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IT worker told to take a demotion

Brad Dickson

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Employee uses their manager's own incompetence to end their career: 'My show of assertion crumbled the empire of fear'

Brad Dickson

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Custodian walks out of job after micromanaging new boss makes impolite comments: 'You deal with it, I'm going home'

Brad Dickson

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'She was fired': Boss tries to get writer fired, they've been keeping a paper trail and flip the script

Brad Dickson

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'The next generation of employees are not entitled, they’re educated': Boss furious after trainee ditches 3-hour meeting when she learned wouldn't be paid to attend

Isabella Penn

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Hiking guide gets called out by her new boss for wearing only a sports bra, she wonders if she's wrong: 'Is it inappropriate to hike in a sports bra?'

Brad Dickson

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Work demands employee pay for personal calls, employee demands payment for calls they take outside of working hours: 'I should be getting overtime each time I pick up the phone'

Brad Dickson

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Worker asks for a raise, gets fired instead: 'We're terminating your contract'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets passed over for promotion in favor of a coworker they trained: 'I'm baffled, I have many years [of] experience'

Brad Dickson

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Boss threatens contractor's job when they park in the public parking space the boss normally uses, contractor gets even: 'I'm told that this boss gets the say on my contract and doesn't need a reason to end my contract'

Brad Dickson

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Job seeker gets flown out to an interview and meets the successful candidate who already started in the role: 'Dude has only been there about a week...'

Brad Dickson

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Laid off truck driver finds a better job, old employer panics asking him to come back: 'The boss can't find another driver'

Brad Dickson

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Boss wants to cut marketing worker's pay to save money: 'I’d go from about $1000 a month to $200'

Brad Dickson

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New boss accuses sick worker of scamming the company, backfires: 'They were absolutely NOT prepared for someone to know more about their claims than they did'

Brad Dickson

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New boss ruins everything, derails a high-functioning team, leading to key employee's departure: 'For a 0% raise I'm giving 0% effort'

Brad Dickson

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New manager fires on-site team member and orders remote worker to work on-site instead: 'I said no'

Brad Dickson

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