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'He seems annoyed... I do this to him all day': Bad manager tries to make auto store worker follow unnecessary rule, worker gleefully bugs him all day long

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Employee waiting for over 2 months to have new tasks assigned to them by new boss as they maliciously comply to their boss's directive: 'I have nothing to do...'

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'I was reprimanded for discussing pay at work': Hostess told by manager discussing pay is forbidden in the employee handbook, hostess considers legal action

'I was reprimanded for discussing pay at work': Hostess told by manager discussing pay is forbidden in the employee handbook, hostess considers legal action

‘Per our conversation... Your employment is terminated’: Employee receives immediate termination email in the middle of a meeting with boss, leading to a dispute on the job

‘Per our conversation... Your employment is terminated’: Employee receives immediate termination email in the middle of a meeting with boss, leading to a dispute on the job

Entitled middle manager gets caught for excessive lateness when a night audit employee is wrongfully reprimanded for ‘excessive use of overtime’

Hotel employee is reprimanded by GM for ‘excessive use of overtime’ until documented punch times reveal that his middle manager was clocking in 1.5 hours late for every shift

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New hire discovers mistake in contract that benefits hm, refuses to budge and adjust start time: 'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm'

New hire discovers mistake in contract that benefits him, refuses to budge and adjust start time: 'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm'

Malicious executive is fired from company, attempts to block employee multiple times from being hired at new company and scrutinizes management as a result

Employee assists in the firing of malicious executive, now faces retaliation when the same executive tries to block employee from being hired at a different organization

Manager refuses to approve employee's time off despite them providing a replacement, employee informs manager he has a choice: ‘Accept either my vacation or my resignation’

Manager refuses to approve employee's time off despite them providing a replacement, employee informs manager he has a choice: ‘Accept either my vacation or my resignation’

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HR Manager demands IT employee automate system to approve all requests, accidentally exposing sensitive data: 'That decision was automated away by your request'

Guy gets surgeon to write note requiring that he flies business class for all work trips for the next 18 months: 'Ended up costing them at least $20,000 extra'

Guy gets surgeon to write note requiring that he flies business class for all work trips for the next 18 months: 'Ended up costing them at least $20,000 extra'

Boss gets rid of everyone's remote days but then keeps working from home himself: 'He always makes excuses'

Boss gets rid of everyone's remote days but then keeps working from home himself: 'He always makes excuses'

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Company demands job applicant purchase their product as part of their assignment, applicant refuses, accusing the company of scamming: ‘I will not partake in this assessment’

Company demands job applicant purchase their product as part of their assignment, applicant refuses, accusing the company of scamming: ‘I will not partake in this assessment’

New manager gets rid of chairs and makes employees stand for full shifts even when there are no customers: 'We now have to stand for 8 hours'

New manager gets rid of chairs and makes employees stand for full shifts even when there are no customers: 'We now have to stand for 8 hours'

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Craft store Karen accosts fellow customer and accuses them of being an employee of the store: 'She accused me of just not wanting to help her'

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'She really wrote this with a straight face?!': Employee chastised by micromanager for being late by sixty seconds and forced to 'make up' every second at the end of the shift

'She really wrote this with a straight face?!': Employee chastised by micromanager for being late by sixty seconds and forced to 'make up' every second at the end of the shift

'Yeah, I'm not doing that': Employee fired and tasked to train incompetent replacements before leaving the company, training backfires

'Yeah, I'm not doing that': Employee fired and tasked to train incompetent replacements before leaving the company, training backfires

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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'

Automotive product planning employee gets promoted and boss fired by booking wheels and tires as checked luggage when boss tries to blame him for a misdelivered shipment of wheels for a photoshoot: 'He had no one else to blame'

Automotive product planning employee gets promoted and boss fired by booking wheels and tires as checked luggage when boss tries to blame him for a misdelivered shipment of wheels for a photoshoot: 'He had no one else to blame'

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