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Retail manager gets put on blast for passive-aggressive note to "new" employees: 'I am no longer accepting the bare minimum... do the job you're paid for, or you will be promoted to customer!'

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Employee gets fired with no warning the day their vacation was set to begin, gets a string of frantic messages not even 24 hours later about returning their equipment after they've already left home: 'I cannot get over how insensitive it feels'

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27-year-old receptionist calls out 35-year-old coworker for clocking in and then disappearing to put on makeup for an hour every day: 'Meanwhile I'm answering three phone lines [and] checking in patients'

Boss tries to push construction engineer to apply for demotion to lower-level lower-pay position when their contract ends, claiming he’s not invested enough: ‘I don't live for my projects. And I don't see how that's a bad thing’

Boss tries to push construction engineer to apply for demotion to lower-level lower-pay position when their contract ends, claiming he’s not invested enough: ‘I don't live for my projects. And I don't see how that's a bad thing’

‘He started to yell he doesn’t need money’: Customer tries to return a 2/3 eaten dish as “inedible,” refuses a refund on principle, then comes back a week later to quietly ask for the money he refused

‘He started to yell he doesn’t need money’: Customer tries to return a 2/3 eaten dish as “inedible,” refuses a refund on principle, then comes back a week later to quietly ask for the money he refused

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'My manager was shocked!': Employee quits engineering job after company's "cost of living" increase kept him at minimum wage

15+ Groups of employees who all quit at the same time: 'Over half the team quit within a month'

15+ Groups of employees who all quit at the same time: 'Over half the team quit within a month'

Boss clones employee's voice with text-to-speech software, then creates a recording of them saying positive things about the job, employee reports her: ‘I was NOT okay with it’

Boss clones employee's voice with text-to-speech software, then creates a recording of them saying positive things about the job, employee reports her: ‘I was NOT okay with it’

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‘I now have no money for the mandatory Christmas dinner that will cost, I don't even know how much’: Manager tells new hire she has to pay for "mandatory motivational activities," draining her account after getting her first paycheck

‘I now have no money for the mandatory Christmas dinner that will cost, I don't even know how much’: Manager tells new hire she has to pay for "mandatory motivational activities," draining her account after getting her first paycheck

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Company higher-ups try to swindle an employee out of the mandated two weeks' pay after they resign: ‘He says… the handbook doesn't matter’

15+ Stubborn managers who refuse to change their ways: 'This is how we've always done it'

15+ Stubborn managers who refuse to change their ways: 'This is how we've always done it'

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Company founder withholds paychecks from employees under the guise of a ‘patience-building initiative’ in a viral post circulating on social media

‘I quit that job about 3 months later’: Mechanic is left alone after coworkers walk out on an overbooked post‑Thanksgiving Saturday, grinds through the chaos, gets praised with a fast-food gift card by management

‘I quit that job about 3 months later’: Mechanic is left alone after coworkers walk out on an overbooked post‑Thanksgiving Saturday, grinds through the chaos, gets praised with a fast-food gift card by management

Store manager demands employee organize products by specific planogram, leading employee to take all their popular items off the shelves: ‘Stop being a helicopter manager’

Store manager demands employee organize products by specific planogram, leading employee to take all their popular items off the shelves: ‘Stop being a helicopter manager’

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Heavy machinery operator reports factory friend and coworker to management after he jump scares her while she operates heavy machinery, treating his “prank” like the serious safety issue it is: ‘He disregarded rule #1, clearly didn't care about my safety’

Heavy machinery operator reports factory friend and coworker to management after he jump scares her while she operates heavy machinery, treating his “prank” like the serious safety issue it is: ‘He disregarded rule #1, clearly didn't care about my safety’

Movie theater boss demands employees shovel 6 inches of snow, clever usher works for 12 hours and earns overtime pay: 'You can't leave until you shovel ALL of the snow'

Movie theater boss demands employees shovel 6 inches of snow, clever usher works for 12 hours and earns overtime pay: 'You can't leave until you shovel ALL of the snow'

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Company forces return to office to increase productivity, accidentally teaches employees to stop working after 5 pm: 'These bosses don't understand the world changing around them'

Company forces return to office to increase productivity, accidentally teaches employees to stop working after 5 pm: 'These bosses don't understand the world changing around them'

Team lead quits on the spot after upper management reprimands him for giving employees 5 out of 5 on their performance reviews: 'You quite literally will never be good enough in their eyes, by design'

Team lead quits on the spot after upper management reprimands him for giving employees 5 out of 5 on their performance reviews: 'You quite literally will never be good enough in their eyes, by design'

‘I'm desperate? I'm unemployed, broke, and trying to pay rent’: Job seeker rejected for sounding too eager, with the interviewer saying desperation is a turnoff

‘I'm desperate? I'm unemployed, broke, and trying to pay rent’: Job seeker rejected for sounding too eager, with the interviewer saying desperation is a turnoff

Park ranger demands big party vacate the area at closing, only to be met with their refusal to leave, forcing ranger to fine them for breaking park's rules: 'We are entitled to stay'

Park ranger demands big party vacate the area at closing, only to be met with their refusal to leave, forcing ranger to fine them for breaking park's rules: 'We are entitled to stay'

'Keep him out of my yard!': 8-year-old kid gets caught stealing neighbor's garden gnomes, then knocks down neighbor's fence in retaliation

'Keep him out of my yard!': 8-year-old kid gets caught stealing neighbor's garden gnomes, then knocks down neighbor's fence in retaliation

'I wound up being paid at least double': Firefighter submits honest $375 travel expenses for training convention, accounting team demands he follow their rigid reimbursement "corrections", turning his legitimate expenses into nearly $900 in payouts

'I wound up being paid at least double': Firefighter submits honest $375 travel expenses for training convention, accounting team demands he follow their rigid reimbursement "corrections", turning his legitimate expenses into nearly $900 in payouts

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