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‘You can't sit down’: Owner throws out all chairs in store so employees can't sit down during break time, owner keeps one chair for himself, refuses to let employees sit on it

‘You can't sit down’: Owner throws out all chairs in store so employees can't sit down during break time, owner keeps one chair for himself, refuses to let employees sit on it

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the owner of this store decided that his situation was deserving of frantic action. OP explained how he walked into work one day, only to find all the chairs were missing. Apparently, the owner had decided to throw them all out in order to make sure that employees were standing during break time. Yes, during their break . OP found one available chair at the back of the store with a sign stuck on it, ‘not for employee use’. OP was astounded, as th…
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'He BEGGED me to stay': Boss tells employee to "gain some perspective," they do and find a new job to go with it

This boss managed to take himself out of the equation when he told his employee to “gain some perspective." The employee took the advice, but the perspective they gained was one that made them realize that they would rather not work at their current job. They quit. This gave their boss a new perspective: That he was royally screwed without the employee's work, turning from indignant insolence to begging the employee not to leave. The bluff had been called, and the boss was holding a 2-7 offsuit…
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'I no longer work here, remember?': Employee's two-week notice rejected, asked to leave immediately but still help with transition, she claps back

'I no longer work here, remember?': Employee's two-week notice rejected, asked to leave immediately but still help with transition, she claps back

Bad bosses can't have their cake and eat it too!
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'I was like absolutely not': Employees share stories of mandatory group Halloween costumes at work

Office group activities are never fully embraced.
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'Your original pay is now void': Employee quits without notice, fast food manager tries to pay him minimum wage for final paycheck

Here is a friendly reminder that illegal contracts are still null and void regardless of whether or not you signed them. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by a former employee of a popular fast food chain. After quitting without notice, the employee remembered they had signed a contract stating that if this were to happen, they would get paid minimum wage for any final pay periods. Thankfully, this employee researched their rights and knew this was illegal. They reached ba…
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'Forget everything about this place': Employee threatened with lawsuit for not helping their employer 10 years after being fired

Usually, when you leave a job, it's with the expectation that you'll never have to deal with anything to do with that job again. After years of fretting and toiling over your tasks, it's a type of freedom—even if things ended poorly or you got fired, you at least have the peace of mind that you're not going to have to worry about that place or its people any longer. Sure, you might catch up with your favorite coworkers from time to time and see how they're doing, you might even end up working w…
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‘I quit’: Employee informs boss that general manager is selling expired food to customers, then quits and gets hired for 63k a year in managerial role

‘I quit’: Employee informs boss that general manager is selling expired food to customers, then quits and gets hired for 63k a year in managerial role

The restaurant industry is unpredictable, and there is always a high turnover rate. Employees come and go, to and fro, to here and there. Not all managers know how to successfully navigate the trenches of employment. In this case, a manager flipped out at OP for ‘telling on them’, AKA for informing upper management about the fact this boss was selling $1,000 worth of expired food to customers at a restaurant. Moreover, OP was informed that they were going to be paid on a certain day, but that p…
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'Update: Deny me a raise? Okay, I quit.': Employee shares happy success story at new job following viral resignation

Venturing forth into the unknown is a challenging experience, and the comforts of the assured often keep us from starting that journey. The tug-of-war between known and unknown take place as a theme stretching back throughout human existence, with the desire for change, for “better,” causing us to seek out novel experiences—the fear of ending up worse off keeping them from pursuing them. This has been a commonly discussed topic on our site as of late, as it often plays significantly into our ci…
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'[He] lost a $100k+ job for stealing eggs': 25+ People who lost their jobs in surprising ways

'[He] lost a $100k+ job for stealing eggs': 25+ People who got fired for the craziest reasons

People tend to get very close with their coworkers at each job they're at. After all, if you spend 8 plus hours each day with the same people, you spend a lot of time talking, collaborating, and getting to know each other. Even if it seems like you know everything there is to know about your work bestie's personal life, you may never see them outside of work! So it's hard to know what they're actually like, beyond the information they tell you. Some of these people below couldn't believe their…
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‘I’m getting fired': Employee finds out boss intends to fire them after stumbling across job listing, boss offers new hire $5 rate increase despite initially refusing to give employee raise

