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Principal tells teacher to teach extra classes or look for another job, teacher follows his advice sparking a mass resignation: 'Teach this course next year or look for another job'

‘This will be deducted from your paycheck’: Boss refuses to pay employee until they go back home and get their forgotten work badge, employee reports boss to upper management

‘This will be deducted from your paycheck’: Boss refuses to pay employee until they go back home and get their forgotten work badge, employee reports boss to upper management

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Employees get unpaid overtime backpaid totaling in over $300,000 by using employer's own logic against them: 'These are the rules we're just following them'

'[Boss] gave me the power to cancel his vacation plans': 10+ Dramatic instant karma stories

'[Boss] gave me the power to cancel his vacation plans': 10+ Dramatic instant karma stories

'That is like 20 jobs in one': CEO gets called out for job posting with ridiculous expectations

'That is like 20 jobs in one': CEO gets called out for job posting with ridiculous expectations

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'Feeling a spirit of pettiness overtake me, I fill the cart with M&Ms': 4 Tales of petty revenge that one retail worker got on customers

'Feeling a spirit of pettiness overtake me, I fill the cart with M&Ms': 4 Tales of petty revenge that one retail worker got on customers

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Employer fires 17-year-old employee after they miss a shift due to hospitalization, despite family phoning boss: 'At this point we are terminating your employment'

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Database admin gets boss fired by rerouting critical messages to his pager that go unanswered: 'His face falls, he knew right then he screwed up'

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Employee accidentally swears at boss during Zoom call thinking he's on mute: 'Hope I still have a job tomorrow'

Employee accidentally swears at boss during Zoom call thinking he's on mute: 'Hope I still have a job tomorrow'

'I'm surprised we didn't all quit that day': 20+ Fast food workers share what happened on their worst day of work

'I'm surprised we didn't all quit that day': 20+ Fast food workers share what happened on their worst day of work

On-call employee reprimanded for not coming in despite never being notified by hostile manager: 'Am I being gaslit?'

On-call employee reprimanded for not coming in despite never being notified by hostile manager: 'Am I being gaslit?'

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City council demands man remove grass from home and the neighboring road or pay the price, man cleverly complies making matters worse

City council demands man remove grass from home and the neighboring road or pay the price, man cleverly complies making matters worse

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Customer insists flooring installer does it their way, gets exactly what they asked for: 'I got paid to remove the work that I just got paid to install so I can get paid to install it again'

Micromanager seeks to prevent 'unnecessary' expenses by making employees pay for the water costs of 'poor' outdoor laborers

Micromanager seeks to prevent 'unnecessary' expenses by making employees pay for the water costs of 'poor' outdoor laborers

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'When I say I'm not available, I mean it': Employee berated by boss after last minute schedule outside his available hours

'When I say I'm not available, I mean it': Employee berated by boss after being scheduled outside his available hours

'[I'm] not doing... extra beyond my work hours': Employee openly plays on their phone in front of boss after boss refuses to let them leave early

'[I'm] not doing... extra beyond my work hours': Employee openly plays on their phone in front of boss after boss refuses to let them leave early

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Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

'I can't keep it to myself anymore': 35-year-old millennial engineer claims that older employees are making their work "impossible"

'I can't keep it to myself anymore': 35-year-old millennial engineer claims that older employees are making their work "impossible"

23-year-old contributing to groceries and chores refuses to start paying rent while older brother lives for free at home: 'I made it very clear to my parents'

23-year-old contributing to groceries and chores refuses to start paying rent while older brother lives for free at home: 'I made it very clear to my parents'

Small business owner refuses partner’s demand for 50% ownership, ends relationship after ultimatum: ‘I built this myself’

Small business owner refuses partner’s demand for 50% ownership, ends relationship after ultimatum: ‘I built this myself’

New hire quits 3 weeks into new job after being abandoned, receiving no training, and being made to feel like a burden by their manager and team members: 'Day two: He is just sitting there. No one is talking to him'

New hire quits 3 weeks into new job after being abandoned, receiving no training, and being made to feel like a burden by their manager and team members: 'Day two: He is just sitting there. No one is talking to him'

Student tries to set boundaries with roommate who oversteps with her time and belongings, stands firm despite tension: 'I’m learning to say no without feeling guilty'

Student tries to set boundaries with roommate who oversteps with her time and belongings, stands firm despite tension: 'I’m learning to say no without feeling guilty'

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