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'He was gone in 5 minutes': 25+ Employees who got fired on their first day of work

‘They fired the Cash Cow’: Carpet cleaning company axes its top phone upseller, who turns every $99 call into a multi-hundred-dollar deal for years over sick leave, leaving owners to watch profits tank

‘They fired the Cash Cow’: Carpet cleaning company axes its top phone upseller, who turns every $99 call into a multi-hundred-dollar deal for years over sick leave, leaving owners to watch profits tank

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Overworked employee starts leaving right at 5pm making their boss think that they've suddenly got better at their job and have "stepped up their game": 'I got a raise after I started leaving exactly at 5pm'

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HR green lights employee's April Fool's prank in the office bathroom, employee is subsequently fired for it: ‘[HR] even told me what washroom to put it in’

'You want me to log every minute? Sure thing, boss!': Micromanager enforces new time-tracking to policy to "optimize productivity," team maliciously complies to prove productivity would plummet

'You want me to log every minute? Sure thing, boss!': Micromanager enforces new time-tracking to policy to "optimize productivity," team maliciously complies to prove productivity would plummet

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New boss removes flexible working with "no exceptions" preventing employee from attending their cousin's wedding, employee takes all 23 days of their leave at the end of the quarter instead forcing their boss to cover for them: 'Two people quit'

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‘Game on’: Arrogant boss tries to micromanage high-performing employee into quitting, fails miserably

20+ Job Interview Memes for Folks Who Can’t Stand Being Asked What Their Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses Are

20+ Job Interview Memes for Folks Who Can’t Stand Being Asked What Their Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses Are

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Coworker throws a fit and delivers a mini TED Talk on teamwork after being politely refused help with a task she was perfectly capable of doing herself: ‘I told her that nothing would have happened to her too if she wrote it’

Coworker throws a fit and delivers a mini TED Talk on teamwork after being politely refused help with a task she was perfectly capable of doing herself: ‘I told her that nothing would have happened to her too if she wrote it’

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Employee uses a paper trail to set the record straight when their petty supervisor begins to “performance manage” them out of a job: ‘I responded with facts and data. No response’

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'We were audited and fined $80k': 25+ Workers whose brainless bosses left them speechless

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‘Fate had my back’: Employee takes company truck to interview for another workplace after repeatedly being denied days off, gets the new job while on the clock

‘Fate had my back’: Employee takes company truck to interview for another workplace after repeatedly being denied days off, gets the new job while on the clock

New employee convinces coworkers to collect proof of boss's toxic behavior, takes it all to HR, and ends boss's career: ‘He went from manager to low-level employee’

New employee convinces coworkers to collect proof of boss's toxic behavior, takes it all to HR, and ends boss's career: ‘He went from manager to low-level employee’

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Quality control supervisor tells fruit-robot-checker to stop reporting issues that she sees and to just do her job: 'Your job is only to count. Count, count, count, and count. That’s it'

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'New boss gives me an impossible task': Overworked IT employee stands up to boss, demands guarantee of never working overtime again

Coworker dumps her work onto executive assistant, tries to make her cancel her day off to do extra work: 'That's not happening!'

Coworker dumps her work onto executive assistant, tries to make her cancel her day off to do extra work: 'That's not happening!'

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'[He] asked HR to prove it': 15-year employee in his late 50s saves himself from getting fired when company doesn't want to pay his pension

'[He] asked HR to prove it': 15-year employee in his late 50s saves himself from getting fired when company doesn't want to pay his pension

Construction manager meets with unqualified boss to tell him his workload is too high, boss gives him more work, he quits: 'Ok then, I am resigning.'

Construction manager meets with unqualified boss to tell him his workload is too high, boss gives him more work, he quits: 'Ok then, I am resigning.'

Employee quiet quits for 6 months until neglectful boss notices and fires her: 'I honestly can't believe it took them this long to notice'

Employee quiet quits for 6 months until neglectful boss notices and fires her: 'I honestly can't believe it took them this long to notice'

Renter stops paying rent after homeowner refuses her demands to give her home equity for ‘helping with house payments’, homeowner kicks her out: ‘That's not how this works’

Renter stops paying rent after homeowner refuses her demands to give her home equity for ‘helping with house payments’, homeowner kicks her out: ‘That's not how this works’

Entitled 32-year-old pregnant sister takes 28-year-old woman's baby name that she shared with her in confidence just because her due date is first: 'Well, we’re due first, and you don’t own names'

Entitled 32-year-old pregnant sister takes 28-year-old woman's baby name that she shared with her in confidence just because her due date is first: 'Well, we’re due first, and you don’t own names'

Entitled coworker demands employee give her their bonus since they don't have kids and ‘don’t seem to need it like she does', employee reports her to HR: ‘I thought we were friends’

Entitled coworker demands employee give her their bonus since they don't have kids and ‘don’t seem to need it like she does', employee reports her to HR: ‘I thought we were friends’

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