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Freelance worker fired after asking to be paid for extra work: 'I got a termination email claiming disrespectful conduct'

Freelance worker fired after asking to be paid for extra work: 'I got a termination email claiming disrespectful conduct'

‘The CEO didn't like it’: Remote employee gets reprimanded after his daughter appeared on camera during a late-night meeting, leading employee to reconsider his position

‘The CEO didn't like it’: Remote employee gets reprimanded after his daughter appeared on camera during a late-night meeting, leading employee to reconsider his position

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30 funny job postings filled with typos: 'Get paid to become a science!'

30 funny job postings filled with typos: 'Get paid to become a science!'

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Employer cancels flexible work policy after employee cuts their finger at home: 'Cut my finger working from home. Boss cancels all WFH immediately'

‘They can't keep getting away with this’: Manager comes to work sick and gets employee sick as well, then demands they spend hundreds of dollars on a doctor's note

‘They can't keep getting away with this’: Manager comes to work sick and gets employee sick as well, then demands they spend hundreds of dollars on a doctor's note

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'Is he trying to get fired?': Employee photoshops picture of boss's family and sends it to the wrong chat, boss plays mind games to get even

'Is he trying to get fired?': Employee photoshops picture of boss's family and sends it to the wrong chat, boss plays mind games to get even

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'He was the single worst candidate we had ever encountered': 20+ Job candidates whose interviews could not have gone worse

Employee told by boss to move surgery to Christmas break despite having 300+ hours of PTO saved: '[I] should be able to take this time off'

Employee told by boss to move surgery to Christmas break despite having 300+ hours of PTO saved: '[I] should be able to take this time off'

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'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

Small company gets bought out, new CEO demands employees to look busy, cue malicious compliance: 'We're basically creating a public perception of busy without actually doing too much'

Small company gets bought out, new CEO demands employees to look busy, cue malicious compliance: 'We're basically creating a public perception of busy without actually doing too much'

'I'm not okay with this': Partner advocates for location tracking of all lawyers in the firm, associate refuses

'I'm not okay with this': Partner advocates for location tracking of all lawyers in the firm, associate refuses

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Cell tower technician forbidden from using competitor's phone, leaving them unable to communicate while working on site, leading to boss's firing: 'You can't use a competitors phone!'

'We have to fire you because you are too expensive': Employee gets fired, demands compensation for a full year then starts working for competitor

'We have to fire you because you are too expensive': Employee gets fired, demands compensation for a full year then starts working for competitor

Candidate shares nonsensical job application from toxic recruiter: 'Are you normal?'

Candidate shares nonsensical job application from toxic recruiter: 'Are you normal?'

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Client disregards advice resulting in faulty $10k order of embroidered company t-shirts: 'Have fun refunding a $10k order!'

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'[The] candidate arrived in rollerblades': 20+ Unexpected ways that job interview candidates immediately disqualified themselves

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Boss denies 25-year veteran employee’s fully prepared PTO request, blocking their vacation despite having plenty of accrued time off

Boss denies 25-year veteran employee’s fully prepared PTO request, blocking their vacation despite having plenty of accrued time off

Homeseller forbids current tenants from answering questions about the property to prospective buyers, despite knowing the house is not up to code: ‘You are not permitted to interfere’

Homeseller forbids current tenants from answering questions about the property to prospective buyers, despite knowing the house is not up to code: ‘You are not permitted to interfere’

Neighbor demands woman pay half of a $5000 composite fence that “matches her yard” to replace one damaged panel

Neighbor demands woman pay half of a $5000 composite fence that “matches her yard” to replace one damaged panel

Hardworking marketer quits when their director steals credit for their work, leaving behind an HR report so the ex-company knows why they lost their all-star employee

Hardworking marketer quits when their director steals credit for their work, leaving behind an HR report so the ex-company knows why they lost their all-star employee

Woman stands by agreed-upon guest list for group trip, sparks conversation about healthy boundaries in friendships: ‘It’s about respecting the plan’

Woman stands by agreed-upon guest list for group trip, sparks conversation about healthy boundaries in friendships: ‘It’s about respecting the plan’

Job candidate sends pointed email to HR over company's hiring process, gets a scathingly unprofessional response from the CEO

Job candidate sends pointed email to HR over company's hiring process, gets a scathingly unprofessional response from the CEO

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