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Executive orders fired employee to keep working, running errands and monitoring emails without pay, threatens their career when they refuse: ‘now, after being fired I’m supposed to be a team player?’

Executive orders fired employee to keep working, running errands and monitoring emails without pay, threatens their career when they refuse: ‘now, after being fired I’m supposed to be a team player?’

'My boss called my mom': Employee quits, boss refuses to accept their resignation, and calls employee's mother to step in

'My boss called my mom': Employee quits, boss refuses to accept their resignation, calls employee's mother to step in

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Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

15+ Inconsiderate coworkers and bosses who made these employees' jobs more difficult: 'Thanks for the last piece of gum'

15+ Inconsiderate coworkers and bosses who made these employees' jobs more difficult: 'Thanks for the last piece of gum'

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'I caught a guy trying to buy a $30k boat': 20+ Employees who overspent on their company credit card

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Employee discreetly looks for a new job, then discovers a hiring manager contacted their boss and revealed their intentions, boss confronts them: ‘Not cool’

Employee discreetly looks for a new job, then discovers a hiring manager contacted their boss and revealed their intentions, boss confronts them: ‘Not cool’

Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Boss forces employee to work overtime to complete a project, only to fire him the next day without providing compensation, employee withholds the passwords to access the project in response: ‘I walked out’

Boss tests employee with one week to prove himself, employee follows up with resignation: 'You were lucky to have me'

Boss tests employee with one week to prove himself, employee follows up with resignation: 'You were lucky to have me'

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Company continues sending $5,000 in paychecks to former employee who repeatedly reports the payroll error but receives no response from HR: ‘It is a very poorly run business and she has experienced silly things like this with the company before’

Company continues sending $5,000 in paychecks to former employee who repeatedly reports the payroll error but receives no response from HR: ‘It is a very poorly run business and she has experienced silly things like this with the company before’

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New supervisor reorganizes labor, leaving inspector to work a loading bay on his own, he refuses to work it: 'Goods started arriving, but I didn’t touch a single box'

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

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Boss calls 20-year-old woman working her first job "ungrateful" for not working unpaid overtime: 'Now I'm worried they're going to cut my hours or make my life harder'

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‘Okay!’: Helpful employee is scolded by arrogant boss for taking workplace initiative, so they fill up boss's entire afternoon with back-to-back interviews

Entitled customer screams at new supermarket employee, she spends a year making him pay for it by hiding away all his favorite products: 'Don't scream at the people who handle your food'

Entitled customer screams at new supermarket employee, she spends a year making him pay for it by hiding away all his favorite products: 'Don't scream at the people who handle your food'

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20+ Job interviews that could not have gone worse: '[I] had a guy take almost every pen in the room'

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Hotel quiet fires porter over scheduling conflicts, they refuse to return their uniform when their boss demands it back: 'You want your uniform back? Come and get it'

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‘I quit on the spot’: Boss refuses to listen to employee's suggestion on how to cut costs for the company, employee resigns, only for boss to keep trying to reach out

‘I quit on the spot’: Boss refuses to listen to employee's suggestion on how to cut costs for the company, employee resigns, only for boss to keep trying to reach out

60-year-old rancher "Janice" insists on stacking hay bales like a Jenga tower, they collapse on her and she gets saved by the stockfeed delivery driver: 'Glad one of us knows what they’re doing'

60-year-old rancher "Janice" insists on stacking hay bales like a Jenga tower, they collapse on her and she gets saved by the stockfeed delivery driver: 'Glad one of us knows what they’re doing'

Receptionist in her 50s gets fired and replaced by AI system she trained: 'She literally trained the thing that replaced her'

Receptionist in her 50s gets fired and replaced by AI system she trained: 'She literally trained the thing that replaced her'

Licensed builder replaces mother-in-law's roof without a written contract, and she fails to pay them the $18,800 they are rightfully owed: ‘She comes up with excuses and gives the runaround every time I talk to her about payment’

Licensed builder replaces mother-in-law's roof without a written contract, and she fails to pay them the $18,800 they are rightfully owed: ‘She comes up with excuses and gives the runaround every time I talk to her about payment’

16-year-old rejects her father and stepmother's attempts at adoption when they attempt to keep her away from her mother's family: ' I was told I had to make a decision and choose [...] my blended family or my maternal family and I said my maternal family'

16-year-old rejects her father and stepmother's attempts at adoption when they attempt to keep her away from her mother's family: ' I was told I had to make a decision and choose [...] my blended family or my maternal family and I said my maternal family'

Older woman defends young man against entitled lady after he helps with her groceries: 'Put your own groceries in your own car'

Older woman defends young man against entitled lady after he helps with her groceries: 'Put your own groceries in your own car'

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