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'Sue me, then': Employee quits after failing to stand up to micromanagement, boss demands they pay back all their bonuses, employee refuses and walks out

'Sue me, then': Employee quits after failing to stand up to micromanagement, boss demands they pay back all their bonuses, employee refuses and walks out

Employee lends coworker money, only for coworker to flood her with texts asking for more favors, employee blocks them in response: ‘No one in management will do anything’

Employee lends coworker money, only for coworker to flood her with texts asking for more favors, employee blocks them in response: ‘No one in management will do anything’

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Entitle coworker steals woman's lunch everyday and expects her to be okay with it, so the woman reports her to HR and is awaiting a hard reprimand

‘She was an entitled thief’: Coworker steals woman's lunch everyday & has the audacity to leave her thank you notes, then asks her to share when it's not in the usual spot

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Employees expose their "deadweight" coworker making it impossible for their boss not to fire him: 'It is impressive how much it takes to get fired for some people'

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Update: 'I used up every sheet of paper in our 14-story building': Writer agrees to "print out the internet" at entitled boss's request

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'They are requiring that I pay them back about $4500': Former boss forgot to stop paying employee, HR requires ex-employee to pay them back

'They are requiring that I pay them back about $4500': Former boss forgot to stop paying employee, HR requires ex-employee to pay them back

Incompetent employee gets what he deserves when he's booted from his company for slacking off, coworkers get back at him by simply doing their jobs

‘Enough was enough’: Long-time ‘deadweight employee’ is finally exposed after he takes a vacation and his team's efficiency skyrockets, is booted from the company as a result

Arrogant boss gets ultimate karma when he picks on fresh new grad through sipping on a strong, piping-hot cup of joe he demanded the new grad to make for him

‘No BS degree in coffee making’: New grad is berated by boss for having a college degree and is demanded to be on office coffee duty, so he retaliates ‘strong[ly] but bitter[ly]’

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Law firm hires outside applicant after promising paralegal position to legal assistant for 4 years: 'Calling out tomorrow and have 2 interviews lined up'

Burnt-out employee requests PTO and management threatens to fire him, so he finds a better job and quits the old one, demanding all of his unused PTO days be paid in his last paycheck

‘As you wish’: Overworked employee requests PTO for vacation and messy management threatens to fire him, so he quits and demands all PTO days be paid in his last paycheck

Boss gets owned by hardworking employee when he is told to find a better job after pushing for an adequate raise and actually does, employee ends up on top

Boss gives hardworking employee a ‘lackluster raise’ and tells him to find a better job after he complains, so employee lands unicorn job offer and leaves company high and dry

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'If it's not in writing, it didn't happen': Micromanager tries to schedule meeting with employee after hours, gets HR involved, employee fires back with receipts

'If it's not in writing, it didn't happen': Micromanager tries to schedule meeting with employee after hours, gets HR involved, employee fires back with receipts

'Everyone is invited but me': Employee gets excluded from company dinner, decides to crash the event instead of inquiring boss about the missing invitation

'Everyone is invited but me': Employee gets excluded from company dinner, decides to crash the event instead of inquiring boss about the missing invitation

'[They] picked someone younger and fresh out of college to replace me' Employee gets fired and told to take his things, maliciously complies and clears out all his equipment, leaving boss with nothing

'[They] picked someone younger and fresh out of college to replace me' Employee gets fired and told to take his things, maliciously complies and clears out all his equipment, leaving boss with nothing

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'The guy who pushed past me... just arrived for an interview with me': 20+ Memes for job candidates who can't figure out why they keep getting rejected

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'Give me a solid contract with triple the pay and I'll come back': Boss bluffs about firing employee, employee accepts and leaves workplace in a panic

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15-year-old student fails geometry test on purpose, then panics when he realizes he night not pass the course: '[His] mom demanded I give her son a retake with multiple choice options'

15-year-old student fails geometry test on purpose, then panics when he realizes he night not pass the course: '[His] mom demanded I give her son a retake with multiple choice options'

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New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

Company demands employee take on coworker's workload after she quits, employee refuses without a pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

Company demands employee take on coworker's workload after she quits, employee refuses without a pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

Regular customer demands retail worker stop smiling and drop her cheerful customer service act, she complies, leaving the customer to deal with the uncomfortable reality of her request: '[I] would stop even smiling as she'd approach the counter'

Regular customer demands retail worker stop smiling and drop her cheerful customer service act, she complies, leaving the customer to deal with the uncomfortable reality of her request: '[I] would stop even smiling as she'd approach the counter'

Shopper outsmarts Kohl’s with their own Black Friday return policy, ending up with a full refund, extra store credit, and a $100 gain: ‘They didn’t budge so I did exactly what their policy allowed’

Shopper outsmarts Kohl’s with their own Black Friday return policy, ending up with a full refund, extra store credit, and a $100 gain: ‘They didn’t budge so I did exactly what their policy allowed’

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