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'I really have to shake everyone's hand? Okay!': Boss makes sick employee go to important meeting to hand in doctor's note, he maliciously complies to challenge new sick day policy

'I really have to shake everyone's hand? Okay!': Boss makes sick employee go to important meeting to hand in doctor's note, he maliciously complies to challenge new sick day policy

‘So it's my fault you can't save a file?’: Boomer boss blames IT employee for losing important work data, despite boss never saving his progress, leading to an office dispute

‘So it's my fault you can't save a file?’: Boomer boss blames IT employee for losing important work data, despite boss never saving his progress, leading to an office dispute

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Employee doing the jobs of 4 people gets fired leaving company stranded without any equipment: 'I'll take it all down with me'

'I am far more qualified': Employee loses promotion to newer coworker because of her more 'bubbly' personality

'I am far more qualified': Employee loses promotion to newer coworker because of her more 'bubbly' personality

Boss forces employee to accept $1 raise while doubling their workload, employee refuses, informs boss to take it up with their lawyer: ‘He lost it’

Boss forces employee to accept $1 raise while doubling their workload, employee refuses, informs boss to take it up with their lawyer: ‘He lost it’

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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’

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

'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

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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'

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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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'[I’m not] her backup plan': Childfree coworker refuses to continue bending over backwards for a single mom when she starts taking advantage of their availability, setting healthy office boundaries

'[I’m not] her backup plan': Childfree coworker refuses to continue bending over backwards for a single mom when she starts taking advantage of their availability, setting healthy office boundaries

Teacher refuses to give failing student a passing grade after he keeps coming to class with his uncharged iPad and no ability to take notes

Teacher refuses to give failing student a passing grade after he keeps coming to class with his uncharged iPad and no ability to take notes

26-year-old woman refuses when neighbor demands bread after complaining about the noise created by her baking: 'She is now telling other people in our building that I'm petty and unneighborly'

26-year-old woman refuses when neighbor demands bread after complaining about the noise created by her baking: 'She is now telling other people in our building that I'm petty and unneighborly'

25-year-old refuses to spy on his 30-year-old neighbor despite the man’s mom attempting to pay him off: ‘She offered me $20 a week’

25-year-old refuses to spy on his 30-year-old neighbor despite the man’s mom attempting to pay him off: ‘She offered me $20 a week’

'My parents left me with less than nothing': 10+ Millennials open up about what it's like to financially support their parents

'My parents left me with less than nothing': 10+ Millennials open up about what it's like to financially support their parents

'Flight turned out to be a bus': Passenger tries to fly from Portland to South Bend only to discover they've been assigned to a bus instead

'Flight turned out to be a bus': Passenger tries to fly from Portland to South Bend only to discover they've been assigned to a bus instead

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