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Employee gets written up by his manager after he stops doing his lazy coworker’s job: ‘He said I "used to be more helpful" and that my "energy has changed." He never mentioned the coworker once’

I wish careers were inherited; it would make things so much easier No training, no education, only good old heritage. I’m not even joking; it would be easier and even fun.

Woman gets promoted, and her 34-year-old sister immediately assumes she’s ‘inheriting’ the job despite having no training for it: ‘Yesterday she updated her LinkedIn to say she's starting at my company. She has not applied’

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Team lead publicly humiliates employee and tells her to stop "overstepping" after previously expecting her to do her work, then the lead’s boss tells the employee to apply for a new senior job

will always stand by introverted people, but social skills are important In many ways, we still behave like animals and react to social cues as such. If we can’t understand a person or decode where they’re coming from by reading their body language, we will probably dislike them.

‘I've been asked, "Why don't you interact with anyone?" "Why are you so quiet?" and "You won't be promoted unless you start talking to people"’: Introverted Employee Refuses to Meet Managers' Unwritten Expectations

Gen Z’s strong entitlement is nothing new, but it’s time we do something about it Let’s face it, this is partially our fault. An entire generation failed them at the most basic level:

Manager exposes Gen Z employees’ entitlement: ‘The older folks I manage, at least, know how to act right even if they might be annoyed with me deep down, and at least perform basic compassion’

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Fast food employee calls in sick 5 times in their first 4 months, manager calls them out: 'He was trying to guilt trip me for following health codes'

Are the anonymous commentators in the room with us? It’s totally understandable that management doesn’t want to give you the names of the people who roasted you anonymously, but at least they can tell you what they said, right?

Management says employee’s rating has dropped due to “anonymous peer evaluation”: ‘I asked if I could at least see the comments, redacted. She said no, that would "compromise the integrity of the process"’

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Manager monitors employees' electricity usage, demands they turn off lights every time they leave their offices, employee claims: ‘It's driving me crazy’

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Manager threatens to take away 2 week's pay and bonus if employee doesn't disclose the company they're leaving to work for: 'Does she really have the right to withhold money?'

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Boss charges employees $5 when they're late to the morning meeting, one employee refuses to comply: ‘So that's theft’

I’m curious whether people who have successfully managed to reduce stress actually walk among us. It seems that everyone who lives a stress-free life is so because they have stepped out of corporate life entirely

Employee Seeks Advice On How to Return to Corporate: ‘I Worked in Corporate for 6 Years and I Can't Anymore. The Sheer Sight of My Dashboard Rattles My Body With Anxiety’

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Mean manager throws away employee's drink before she finishes drinking, she retaliates by throwing away his can collection: 'We both don’t have anything'

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Company promises rewards to employees with fewest absences, leading employees to come in sick to "win": 'They put our sick days on a leaderboard'

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MI Employee, a woman in her 40s, learns her new boss has tried to have her fired, when that fails he restructures 15% of her salary into an impossible bonus and begins giving her direct report her own tasks: 'My boss had gone to our CEO to have me fired'

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Boss refuses to approve employees' overtime, yet continuesly piles work on them 10 minutes before end of day, employee decides: ‘I clock out, grab my bag, and walk’

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Unpopular opinion: AI is going to hit a peak and then fade: ‘It just disappears into the background, like electricity or wifi. Nobody says “wow, AI” anymore, the same way nobody says “wow, computer”’