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‘My boss promoted the wrong person after I quit; the company tanked’: Boss tanks company after replacing employee who quits with new hire

Eleonora Bader

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‘I don’t need to train anybody; I don't work for you anymore': Boss demands employee who quit come back to train new hire, employee's refusal leads to dozens of phone calls

Eleonora Bader

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‘My boss cut 40% of my pay; I quit’: Employee quits after getting 40% pay cut, employee's resignation ends up costing company hundreds of thousands of dollars due to canceled projects

Eleonora Bader

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‘You’re fired': Boss leaves high-paying job for new position at company, only to get fired and replaced by outsourced employee

Eleonora Bader

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'I quit the company': Employee breaks employment contract; boss refuses to pay them wages amounting to $10,000 as a result

Eleonora Bader

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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

Brad Dickson

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

Brad Dickson

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

Brad Dickson

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‘My boss is shorting my tips’: Server quits after finding out employer is shorting their tips under the guise of decreasing hourly rate

Eleonora Bader

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

Brad Dickson

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'I was laid off from my job three months ago': Employee gets laid off, asked to come back three months later

Brad Dickson

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'No one wants to look [at] hairy man-legs': Dude complies with new workplace summer dress code by shaving his legs

Brad Dickson

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‘You can’t be here; I fired you': Employee gets reinstated after being fired for refusing to buy boss new drink, upper management reinstates employee despite boss's orders

Eleonora Bader

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'I disabled the internet for the entire company': Boss demands IT manager disable internet for employees, IT manager shuts down internet for entire company

Eleonora Bader

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

Brad Dickson

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'I'm not coming': Boss demands employee join unpaid weekend team building, employee refuses

Eleonora Bader

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