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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'

Brad Dickson

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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'

Ben Weiss

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

Ben Weiss

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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’

Bar Mor Hazut

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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'

Ben Weiss

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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'

Brad Dickson

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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

Sienna Varady

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

Ben Weiss

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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'

Brad Dickson

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

Ben Weiss

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

Ben Weiss

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

Ben Weiss

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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

Bar Mor Hazut

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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

Brad Dickson

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'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

Ben Weiss

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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

Remy Millisky

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