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‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

Employee gets fired after they leave 1-star review on the landscaper who works with the company due to their poor service: ‘My business isn't with them’

Employee gets fired after they leave 1-star review on the landscaper who works with the company due to their poor service: ‘My business isn't with them’

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Call center boss demands that workers read long script for every single call, doubling customer wait time: 'The message said "no exceptions"'

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'You're next': Employee's manager warns him about his job security after getting unceremoniously fired over "excessive absences"

Boss demands employee use very slow company computer, employee waits 15 hours while editing 2 files: 'I headed to the break room'

Boss demands employee use very slow company computer, employee waits 15 hours while editing 2 files: 'I headed to the break room'

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Mother kicks entitled family out for gatecrashing her son's private birthday party and stealing food: 'That doesn't matter, my children want some food'

Northern lights tour employee instructed to guarantee if auroras will happen or not following customer complaints: 'Tours didn't go out... tourists are leaving 1-star reviews'

Northern lights tour employee instructed to guarantee if auroras will happen or not following customer complaints: 'Tours didn't go out... tourists are leaving 1-star reviews'

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'My boss trusts a broken AI bot more than the people actually doing the work': Boss blames employees when their AI productivity tool fails to update properly—why trying to fix workflows that aren't broken might not be such a good idea

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Unemployed job seeker has Zoom interview with low-rated call center offering $16 an hour, but as the recruiters list absurd conditions, candidate can’t stop uncontrollably laughing through the whole interview at their terms

Unemployed job seeker has Zoom interview with low-rated call center offering $16 an hour, but as the recruiters list absurd conditions, candidate can’t stop uncontrollably laughing through the whole interview at their terms: 'I couldn't help it'

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HR forgets to approve employee's work-from-home requests, employee stops coming in with no consequences: 'Bureaucracy at its finest'

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Café owner demands bakery lead order more product due to upcoming holiday, ignoring and overriding their knowledge and experience, they comply and then quit when they're blamed for the wasted product: 'So I did it. I doubled my regular order'

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Employee discovers how to avoid the 'hidden tax' of the office and saves $600 each month: 'It's about financial survival'

Employee discovers how to avoid the 'hidden tax' of the office and saves $600 each month: 'It's about financial survival'

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Entitled coworker works remotely for 2 years following her maternity leave, then demands that another employee give back her old office when RTO is instituted: ‘She became agitated’

Bank's new employee repeatedly parks in the bank president’s reserved spot, enters his office without permission, and complains about how he's so entitled, despite every coworker claiming he's a great guy

Bank's new employee repeatedly parks in the bank president’s reserved spot, enters his office without permission, and complains about how he's so entitled, despite every coworker claiming he's a great guy: 'We’re all confused when he complains about him'

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'I went from the worst job I ever had, to my favorite!': 15+ Moments when employees knew they were going to quit their jobs

'I went from the worst job I ever had, to my favorite!': 15+ Moments when employees knew they were going to quit their jobs

Client demands bank manager after letter claims she can't withdraw more money due to daily limit, waits hours to be told the same thing by manager: ‘I can't help you’

Client demands bank manager after teller claims she can't withdraw more money due to daily limit, waits hours to be told the same thing by manager: ‘I can't help you’

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Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

'Now he's hinting that my performance slipped because I'm 'too comfortable'': Remote worker moves abroad to Portugal, doesn't realize that his boss is setting up a paper trail to fire him

Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

29-year-old refuses to come to Thanksgiving this year because he and his partner don’t want to do the dishes: ‘We are the only people ever expected to help’

29-year-old refuses to come to Thanksgiving this year because he and his partner don’t want to do the dishes: ‘We are the only people ever expected to help’

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (November 15, 2025)

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (November 15, 2025)

Burt-out employee trains her helpless coworker for 9 months, quits just to get away from her when she still won't stop asking questions, leaving her helpless: 'Everything I had taught her seemed to go in one ear and out the other'

Burt-out employee trains her helpless coworker for 9 months, quits just to get away from her when she still won't stop asking questions, leaving her helpless: 'Everything I had taught her seemed to go in one ear and out the other'

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