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Tech specialist fired after 6 years when boss demands he inflate his car tires as a “friendly” favor: ‘He called me arrogant and started swearing, I asked him if he was firing me as a friend or as an employer’

Tech specialist fired after 6 years when boss demands he inflate his car tires as a “friendly” favor: ‘He called me arrogant and started swearing, I asked him if he was firing me as a friend or as an employer’

50-year-old employee begins quiet quitting after younger coworkers get promoted above him: 'I stopped trying'

50-year-old employee begins quiet quitting after younger coworkers get promoted above him: 'I stopped trying'

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‘I’m expected to show up even if I have no clients, just to hang around and work for free’: Boss demands part-time personal trainer to work unpaid hours, pushing their limit to brink of quitting

‘I’m expected to show up even if I have no clients, just to hang around and work for free’: Boss demands part-time personal trainer to work unpaid hours, pushing their limit to brink of quitting

‘I can’t help but feel like it was personal, not professional’: Manager turns sick days into performance issues to justify firing employee during probation period

‘I can’t help but feel like it was personal, not professional’: Manager turns sick days into performance issues to justify firing employee during probation period

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Entitled boss refuses to allow office employee to eat lunch inside after hours of doing outdoor landscaping work not included in their job description: ‘I was being treated unfairly’

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'How about NO': Hiring manager blocks candidate after they politely inquire about the job's pay rate, all while claiming it's unprofessional to even ask

'How about NO': Hiring manager blocks candidate after they politely inquire about the job's pay rate, all while claiming it's unprofessional to even ask

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‘Things got personal and intense’: Employee informs boss they're seeking other career opportunities, boss retaliates by stripping them of their responsibilities

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20+ Employees who got fired unexpectedly: 'His cunning plan didn’t work, and the company folded in under a year'

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Boss at call center sends vague call to action, then reprimands employees for conversing about it, the whole team maliciously complies: 'If you have a problem with my direction, you come to me!'

Boss at call center sends vague call to action, then reprimands employees for conversing about it, the whole team maliciously complies: 'If you have a problem with my direction, you come to me!'

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'After years of unpaid overtime, I started logging out exactly at 5 PM': Employee shares how sticking to scheduled hours improved their wellbeing and productivity

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3 Teenage employees work together to get back at entitled customers: 'You don't need to fire her over it'

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Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

‘My boss is trying to get me fired’: Micromanager microscopes employee and issues made-up write-ups to force them out of a job after department switch

‘My boss is trying to get me fired’: Micromanager microscopes employee and issues made-up write-ups to force them out of a job after department switch

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‘My primary motivation was revenge’: Top-performing employee is let go from their job, so they land the same role at their former company's top competitor and score a 30% raise

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Law office partners push lawyers to rush cases, lawyer maliciously complies: 'Partners thought it should take me about 15-20 minutes... it would take me at least 1.5 hours'

‘My hours were given to 3 different teenagers’: Loyal employee quits job after 6 years as family-owned business cuts her work schedule for young workers

‘My hours were given to 3 different teenagers’: Loyal employee quits job after 6 years as family-owned business cuts her work schedule for young workers

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UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

‘It makes me feel like I'm in The Truman Show’: Neighbor continually mows 6 feet of new homeowner's front lawn and attaches deer-repelling mechanisms to their shrubbery, failing to adhere to the clear property line

‘It makes me feel like I'm in The Truman Show’: Neighbor continually mows 6 feet of new homeowner's front lawn and attaches deer-repelling mechanisms to their shrubbery, failing to adhere to the clear property line

'HR showed him the camera footage': 20+ Employees whose huge mistakes got them immediately fired

'HR showed him the camera footage': 20+ Employees whose huge mistakes got them immediately fired

20-year-old receptionist gets fired after 4 days for lack of experience despite insisting she was qualified: 'I don't understand why this happened'

20-year-old receptionist gets fired after 4 days for lack of experience despite insisting she was qualified: 'I don't understand why this happened'

Loyal employee of 10+ years gets made ‘redundant’ so company's nepo baby employees can climb the latter, gets a new job that Friday and leaves old boss on read: 'The equipment was all signed into my personal emails…'

Loyal employee of 10+ years gets made ‘redundant’ so company's nepo baby employees can climb the latter, gets a new job that Friday and leaves old boss on read: 'The equipment was all signed into my personal emails…'

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