ‘It cost me less than $30… One of my proudest petty moments.'

Elna McHilderson

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