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Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out his boss for unlawful practice

Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out boss for unlawful practice

'It was no less than $25,000': College advisor points out administrative flaw, request gets rejected, department has to pay $25k

'It was no less than $25,000': College advisor points out administrative flaw, request gets rejected, department has to pay $25k

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Employee uses loophole in strict time-tracking policy, takes extended sick leave instead: 'It's not my business'

Employee uses loophole in strict time-tracking policy, takes extended sick leave instead: 'It's not my business'

'Don't be cheap': Employee told by HR he can't use travel budget for tips, cue malicious compliance

'Don't be cheap': Employee told by HR he can't use travel budget for tips, cue malicious compliance

'You don't want me to do my job? Ok, I won't': Employee gets taken off of work project, incompetent coworker takes over, employee refuses to clean up her mess

'You don't want me to do my job? Ok, I won't': Employee gets taken off of work project, incompetent coworker takes over, employee refuses to clean up her mess

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Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings

Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings'

Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

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Employee maliciously complies after being told to take shorter breaks: 'I decided to take short breaks every five minutes'

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Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

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Boss fires manager for refusing to do his bidding, promotes a crony into the job who sinks the department: 'I stopped doing anything except what he told me to do'

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Employee told to drop everything to serve their boss coffee, drops 300 files on the ground and spills the coffee on him before quitting: 'I was working for the new company 22 minutes later'

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Comedian doesn't realize the joke is on them when they're unknowingly condescending to the bar's manager: 'I'm the manager and I will never book you again'

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Coworker complains about tech support worker getting credit for their unfinished jobs, forced to finish them himself: 'So now, he’s doing twice, sometimes 3 times the work, all because he wanted full credit for partial results'

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Client says contractors are working "too fast" demand they work slower, making project cost four times more: '$200,000 for a job that should have realistically only been worth about $45,000'

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'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy

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Customer service rep gets paid to play video games after management's misguided instructions leave them without any work: 'For 5 days, I sat in my spare bedroom/office playing video games, all while logged in'

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‘I flat out said no’: Employee refuses to train her underqualified replacement after being passed up on a promotion she was ‘heavily encouraged’ to apply for

‘I flat out said no’: Employee refuses to train her underqualified replacement after being passed up on a promotion she was ‘heavily encouraged’ to apply for

20+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: 'I protested my write up and told them... they had no idea what they were doing'

20+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: 'I protested my write up and told them... they had no idea what they were doing'

Mom takes daughter home after the 9-year-old is singled out and made to bowl against grown adult man at kid's birthday party: ‘Her friends asked her why she was leaving and she said she didn’t want to bowl with the male stranger’

Mom takes daughter home after the 9-year-old is singled out and made to bowl against grown adult man at kid's birthday party: ‘Her friends asked her why she was leaving and she said she didn’t want to bowl with the male stranger’

HOA sends letters to non-HOA homeowner, owner gets back at entitled HOA president: 'I crashed the meeting... the president emailed back'

HOA sends letters to non-HOA homeowner, owner gets back at entitled HOA president: 'I crashed the meeting... the president emailed back'

16-year-old stepdaughter banned from family dinners for singing loudly: 'My husband wants me to apologize... and is insisting I allow her to eat with the family again'

16-year-old stepdaughter banned from family dinners for singing loudly: 'My husband wants me to apologize... and is insisting I allow her to eat with the family again'

19-year-old brother wins $50,000 gambling but won't pay brother back $2,000, brother cuts him and defensive parents off: 'This is about respect'

19-year-old brother wins $50,000 gambling but won't pay brother back $2,000, brother cuts him and defensive parents off: 'This is about respect'

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