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'I'm not working overtime unless I get paid': Employee stops taking off-duty work calls, forcing boss to pay overtime

'I'm not working overtime unless I get paid': Employee stops taking off-duty work calls, forcing boss to pay overtime

'My old boss asked if I might have a copy of their entire company's directory': Employee laid off then asked to recover important documents a year later

'My old boss asked if I might have a copy of their entire company's directory': Employee laid off then asked to recover important documents a year later

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'Don't start a meeting by ending the meeting': Employee demands 20x their pay after boss accidentally fires them

Update: 'Don't start a meeting by ending the meeting': Employee demands 20x their pay after boss accidentally fires them

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'I quit on the same day': Worker quits on their first day after spotting multiple red flags at their new job

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'Can I tell my job the REAL reason why I’m leaving?': Man is ready to quit thanks to his wildly difficult new boss

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'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

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'How do you go a year without these files?': Compliance officer gets laid off, contacted a year later asking for help recovering vital compliance files

'Didn't I just sign a paper where I promised that I never would talk back to you?': Fast food worker forced to never talk back to manager after defending coworker, cue malicious compliance

'Didn't I just sign a paper where I promised that I never would talk back to you?': Fast food worker forced to never talk back to manager after defending coworker, cue malicious compliance

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'Having a window is "above my position"': Boss freaks out on office worker for moving desks to one that's too good for them

'Night person: DO NOT MOVE MY STUFF': Karen coworker refuses to share desk with night shift employee, leaves hostile note, cue petty payback

'Night person: DO NOT MOVE MY STUFF': Karen coworker refuses to share desk with night shift employee, leaves hostile note, cue petty payback

Hotel guest tries to get front desk clerk fired, only for her plan to backfire

'She sighed loudly and immediately lost her patience': Hotel guest tries to get front desk clerk fired, only for her plan to backfire

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'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

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'They blew up her phone at work': Boss repeatedly calls worker's wife when he calls out due to family emergency

'Company event was a cringe fest': Boss requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

'Company event was a cringe fest': CEO requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time

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'He just took the printer and threw it out of the window': 15+ Employees share their most extraordinary days at work

'He just took the printer and threw it out of the window': 15+ Employees share their craziest days at work

‘It felt so… power-trippy?’: Job candidate asked to show recruiter around their room during Zoom interview

‘It felt so…power-trippy?’: Job candidate asked to show recruiter around their room during Zoom interview

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Neighbor tries to evict homeowner from their own driveway by putting up a ‘tow away zone’ sign, homeowner parks there anyway, tow driver refuses to get involved: ‘I knew it was going to escalate’

Neighbor tries to evict homeowner from their own driveway by putting up a ‘tow away zone’ sign, homeowner parks there anyway, tow driver refuses to get involved: ‘I knew it was going to escalate’

A Midday Lunch of 26 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (September 15, 2025)

A Midday Lunch of 26 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (September 15, 2025)

Customer questions that retail workers are tired of answering: 'I wanna speak to your manager then'

Customer questions that retail workers are tired of answering: 'I wanna speak to your manager then'

Adult daughter reluctant to help mother with $6,000 dental bill on medical credit card, after already losing $8,000 to mother’s past credit card misuse: ‘She said she didn't realize what she was doing’

Adult daughter reluctant to help mother with $6,000 dental bill on medical credit card, after already losing $8,000 to mother’s past credit card misuse: ‘She said she didn't realize what she was doing’

'We printed everything in crisp, glorious grayscale': Supervisors print 200+ copies of colorless charts for a presentation for the C-level bosses after executives make a 'No Exceptions' rule about color printing

'We printed everything in crisp, glorious grayscale': Supervisors print 200+ copies of colorless charts for a presentation for the C-level bosses after executives make a 'No Exceptions' rule about color printing

Employee gets PTO request approved for family emergency, then revoked with no notice: 'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go'

Employee gets PTO request approved for family emergency, then revoked with no notice: 'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go'

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