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Client demands bank manager after letter claims she can't withdraw more money due to daily limit, waits hours to be told the same thing by manager: ‘I can't help you’

Client demands bank manager after teller claims she can't withdraw more money due to daily limit, waits hours to be told the same thing by manager: ‘I can't help you’

Coworker Kelsey demands a colleague drive 50 miles back to the office and Uber her forgotten laptop to the airport, because she’s “childless and free”: ‘She escalated our group chat, tagging my manager, saying I’m refusing to help the team’

Coworker Kelsey demands a colleague drive 50 miles back to the office and Uber her forgotten laptop to the airport, because she’s “childless and free”: ‘She escalated our group chat, tagging my manager, saying I’m refusing to help the team’

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Candidate walks out of interview after interviewer is 1 hour late and opens with irrelevant personal questions about their family: 'If you can't answer, then I don't think we can continue'

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MRI technician leaves patient in the middle of a scan to go on a bike ride, the first of many instances of malpractice: ‘This didn't even get him fired’

UPDATE: Millionaire boss fires college student employee who has access to critical documents, employee demands 20x normal salary to provide the info: 'Well, boss... I'm not an employee'

UPDATE: Millionaire boss fires college student employee who has access to critical documents, employee demands 20x normal salary to provide the info: 'Well, boss... I'm not an employee'

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‘I’ve been with this company for 20 years and this is how they’re doing me’: New managers try to force 20-year employee to quit after a department merger, piling on extra work and inventing dress code and shoe violations

‘I’ve been with this company for 20 years and this is how they’re doing me’: New managers try to force 20-year employee to quit after a department merger, piling on extra work and inventing dress code and shoe violations

'Coworker quit by hitting the resign button in Workday': Employee of 4 years quits without notifying anyone, 2 days pass before managers realize

'Coworker quit by hitting the resign button in Workday': Employee of 4 years quits without notifying anyone, 2 days pass before managers realize

Boss brings donuts to the office as a reward to the employees, only to get upset when one employee eats a whole donut

Boss brings donuts to the office as a reward to the employees, only to get upset when one employee eats a whole donut: ‘He started cutting them all in half’

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CEO of 7-month start-up takes only company credit card to Bali, refuses to make remote purchases or approve expenses while away, blocking software renewals, buying new hire’s laptop, and event catering for the month

CEO of 7-month start-up takes only company credit card to Bali, refuses to make remote purchases or approve expenses while away, blocking software renewals, buying new hire’s laptop, and event catering for the month: 'Said he's busy and to figure it out'

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Employee gets suspended for not standing up to greet the CEO when he visited the office, he quits after returning to work: 'This is insane'

‘I got her fired’: Employee refuses to cover for coworker's shift, so coworker lies to boss about finding a cover, gets fired when no one arrives at work

‘I got her fired’: Employee refuses to cover for coworker's shift, so coworker lies to boss about finding a cover, gets fired when no one arrives at work

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Coworker is caught stealing 2 gallons of milk from the office kitchen, uncovering a string of behavior from multiple office thieves: ‘Doing their Costco run at work’

Hiring manager demands candidate send a “thank-you video” to the team after their interview, candidate refuses: ‘That’s one way to filter out people with dignity’

Hiring manager demands candidate send a “thank-you video” to the team after their interview, candidate refuses: ‘That’s one way to filter out people with dignity’

Clingy best friend turned colleague treats work like a high school hangout, flooding her lawyer friend with gossip, personal oversharing, and nonstop distractions: ‘I can't stand her anymore, so I muted her on everything’

Clingy best friend-turned-colleague treats work like a high school hangout, flooding her lawyer friend with gossip, personal oversharing, and nonstop distractions: ‘I can't stand her anymore, so I muted her on everything’

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Senior designer quits over 6 years of denied raises, refuses boss's demand to train less-experienced replacement when discovering she's earning $20K more than her salary for the same job

Senior designer quits over 6 years of denied raises, refuses boss's demand to train less-experienced replacement when discovering she's earning $20K more than her salary for the same job: 'Willing to pay new employee significantly more than a loyal one'

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50-year-old tries "quiet quitting" after achieving mid-level management goals, ends up quadrupling net worth: 'Focus on [the] minimum amount of work [and] delegate everything you possibly can'

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10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

VP demands employee inform coworker about her termination "by noon", despite coworker being on approved medical leave and set to have surgery that day, VP claims to be unaware of her leave: 'It would look like we're retaliating for her taking leave'

STEM PhD graduate fired via email just two months in for asking to be paid on time after repeated salary delays, and refusing to be blamed for everything: ‘He was the boss, HR, everything, I couldn't do much’

STEM PhD graduate fired via email just two months in for asking to be paid on time after repeated salary delays, and refusing to be blamed for everything: ‘He was the boss, HR, everything, I couldn't do much’

Entitled roommate blames $12 internet bill increase on other tenants having too many tabs open and using Google too much: 'This man genuinely believed the wifi company charges per Google search like some kind of data utility meter'

Entitled roommate blames $12 internet bill increase on other tenants having too many tabs open and using Google too much: 'This man genuinely believed the wifi company charges per Google search like some kind of data utility meter'

Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

UPDATE: Mid-30s woman accuses neighbor of shoveling snow onto her property: 'I'm going to draw a line in the snow, and if anything goes over that line, we're gonna have a problem'

UPDATE: Mid-30s woman accuses neighbor of shoveling snow onto her property: 'I'm going to draw a line in the snow, and if anything goes over that line, we're gonna have a problem'

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