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‘No one's allowed to wear deodorant, let alone perfume’: Coworker claims they are ‘sensitive’ to smells and calls out employee for washing their hands with the scented office hand soap

HR gives employee ultimatum, forcing him to get a doctor's note that day, opts for maliciously compliance

HR gives employee ultimatum, forcing him to get a doctor's note that day, opts for malicious compliance: 'I gave YEARS of loyal service and they're going to get their karma very soon'

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Update: Customer complains about worker's glasses, boss sends employee home without pay

Manager demands construction workers stop using shortcuts to keep an efficient workflow, leading to a backlog in orders when they follow her rules: ‘Hope you’ve got time to wait’

Manager demands construction workers stop using shortcuts to keep an efficient workflow, leading to a backlog in orders when they follow her rules: ‘Hope you’ve got time to wait’

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

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Unrelenting coworker badgers man for his secret homemade hot sauce recipe, to the point where the two cannot be assigned to work on the same projects

‘If he gets a third [warning] he could be fired’: Unrelenting coworker badgers man for his secret homemade hot sauce recipe, to the point where the two cannot be assigned to work on the same projects

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Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

Boss denies manufacturer's request for a $15,000 raise, manufacturer quits and business ends up down $300,000

Boss denies manufacturer's request for a raise, manufacturer quits and business ends up down $300,000: '[You] could've just given me the 15k raise!'

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Security guard filed report against management and left mid-shift, after being denied a radio and ordered to stand in unsafe position, only to be falsely accused of “abandoning post” by management when he refuses

'The last guard got fired for refusing': Security guard files report against management and leaves mid-shift, after being denied a radio and ordered to stand in unsafe position, only to be falsely accused of “abandoning post” by management when he refuses

Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks

Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks: 'My ex-boss quit [just] two weeks after I left'

‘When I refused, she actually went to our manager to complain’: Coworker gets mad when her dream trip overlaps with a colleague’s Christmas vacation, then demands they give it up because “Christmas matters more for families”

‘When I refused, she actually went to our manager to complain’: Coworker gets mad when her dream trip overlaps with a colleague’s Christmas vacation, then demands they give it up because “Christmas matters more for families”

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Retail worker written up for taking legally required lunch breaks, discovers company auto-deducted 30-minute breaks even when she worked through them, costing her $900 in unpaid wages, so she reports them to the labor board

'My manager is now panicking': Retail worker written up for taking legally required lunch breaks, discovers company auto-deducted 30-minute breaks even when she worked through them, costing her $900 in unpaid wages, so she reports them to the labor board

Boss’s boss grabs and eats employee’s special-ordered chips, ignores ownership, and turns snack packs into a power move while everyone watches in silence: “ He admitted he had taken them. No apology, no “oops”’

Boss’s boss grabs and eats employee’s special-ordered chips, ignores ownership, and turns snack packs into a power move while everyone watches in silence: “ He admitted he had taken them. No apology, no “oops”’

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Boss tells key client that go-to employee has left the company, employee quits for real when they find out: 'My supervisor told a high-end client that I was quitting. That was a lie, and I was gone for a week.'

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Employee quits after boss denies their request for a raise, then publicly offers the replacement $7,000 more per year

Employee quits after boss denies their request for a raise, then publicly offers the replacement $7,000 more per year: 'It was such a deliberate power move'

New employee monitors boss's schedule, asking for confidential information and requesting to join meetings with higher-ups, boss left baffled

New employee monitors boss's schedule, asking for confidential information and requesting to join meetings with higher-ups, boss left baffled: ‘It's not something I’m willing to discuss’

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Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

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