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'Guy told me he couldn't really move fast because his motorcycle boots were too heavy': 20+ Employees who got fired for surprisingly funny reasons

'My house isn't company property': Employee excludes competitive coworker from their private game night, coworker files a complaint about it to HR, leading to an office dispute

'My house isn't company property': Employee excludes competitive coworker from their private game night, coworker files a complaint about it to HR, leading to an office dispute

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Restaurant forces staff to compete for a chance to keep their jobs, letting customer reviews decide who keeps their job: 'Slacking off is not an option'

Picked-on employee resigns and gives boss piece of his mind, tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk in return for years of torment

Boss gets handed revenge that reeks when scorned employee tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk, never to be found again: ‘Well played, Petty Crocker’

After six years of workplace mistreatment, employee quits their job, doing so by leaving a note they wrote on an old receipt from the garbage: ‘This had to be done, I quit’

After six years of workplace mistreatment, employee quits their job, doing so by leaving a note they wrote on an old receipt from the garbage: ‘This had to be done, I quit’

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Manager's obsessive cost-cutting initiatives cost the company more money when double-sided printing policy causes problems with important client: 'All printing must be double-sided—no exceptions'

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Employee laid-off by new owners gets even via remote access, uninstalling personal software: 'You should've been nicer when you laid me off'

CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call mid-6AM flight, refuses to use headphones and passenger wonders if this is tolerable behavior

Fortune 25 CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call on a 6 AM flight, passenger claims he refused to use headphones and spoke with an ‘I'm the eldest boy’ level of volume: ‘Is this okay?’

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Employee gets reprimanded by toxic boss for pausing work to eat bagel: 'A bagel provided by the company as part of Employee Appreciation Week'

Employee gets reprimanded by toxic boss for pausing work to eat bagel: 'A bagel provided by the company as part of Employee Appreciation Week'

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Machine operator forced to adhere to strict new schedule by new management stalling line and costing plant millions in production: 'I got the new boss off my back and he got reamed'

Entitled boss expects server to get back to work when she faints on the job, so the server gives her two week notice

‘She didn’t even see me as a person’: Server gives her two week notice after entitled boss expects her to get back to work when she faints on the job

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'Malicious compliance... was easy for me. I just stopped talking': Team of scientists falls into disaray after one scientist refuses to speak following feedback from their boss

Employee denied 10% raise twice, then asked to write instruction manual for how to do his job: 'Sounds like something you ask someone to do shortly before firing them'

Employee denied 10% raise twice, then asked to write instruction manual for how to do his job: 'Sounds like something you ask someone to do shortly before firing them'

Promoted employee asks colleague for his work and ideas after he didn't get the promotion, colleague refuses to transfer them because he's salty

Employee is passed up on a promotion but is expected to transfer all of his work and ideas to colleague who landed the position: ‘Higher-ups didn't want my ideas in the first place’

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'Go contact HR': Employee denied one week of PTO to take care of newborn, retaliates by filing for full 12 weeks of paternity leave

'Go contact HR': Employee denied one week of PTO to take care of newborn, retaliates by filing for full 12 weeks of paternity leave

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Manager tells employee to "get a better offer" after denying them a raise, they do and quit instead: 'Get a better job offer and we'll talk'

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Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

21-year-old employee avoids boss's demands to shovel snow: 'I had already planned not to go... because it wasn't my job'

21-year-old employee avoids boss's demands to shovel snow: 'I had already planned not to go... because it wasn't my job'

Architect reprimanded for making daughter’s birthday invitation on work laptop, so she refused to use personal phone for on-site job photos, forcing boss to buy her company Samsung and pay for entire second trip to the site: 'I doubled all the expenses'

Architect reprimanded for making daughter’s birthday invitation on work laptop, so she refused to use personal phone for on-site job photos, forcing boss to buy her company Samsung and pay for entire second trip to the site: 'I doubled all the expenses'

Brother moves every 6 months at most, always expects free help, and finally gets refused when his sibling chooses not to play free mover for hire: ‘Every time he moves, he expects me to help pack, carry heavy furniture, and drive the rental truck.’

Brother moves every 6 months at most, always expects free help, and finally gets refused when his sibling chooses not to play free mover for hire: ‘Every time he moves, he expects me to help pack, carry heavy furniture, and drive the rental truck.’

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

‘Make it make sense. Why am I working full-time hours just to get the basic training I should’ve gotten on day one?’: Retail new-hire thrown in as supervisor without training and told she has to work overtime just to learn the basics

‘Make it make sense. Why am I working full-time hours just to get the basic training I should’ve gotten on day one?’: Retail new-hire thrown in as supervisor without training and told she has to work overtime just to learn the basics

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