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‘Management finally caved in’: Management refuses to pay for loyal employee's car repairs until company goes down in flames, then employee quits

Eleonora Bader

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‘You get what you asked for’: Doctor gives employee 5 days off every month for 1 year after company changes attendance policy

Eleonora Bader

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‘Good luck replacing me’: Senior machinist gets fired for 'doing his job too well', company ends up hiring 5 employees to replace him

Eleonora Bader

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‘I hope you are ready to lose your job’: Hotel guest demands front desk clerk provide Thanksgiving meal, then tells her 'she will be fired' when met with refusal

Eleonora Bader

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‘I’m the boss, you do what I say': Coworker micromanages employees until they walk out on her, leaving her to finish project by herself

Eleonora Bader

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'I'll have your job by the end of the month': Corrupt advertising boss fires worker, worker takes boss's job

Brad Dickson

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'It ended up costing them more money': IT Guy told to be at his desk from 8-5 despite after hours callouts, starts billing all his overtime instead, quits

Brad Dickson

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'His story didn't add up': Client tries to throw lawyer under the bus, loses and gets fired

Brad Dickson

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'I effectively ended her career': Young employee messes with coworker's employment hours, coworker gets her kicked out of college as payback

Eleonora Bader

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‘We can do it tomorrow… when I’m being paid': Employee challenges boss by refusing to work unpaid overtime, boss calls HR on employee but gets fired instead

Eleonora Bader

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‘I quit... taking the techs with me’: Fleet foreman quits after new manager takes over, leading to rest of employees jumping ship en masse

Eleonora Bader

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‘This VP was heartless’: Woman worker gets ‘quiet fired’ 2 days before wedding, forcing her to quit

Eleonora Bader

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