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‘I’m expected to show up even if I have no clients, just to hang around and work for free’: Boss demands part-time personal trainer to work unpaid hours, pushing their limit to brink of quitting

‘I’m expected to show up even if I have no clients, just to hang around and work for free’: Boss demands part-time personal trainer to work unpaid hours, pushing their limit to brink of quitting

‘I can’t help but feel like it was personal, not professional’: Manager turns sick days into performance issues to justify firing employee during probation period

‘I can’t help but feel like it was personal, not professional’: Manager turns sick days into performance issues to justify firing employee during probation period

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Entitled boss refuses to allow office employee to eat lunch inside after hours of doing outdoor landscaping work not included in their job description: ‘I was being treated unfairly’

'How about NO': Hiring manager blocks candidate after they politely inquire about the job's pay rate, all while claiming it's unprofessional to even ask

'How about NO': Hiring manager blocks candidate after they politely inquire about the job's pay rate, all while claiming it's unprofessional to even ask

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‘Things got personal and intense’: Employee informs boss they're seeking other career opportunities, boss retaliates by stripping them of their responsibilities

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20+ Employees who got fired unexpectedly: 'His cunning plan didn’t work, and the company folded in under a year'

Boss at call center sends vague call to action, then reprimands employees for conversing about it, the whole team maliciously complies: 'If you have a problem with my direction, you come to me!'

Boss at call center sends vague call to action, then reprimands employees for conversing about it, the whole team maliciously complies: 'If you have a problem with my direction, you come to me!'

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'After years of unpaid overtime, I started logging out exactly at 5 PM': Employee shares how sticking to scheduled hours improved their wellbeing and productivity

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3 Teenage employees work together to get back at entitled customers: 'You don't need to fire her over it'

Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

‘My boss is trying to get me fired’: Micromanager microscopes employee and issues made-up write-ups to force them out of a job after department switch

‘My boss is trying to get me fired’: Micromanager microscopes employee and issues made-up write-ups to force them out of a job after department switch

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‘My primary motivation was revenge’: Top-performing employee is let go from their job, so they land the same role at their former company's top competitor and score a 30% raise

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Law office partners push lawyers to rush cases, lawyer maliciously complies: 'Partners thought it should take me about 15-20 minutes... it would take me at least 1.5 hours'

‘My hours were given to 3 different teenagers’: Loyal employee quits job after 6 years as family-owned business cuts her work schedule for young workers

‘My hours were given to 3 different teenagers’: Loyal employee quits job after 6 years as family-owned business cuts her work schedule for young workers

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Employee forced to go home and change after wearing shorts, proves micromanager wrong with the help of the company handbook: 'I'm changing back into my shorts'

Employee forced to go home and change after wearing shorts, proves micromanager wrong with the help of the company handbook: 'I'm changing back into my shorts'

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Employee applies for internal promotion and their egotisitcal boss finds out just before their annual review: ' Is it going to hurt my chances of getting promoted?'

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'Haven't laughed that hard in very long': Neighbor catches local teens on camera stealing and damaging his veggie garden, replaces produce with Carolina Reaper and Birdseye chillies as a deterrent, amused while watching their fiery reaction to eating them

'Haven't laughed that hard in very long': Neighbor catches local teens on camera stealing and damaging his veggie garden, replaces produce with Carolina Reaper and Birdseye chillies as a deterrent, amused while watching their fiery reaction to eating them

Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase pastry orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired: ‘We lost lots of sales’

Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase pastry orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired: ‘We lost lots of sales’

Parents charge young adult $87k in "back rent" they claim was accrued over 5 years of living with them: 'They don’t need the money, and I genuinely thought the “rent” was a budgeting exercise'

Parents charge young adult $87k in "back rent" they claim was accrued over 5 years of living with them: 'They don’t need the money, and I genuinely thought the “rent” was a budgeting exercise'

Petty bakery manager ignores employee's input during graduation weekend, resulting in $1000 loss and 19 free cakes given to customers for free: 'Jill got demoted'

Petty bakery manager ignores employee's input during graduation weekend, resulting in $1000 loss and 19 free cakes given to customers for free: 'Jill got demoted'

CEO rejects job candidate, claiming it's due to their failure to list any weaknesses, job candidate accuses CEO of being a bad interviewer: ‘Working with him sounds exhausting’

CEO rejects job candidate, claiming it's due to their failure to list any weaknesses, job candidate accuses CEO of being a bad interviewer: ‘Working with him sounds exhausting’

'Management was shocked': Boss writes employee up for discussing burnout in meetings, HR gives worker seven weeks of paid leave for burnout

'Management was shocked': Boss writes employee up for discussing burnout in meetings, HR gives worker seven weeks of paid leave for burnout

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