‘I’m getting fired': Employee finds out boss intends to fire them after stumbling across job listing, boss offers new hire $5 rate increase despite initially refusing to give employee raise

Not only is approaching your boss and asking for a raise legitimate, but it is also inevitable, especially when you find yourself doing many more tasks than your original job description entailed. Unfortunately for OP, they were denied a $1 raise from their boss, even though they were working two job descriptions instead of one. OP had no choice but to look for another job in addition to the one they were already doing. Lo and behold, OP's company was more than willing to pay that extra dollar,…
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'This will cost you big time': Employer tells worker they can't leave until relief arrives, they comply and rake in the overtime

Working overtime is basically your employer admitting they haven't hired enough people. Thankfully laws that require increased compensation for overtime end up forcing a win-win; Employers get extra coverage in peak times, and employees get better compensation for working longer, often unscheduled hours. That is, if you're not a salaried worker and don't live somewhere where these laws don't exist. This worker, luckily, was in an industry that mandated strict overtime for any hours worked over…
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‘My boss said I overtipped servers, so I tripled the cost of my work trips’: Employee costs company thousands of dollars after boss's reprisal over corporate tipping policy

‘My boss said I over tipped servers, so I tripled the cost of my work trips’: Employee costs company thousands of dollars after boss's reprisal over corporate tipping policy

Traveling to customer sites to analyze defective products means traversing under a corporate travel policy. In this case, OP was given a certain allowance according to his company's corporate travel policy, which he followed vigorously. OP actually skimped out on expenses as much as possible to make sure he wasn't costing the company too much money, so he didn't even max out his allowance. That is until his boss called him into his office for a proper scolding after he had allegedly ‘overtipped…
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‘My boss messed up’: Driver finds out he's getting fired via group chat boss forgot he's a part of

‘My boss messed up’: Driver finds out he's getting fired via group chat boss forgot he's a part of

Every workplace has some kind of group chat, and you'd assume managers would check the members before spreading information about someone getting fired beforehand, but alas, in this case, they did not. OP found out that he was going to be fired in 3 weeks after his boss forgot that he was actually included in the group chat. OP was working as a driver for the company and had been accused of breaking something that according to him, was already breaking since he had started working. The reason t…
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'You couldn’t tack a couple of 0’s on my salary for me to agree to that': Employee is told by boomer manager to be on-call 24/7, calls BS

'You couldn’t tack a couple of 0’s on my salary for me to agree to that': Employee is told by boomer manager to be on-call 24/7, calls BS

Work culture is changing, slowly. However, the boom mentality of putting work above anything else in your live is still somehow clinging on to some companies. OP has been working at this job as a a personal care attendant supervisor for about a month now but has come to a the frightening realization that this job is 24/7. When he interviewed for the job he was told that it was not 24/7, however you will be expected to be on call at least once a week. OP has worked these kinds of jobs before and…
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'Now I know I’m getting fired in 3 weeks': Managers accidentally discuss firing employee on group chat that he's in

Just like Daenerys Targaryen “kind of” forgetting about the iron fleet… these bosses forgot that this guy was included in their group chat, using it as a means for discussing firing the worker in three weeks' time, once they were caught up with the delivery workload.
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Top Wholesome 'I Don't Worry Here Lady' Stories (June 3, 2023)

Top Wholesome 'I Don't Worry Here Lady' Stories (June 3, 2023)

We've all likely been on both ends of an “I Don't Work Here Lady” story. Look, everyone makes mistakes but not everyone has to make these assumptions. Some of these stories range from assumptions made as a result of a customer being a good samaritan, a customer's attire being strangely similar to that of a store's employees, and an entitled Karen's main character syndrome. Keep scrolling below for this fresh collection of “I Don't Work Here Lady” stories. For more, here are some top petty stori…
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