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'Work completion rates dropped by over 50%': New manager tries to tackle inefficiency by having workers drive directly to site, accidentally makes everyone waste more time

Brad Dickson

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Retail chain cuts workers' hours rather than paying overtime: 'They are going to schedule all the full timers at 35 hours so that no one goes over 40'

Brad Dickson

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'She was released last week after 25 years': Worker gets old boss fired years after being forced to resign under false accusations

Brad Dickson

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Boss tells line manager that she's "too friendly" with her male colleagues after they side with her in a meeting: 'This manager has had an issue with me for a long time'

Brad Dickson

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Boss cuts productive employee's hours, they quit, boss gets fired due to drop in performance: 'So, I quit'

Brad Dickson

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Boss lies on incident report after workplace incident, blaming employee: 'Should I confront my boss about this?'

Brad Dickson

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Builder gets back at Karen celebrity for trying to obstruct their building site: 'I went ahead and called the police'

Brad Dickson

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Boss fires video editor after setting impossible targets, video editor ensures their boss gets fired: 'my manager presented my KPI of 85 3-10 minute videos in 52 weeks which was impossible'

Brad Dickson

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Boss wants employee to train their outsourced replacement who will be earning 75% less: '[He] expects me to train her...'

Brad Dickson

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Manager demands employee share their calendar, employee deletes it: 'She's either trying to justify firing me, or assigning me other people's work'

Brad Dickson

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Efficiency consultant "experts" advise firing the wrong employee cost the company their biggest account: 'Business went from $200k to zero'

Brad Dickson

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Employee told to stand by for reassignment, does for 19 months until they run into their boss who asks them where they're working now: 'You should have seen her face'

Brad Dickson

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Boss declines pregnant employee's requests for accommodation a week before her due date, HR steps in and grants her leave immediately

Brad Dickson

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After learning that micromanager monitors workers with the help of surveillance cameras and recorders, employee turns to reddit for advice

Sienna Varady

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Worker told they can't take their leave the day before they're set to leave, they take it anyway: 'I'm ignoring the fact that the leave isn't sanctioned now'

Brad Dickson

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CEO pushes junior staff member for more productivity, they start working their scheduled hours: 'I worked exactly the hours I was paid to, instead of coming in 30 minutes early and staying 30 minutes longer as well'

Brad Dickson

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