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Boss forces weekly emotional check-ins, regularly asks personal questions, driving employee to plan their exit: ‘She privately messages me for an "energy check" if I'm not full of energy and excited to be around her’

Etai Eshet

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‘This feels like intentional sabotage’: Coworker pursues vendetta against fellow colleague, repeatedly deletes and takes credit for work their colleague completes

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee discovers loophole within company half-day policy, allowing him to work for only one hour every Friday: 'Half days revolve around lunch times'

Ben Weiss

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Star employee quits on the spot, now ex-CEO wants to know the real reason: 'I was just given employee of the year, then 3 weeks later I put in resignation'

Ben Weiss

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Employee cancels shift due to family emergency, manager rejects request and writes him up despite following protocol: 'That is really not a legitimate excuse'

Ben Weiss

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Job advertised as remote until interviewer reveals mandatory office days because they're a "family": 'We do 3 days in the office and 2 at home'

Brad Dickson

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Boss blames pregnant employee after manager steals her lunch, gets an allergic reaction, and faces no consequences: I got a verbal warning, I don't get how I'm the bad guy but a literal thief gets away with stealing’

Etai Eshet

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Worker offered “promotion” without additional compensation, finds a new job and takes half the team with him: 'Another company offered him the same management role—with actual compensation'

Brad Dickson

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60+ year-old couple disagree over Valentine's Day etiquette: 'Valentine's Day is... not for your coworkers'

Remy Millisky

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Underpaid engineer cashes in on a $5k work bonus and calls it quits on job when they land a better $54/hr role: ‘I had gone above and beyond my duties’

Lana DeGaetano

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Two managers trash-talk employee forgetting they’re in a group chat, panic and scramble to delete their patronizing comments after being called out: ‘my self-esteem at work has decreased massively due to these women’

Etai Eshet

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Girlfriend questions boyfriend's intelligence in front of his coworkers at a work event, his supervisor calls her out: 'Miss, at this party, you are his guest'

Baiz Hoen

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Boss tells employee he can get a raise only if they fire someone else, sending him looking for different workplace: ‘Boss started laughing about it.”

Etai Eshet

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$1.5 million quote goes unfinished thanks to a bad office internet connection and rigid remote work policy: 'Ah, well. If only I could go home to use my working internet'

Brad Dickson

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‘Oops’: Bean-counting manager slashes company travel budget, gets his comeuppance after his own horrendous ‘budget’ business trip ends up costing double in changed flights, sketchy motels, and missed meetings

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New manager put a three-year employee with good reviews on a PIP, claimed past performance issues that didn’t exist, then threatened them for asking questions: ‘He needs to assert dominance by making an example of me’

Etai Eshet

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