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Undervalued employee proves their worth, gets $10,000 raise after Office Karen tried to get them fired: 'I turned off every automated task I had ever set up'

Undervalued employee proves their worth, gets $10,000 raise after Office Karen tried to get them fired: 'I turned off every automated task I had ever set up'

Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

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Bank employee turns her bosses impolite comments back on her: 'I'm not taking an hour off. I'm leaving. For good'

Candidate's offer falls through after manager claims they ‘no-showed' to the online interview, until candidate finds proof that manager lied: ‘This isn't [my] fault’

Candidate's offer falls through after manager claims they ‘no-showed' to the online interview, until candidate finds proof that manager lied: ‘This isn't [my] fault’

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'He's so by the book that I can't get [work] done': 20+ Coworkers who bring their bad habits into the workplace

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Employee refuses to comply with team building exercise, claiming coworkers are doing it wrong, company fires the employee in response: ‘You failed’

Employee refuses to comply with team building exercise, claiming coworkers are doing it wrong, company fires the employee in response: ‘You failed’

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Boss fires manager for refusing to do his bidding, promotes a crony into the job who sinks the department: 'I stopped doing anything except what he told me to do'

Employee resigns at 4:00am after bosses ignore her health scare and assign her more work: 'I couldn’t take it anymore'

Employee resigns at 4:00am after bosses ignore her health scare and assign her more work: 'I couldn’t take it anymore'

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'[Boss] lasted maybe 10 minutes before he couldn't take it anymore': Manager forces employee to run machines constantly, employee maliciously complies and lets hundreds of orders pile up

Job applicant rejected after former boss gave a scathing reference: 'I thought we were on good terms'

Job applicant rejected after former boss gave a scathing reference: 'I thought we were on good terms'

‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

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'Not allowed to go home early? Ok!': Manager defies boss by adjusting schedule so employees can still leave at a decent hour

'Not allowed to go home early? Ok!': Manager defies boss by adjusting schedule so employees can still leave at a decent hour

'You'll want something from me. You'll see': Coworker pranks employee by pretending their wallet got stolen, employee gets even the next time she needs help

'You'll want something from me. You'll see': Coworker pranks employee by pretending their wallet got stolen, employee gets even the next time she needs help

Mechanic fails to fix customer's car for three months due to being ‘short staffed’, leading to a dispute when customer grows tired of waiting: ‘They hadn't even looked at my car’

Mechanic fails to fix customer's car for three months due to being ‘short staffed’, leading to a dispute when customer grows tired of waiting: ‘They hadn't even looked at my car’

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'They call me 5:01': Overworked employee refuses to stay late after 5:00pm, boss makes a nickname out of it, employee owns it

'They call me 5:01': Overworked employee refuses to stay late after 5:00pm, boss makes a nickname out of it, employee owns it

'He was fired within 15 minutes of showing up': 10+ times coworkers got fired immediately after starting their jobs

'He was fired within 15 minutes of showing up': 10+ times coworkers got fired immediately after starting their jobs

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Neighbor shovels snow from elderly resident's driveway every morning, decides to confront other neighbors for not offering to help too: ‘How would you feel if she was your mother?’

Neighbor shovels snow from elderly resident's driveway every morning, decides to confront other neighbors for not offering to help too: ‘How would you feel if she was your mother?’

'Good luck finding a replacement for me': Employee resigns after manager downplays his work, prompting four other employees to quit

'Good luck finding a replacement for me': Employee resigns after manager downplays his work, prompting four other employees to quit

Employee confronts upper management for mishandling his schedule, boss refuses to be held accountable: 'They threatened to fire me if I expressed myself “that way” again.'

Employee confronts upper management for mishandling his schedule, boss refuses to be held accountable: 'They threatened to fire me if I expressed myself “that way” again.'

Business owner refuses to share the PIN to sensitive work documents with their employee: ‘I want things done legally and safely’

Business owner refuses to share the PIN to sensitive work documents with their employee: ‘I want things done legally and safely’

Man trekking to work in the snowstorm starts a snowball fight with an entitled neighbor blocking the only exit to his apartment complex: ‘Got him to move’

Man trekking to work in the snowstorm starts a snowball fight with an entitled neighbor blocking the only exit to his apartment complex: ‘Got him to move’

28-year-old employee professionally gets back at entitled supervisor by giving HR the paper trail of her incompetence, becomes her supervisor's supervisor: ‘I waited and won!’

28-year-old employee professionally gets back at entitled supervisor by giving HR the paper trail of her incompetence, becomes her supervisor's supervisor: ‘I waited and won!’

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