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'Do I go AWOL and [...] just ghost the company?': Employee considers ghosting his boss after temporary relocation appears to be permanent

'Do I go AWOL and [...] just ghost the company?': Employee considers ghosting his boss after temporary relocation appears to be permanent

'Come back to work': Micromanaging boss demands worker return to work during their unpaid lunch break

'Come back to work': Micromanaging boss demands worker return to work during their unpaid lunch break

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'The total is now $42,000': Funding department asks employees to share hotel rooms and cars to save money, instead costs the company thousands of dollars

'The total is now $42,000': Funding department demands employees share hotel rooms and cars to save money, instead costs the company thousands of dollars

'That’s ridiculous, use your brain': General Manager's rude order costs company big when it backfires

'That’s ridiculous, use your brain': General Manager's rude order costs company big when employee maliciously complies

'Boss changed my off days': Employee forced to leave second job after toxic manager changed their schedule with no notice

'Boss changed my off days': Employee forced to leave second job after toxic manager changed their schedule with no notice

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'I will never forget the expression... on his face': Employee gets 20 days of vacation time after boss sends incorrect paperwork

'I will never forget the expression of defeat on his face': Employee gets 20 days of vacation time after boss sends the wrong paperwork

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'They literally said "The stars weren't aligned" for that date': 20+ Clients who had workers laughing behind their backs

'Go complain about your boss [...] on me': Boss sends passive aggressive email about punctuality, employees retaliate, boss apologies with free lunch

'Go complain about your boss [...] on me': Boss sends passive aggressive email about punctuality, employees retaliate, boss apologies with free lunch

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'They still scheduled me for that week': New employee mentions bereavement leave in interview, employer schedules them anyways

'They still scheduled me for that week': New employee mentions bereavement leave in interview, employer schedules them anyways

'You fired me cause you didn't like me': Overworked employee asks to be paid as much as coworkers, gets fired, rejects boss's request for sit down

'You fired me cause you didn't like me': Overworked employee asks to be paid as much as coworkers, gets fired, rejects boss's request for sit down

‘I was denied a raise, so I quit’: Boss denies IT employee 5-10% raise, employee quits, leading to boss paying 40% extra for replacement

‘I was denied a raise, so I quit’: Boss denies IT employee 5-10% raise, employee quits, leading to boss paying 40% extra for replacement

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'We’re being taken advantage of': Boss refuses to pay employee for requested vacation days but closes restaurant for his own vacation

'We’re being taken advantage of': Boss refuses to pay employee for requested vacation days but closes restaurant for his own vacation

'My intern [is] benefitting from pretty privilege': Employee gets in tense interaction with intern after discovering office secret

'My intern [is] benefitting from pretty privilege': Jealous employee gets into tense argument with intern after discovering office secret

'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker passed up for promotion and told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

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'I had over 80 hours of PTO': Employee gives notice, loses all their PTO

'I shut down a lawsuit with a single question': Company tries to sue employee for leaving their job

'I shut down a lawsuit with a single question': Company tries to sue employee for leaving their job

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Manager bans employees from sitting on chairs while working, leading employees to constantly take “fatigue breaks” as issued by the handbook: ‘Chairs came back the next Monday’

Manager bans employees from sitting on chairs while working, leading employees to constantly take “fatigue breaks” as issued by the handbook: ‘Chairs came back the next Monday’

California-based ex-boss forces former employee to sign NDA 3 months after layoffs: 'I genuinely don't know what triggered this'

California-based ex-boss forces former employee to sign NDA 3 months after layoffs: 'I genuinely don't know what triggered this'

Middle School Teacher Refuses to Hand Over an Expensive Brand-Name Hoodie to a Mom with Only a Vague Description, Then Another Student Proves It’s His and Proves Her Right

Mother-in-law invites herself on family car trip, refuses to accept boundaries

Mother-in-law invites herself on family car trip, refuses to accept boundaries

20-year-old Woman Tells her 14 and 12-year-old Homeschooled Cousins that They Need to be Able to Read to go to College, starting a Family Dispute: 'They'll end up teaching themselves'

20-year-old Woman Tells her 14 and 12-year-old Homeschooled Cousins that They Need to be Able to Read to go to College, starting a Family Dispute: 'They'll end up teaching themselves'

Clever manufacturing plant worker plans a 20-person meeting that no one attends, then gets even with the no-show employees: 'Management had a fit'

Clever manufacturing plant worker plans a 20-person meeting that no one attends, then gets even with the no-show employees: 'Management had a fit'

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