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UPDATE: 'I just deleted thousands of hours of work from my old job': Worker quits and leaves 18 other workers without access to critical video files

Remy Millisky

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Remote employee quits job after CEO demands they attend team building events, their manager resigns in solidarity: ‘The people are poorly valued’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee overhears her coworker Megan talking about her "unmuted" on a work call, Megan tries to cover her tracks: 'I swear she loves the sound of her own voice'

Ben Weiss

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Employee reveals 9 ridiculous reasons his boss rejects job candidates, from disliking their initials to scrutinizing their habits at every interview: ‘This is to remind you It's not your fault most of the time if you get rejected’

Etai Eshet

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Boss demands employee send him pictures of all transactions and deposits they make, employee complies, causing boss's phone to lag: ‘He has to spend a lot of time deleting those thousands of pictures’

Bar Mor Hazut

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20+ Times fed-up customers acted like total Karens: 'He really wanted to get me out of that shop'

Remy Millisky

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HR rescinded candidate's job offer after assuring them multiple times they got the job, claiming upper management put the role on hold: ‘There is nothing I can do about it’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'You need to leave. Now': Coworker's clueless boyfriend shows up unannounced at her work, she breaks up with him on the spot in front of the entire office

Ben Weiss

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‘I refused to falsify my time sheet’: Boss accuses employee of time theft despite seeing proof of attendance, then tries to make them use sick time to supplement the alleged absence

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager overstaffs restaurant during the slow season so he can hire his ex-coworkers, forcing servers to 'alternate shifts' and lose out on hours: ‘I can't simply get another part-time job’

Lana DeGaetano

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HR rescinds job offer despite assuring the candidate he had the position after 5 rounds of interviews: 'My job offer has been kept on hold indefinitely'

Ben Weiss

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HR rep lectures candidate after he rejects their lowball offer, telling him he should have been "grateful for the opportunity": 'I have 4 years [of] experience and know my value'

Brad Dickson

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'That's it, I'm outta here': Dramatic coworker named Ginger pretends to quit 2 times to avoid work, realizes he went too far

Remy Millisky

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‘I'm just kind of flabbergasted’: Office receptionist pretends to answer calls instead of actually answering them, partaking in fake conversations to look busy

Lana DeGaetano

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Coworker confronts employee after discovering they use their lunch break to take walks around the parking garage, employee refuses their demands to stop: ‘I’m entitled to my break’

Bar Mor Hazut

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20+ Workers who got fired for ridiculous reasons: 'I got fired from a grocery store for being too enthusiastic'

Remy Millisky

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