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Manager declines employee's requests for in-house training, claiming there's no budget, employee convinces higher-ups to pay for an entire master's degree instead: ‘They ended up paying me $12,000’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'A company gave out 10,000 flyers that had my phone number on them': Office employee is inundated with calls, gets even with the mistaken company

Remy Millisky

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‘Manager seemed confused as to why I was still sick’: Boss refuses to accept employee's illness can last more than a day, then gets passive-aggressive when the unwell worker needs to leave mid-shift

Etai Eshet

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Tech startup employee is expected to work on days they take PTO, internet discusses the fallacy of ‘unlimited’ PTO policies: ‘[It] really means no PTO’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss schedules employee during approved mountain vacation with no cell service, threatens their job when worker don't show up: ‘I turn my phone back on, and I get bombarded with a million notifications’

Etai Eshet

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Restaurant employee gets petty revenge on employer who stole $4,000: 'I handed him my keys and quit on the spot'

Remy Millisky

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Coworker criticizes worker who has been doing all of her work for her, prompting them to no longer help her: 'Okay I'll focus entirely on my work'

Brad Dickson

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Boss won't let employee leave work early to pick up kid from school, employee resigns unceremoniously: 'That's going to cost him $1500'

Ben Weiss

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Employee fired via web meeting by an executive she never met along with colleague finds out her boss didn’t know she was losing 2 team members: ‘my boss told us she wasn’t aware of any meetings with upper management’

Etai Eshet

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Incompetent coworker, convinced of his effectiveness, leaves to start competing business: 'He's potentially mishandling client funds by mishandling their accounting'

Brad Dickson

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Employee risks termination after refusing to go to work during a snowstorm, demanding boss does not back down: ‘I told him I am not coming in no matter what’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Incompetent boss accidentally reveals massive pay gap while trying to relate with employee about wanting more money: ‘I'm just dumbfounded and honestly thinking about looking for a new job’

Etai Eshet

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Manager claims employee is lying about getting stuck in the snow en route to work, admits she left work to try and catch employee red-handed: ‘I sent [her] proof’

Lana DeGaetano

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20+ Resume mistakes that left hiring managers laughing: 'He said a video game was his experience'

Remy Millisky

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'Stop calling me that': Entitled coworker refuses to call employee by her real name, employee reports her to HR, causing work feud

Ben Weiss

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Boss fires employee and demands she train 3 replacements without providing severance pay: ‘He said I can't leave them hanging and that I needed to be a team player’

Etai Eshet

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