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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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Lead programmer insists there's something wrong with their computer to system admin, ends up being their own code: 'I tried not to laugh, but I just couldn't hold it in'

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Construction workers get back at boss's entitled son after weeks of being treated like hired help

Construction workers get back at boss's entitled son after weeks of being treated like hired help

'Write me up for insubordination!': Engineer rebels after micromanaging boss asks employees to sign in and out when they use the restroom

'Write me up for insubordination!': Engineer rebels after micromanaging boss asks employees to sign in and out when they use the restroom

'I went full Karen on a hiring manager': Job candidate calls out recruiter's tone, shares their conversation with their head of HR

'I went full Karen on a hiring manager': Job candidate calls out recruiter's tone, shares their conversation with their head of HR

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'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

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'The company lost out on a $500K deal': New CFO gets fired after forcing layoffs of essential employees, employee gets a "six-figure" consultancy payout

'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

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'I decided to write him an email and CC his boss': Medical worker stands up for employee break times, commenters urge them to involve HR

‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

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External audit reveals accountant who was blamed for huge mistake was actually the one preventing it, CFO forced to apologize: 'I want to apologize'

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'Pay for 20 hours of work, get 20 hours of work': Client insists that software contractor cut their hours, refuses to listen when told that the project will be delayed

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'In the first week alone, the local facility lost 3 jobs': Longtime electrical engineer loses vacation privileges, HR absentmindedly agrees to his drastic new schedule changes

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Minnesota land owner now faces a hefty lawsuit after selling off classic car bodies for $600 over 6 years ago, when the cars had already been left on the property by the previous owner for 8 years: 'I sold them for a whopping $600 in May of 2020'

Minnesota land owner now faces a hefty lawsuit after selling off classic car bodies for $600 over 6 years ago, when the cars had already been left on the property by the previous owner for 8 years: 'I sold them for a whopping $600 in May of 2020'

Ohio woman resigns from her medical billing job and discovers her former manager is telling clients she was fired for misconduct involving patient accounts: ‘I don’t want this rumor to damage my new job before I even start’

Ohio woman resigns from her medical billing job and discovers her former manager is telling clients she was fired for misconduct involving patient accounts: ‘I don’t want this rumor to damage my new job before I even start’

Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Tenant changes Wi-Fi password to block freeloading neighbor, he guesses the new one and offers to split the bill: '[It was your dog’s name with 123 at the end]'

Tenant changes Wi-Fi password to block freeloading neighbor, he guesses the new one and offers to split the bill: '[It was your dog’s name with 123 at the end]'

Friend group's default driver refuses to go on a lake trip after no one chips in for gas up front, friends blame him for cancelling the trip: ‘[We] already bought food’

Friend group's default driver refuses to go on a lake trip after no one chips in for gas up front, friends blame him for cancelling the trip: ‘[We] already bought food’

19-year-old $2M lottery winner never tells his family he's rich, keeping the secret for over 11 years to protect everyone's sanity: 'They think I'm broke'

19-year-old $2M lottery winner never tells his family he's rich, keeping the secret for over 11 years to protect everyone's sanity: 'They think I'm broke'

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