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'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker passed up for promotion and told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

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'I had over 80 hours of PTO': Employee gives notice, loses all their PTO

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'Yesterday was my last day': Employer makes worker "jump through hoops" to take PTO, quits instead

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'She demanded I hire her': Manager's old company calls begging him to hire his useless ex-coworker to get her off their hands

'Her face started twitching': Boss gets furious when employee gives their notice

'Her face started twitching': Boss gets furious when employee gives their notice, talks about them behind their back

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'No late lunches, no exceptions': Worker reprimanded for taking late lunches to help the business, makes them regret it

'No late lunches, no exceptions': Worker reprimanded for taking late lunches to help the business, makes them regret it

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'You specifically asked me to delete it despite my protests': Company stranded after firing reluctant developer and telling them to delete everything they made

'Nobody knew what to do': Dude gets fired for harassment, uses job as a reference anyways

'Nobody knew what to do': Dude gets fired for harassment, uses job as a reference anyways

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'I declined, obviously': Employee receives low-ball counter offer from current employer

'I love my job but honestly that attitude is making me sick': Boss insists on mandatory unpaid weekend "team building" trips

'I love my job but honestly that attitude is making me sick': Boss insists on mandatory unpaid weekend team building trips

'I lied about how much I currently earn': Desperate worker lands a better job by exaggerating their current earnings

'I lied about how much I currently earn': Desperate worker lands a better job by exaggerating their current earnings

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'I have no clue [why I was fired.]': Experienced barista gets inexplicably fired after first day at new job

'I have no clue [why I was fired.]': Experienced barista gets inexplicably fired after first day at new job

'My boss was let go': Boss gets fired, now the company wants this employee to take their job without a raise

'My boss was let go': Boss gets fired, now the company wants this employee to take their job without a raise

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'A manager can not compete with his employees for work': Manager expected to compete with staff for commission to earn a living wage

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'The manager was wearing shorts and flip-flops': Candidate told to dress professionally by interviewer wearing shorts and flip-flops

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'He didn't believe me': Older coworkers stunned to find out how much man is paying in rent, sparks vigorous discussion about housing

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Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

Entitled siblings conspire to get 80-year-old mother's secret inheritance, mother retaliates by taking them out of the will: 'She doesn't have a secret bank account'

Entitled siblings conspire to get 80-year-old mother's secret inheritance, mother retaliates by taking them out of the will: 'She doesn't have a secret bank account'

18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

Company boss and head of HR fired together after employee documents years of manipulation and micromanaging, then presents evidence to SVP during boss’s promotion attempt: ‘What he didn't know was that all those years I kept all our communications’

Company boss and head of HR fired together after employee documents years of manipulation and micromanaging, then presents evidence to SVP during boss’s promotion attempt: ‘What he didn't know was that all those years I kept all our communications’

Employee demotes herself to force boss to work triple hours before getting him fired for misconduct: ‘I spoke to the regional manager that week and asked to be moved’

Employee demotes herself to force boss to work triple hours before getting him fired for misconduct: ‘I spoke to the regional manager that week and asked to be moved’

Company hires two job candidates for the same role, claiming they will rotate the responsibilities, only to fire one of them two months later: ‘I was set up to fail’

Company hires two job candidates for the same role, claiming they will rotate the responsibilities, only to fire one of them two months later: ‘I was set up to fail’

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