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Employee waiting for over 2 months to have new tasks assigned to them by new boss as they maliciously comply to their boss's directive: 'I have nothing to do...'

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HR Manager demands IT employee automate system to approve all requests, accidentally exposing sensitive data: 'That decision was automated away by your request'

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Lead programmer insists there's something wrong with their computer to system admin, ends up being their own code: 'I tried not to laugh, but I just couldn't hold it in'

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'The company lost out on a $500K deal': New CFO gets fired after forcing layoffs of essential employees, employee gets a "six-figure" consultancy payout

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External audit reveals accountant who was blamed for huge mistake was actually the one preventing it, CFO forced to apologize: 'I want to apologize'

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18-year-old employee tells boss to approve their leave or accept their resignation: 'How do I tell my boss that she either has to approve my 4 months' notice or accept my 2 weeks' resignation?'

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Boss refuses to let employee do their job while she's on leave, company hires someone externally who has no idea what to do and boss ends up with a mountain of unfinished work: 'You are not capable of doing my job'

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Management's plan backfires after they reshuffle employees' duties and they follow instructions to the letter: 'For the rest of the day we ran management crazy. Everything in the procedures was adhered to'

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Employee blocked by boss for promotion, blocks their boss from getting a job: '

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'I tried quitting and my employer rejected it': Employee tries to quit their job, boss says "no"

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'A $200k mistake': Employee gets fired, costs their boss and the company $200k, employee is rehired with a raise and promotion

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'I've finally decided to break free...': Coworker's witty and honest resignation goes viral

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Manager repeatedly schedules employee when they're not available, leaving them confused as what to do: 'I can't even work that day'

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Customer demands refund for 20 minutes of internet downtime caused by their own mistake, customer service rep maliciously complies: '[That's] a little under 2 cents an hour'

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Boss tries to stall and not pay after tricking employee to agree to a bonus instead of a raise: 'I agreed to no salary increase, in exchange for receiving a large bonus in late summer'

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Micromanager demands workers track all actions, they drown him in endless data: 'The real data was also there, but it was practically unusable'

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