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Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

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Worker who always comes to work 20 to 30 minutes early is late to work once, prompting reprimand from their boss, the next time they're late they show up 2.5 hours late instead: 'Same penalty for being 6 minutes late as for being 3 hours late? Ok boss'

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‘Now I sell by myself and make tons more money’: Friends try to hijack a homemade ice cream business by eating the inventory, inviting freeloaders, and cutting out the owner, forcing the real entrepreneur to take everything and leave

‘Now I sell by myself and make tons more money’: Friends try to hijack a homemade ice cream business by eating the inventory, inviting freeloaders, and cutting out the owner, forcing the real entrepreneur to take everything and leave

Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

Customer tries to use employee’s tip jar to pay for her order, refuses to leave and starts hassling other shoppers for handouts: ‘I have to follow the law. It doesn't matter if you're a Hollywood actor, a politician, [or] someone without housing’

Customer tries to use employee’s tip jar to pay for her order, refuses to leave and starts hassling other shoppers for handouts: ‘I have to follow the law. It doesn't matter if you're a Hollywood actor, a politician, [or] someone without housing’

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Boss fires employee but refuses to give them their final paycheck, employee files a formal complaint, forcing boss to reply: ‘Considering my kindness letting you go, very disappointed in you’

Boss fires employee but refuses to give them their final paycheck, employee files a formal complaint, forcing boss to reply: ‘Considering my kindness letting you go, very disappointed in you’

'That's just pure laziness and next to no attention to detail': 10+ mildly infuriating job rejections that candidates received out of the blue

'That's just pure laziness and next to no attention to detail': 10+ mildly infuriating job rejections that candidates received out of the blue

Employee quits job without notice after accepting a job offer, leading current CEO to reach out to their new job to complain: ‘He called to tell them I didn't put in a notice’

Employee quits job without notice after accepting a job offer, leading current CEO to reach out to their new job to complain: ‘He called to tell them I didn't put in a notice’

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Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Manager blocks employee from getting a promotion, driving them to quit their job, years later same manager applies to a position in employee's new company: ‘I got her interview canceled’

Manager blocks employee from getting a promotion, driving them to quit their job, years later same manager applies to a position in employee's new company: ‘I got her interview canceled’

Retail worker’s attempt to resign turns into a game of cat and mouse as her boss ignores and keeps calling her in for shifts she’s already quit: ‘I make it clear I’m resigning, not taking leave, she tells me to “let her know when I'm ready to come back”’

Retail worker’s attempt to resign turns into a game of cat and mouse as her boss ignores and keeps calling her in for shifts she’s already quit: ‘I make it clear I’m resigning, not taking leave, she tells me to “let her know when I'm ready to come back”’

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'Whole spreadsheets, proposals, pitch decks, gone': Toxic boss continually deletes employees' work to 'test' their 'adaptability' under pressure

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New coworker demands that things are done "by the book" forcing the manager to remove flexible working agreements with the staff and making everything worse for everyone: 'Rules are Rules and they are there for a reason'

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'The guy who cost the company $3 million dollars': 20+ Employees who made colossal mistakes at work

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Employer demands new hires finance their own travel expenses for a 2-week training out of state, leading employee to reconsider accepting the job: ‘I guess that’s the catch’

Employer demands new hires finance their own travel expenses for a 2-week training out of state, leading employee to reconsider accepting the job: ‘I guess that’s the catch’

'[He] stole a 25 lb bag of onions!': 10+ new hires who got fired for ridiculous reasons

10+ new hires who got fired for ridiculous reasons: ''[The new] cook stole a 25 lb bag of onions!'

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3-year-Veteran Employee gets passed over by New Hire for a promotion they were promised, then has to train her and is still helping her do her job a year later

3-year-Veteran Employee gets passed over by New Hire for a promotion they were promised, then has to train her and is still helping her do her job a year later

24-year-old data analyst shuts down meddling aunt who keeps pushing “better” career ideas, tells her to try doing his job herself

24-year-old data analyst shuts down meddling aunt who keeps pushing “better” career ideas, tells her to try doing his job herself

Car owner recovers the 1967 Impala his GF secretly sold: 'I spent over $11k on that car'

Car owner recovers the 1967 Impala his GF secretly sold: 'I spent over $11k on that car'

Job candidate leaves in the middle of group interview after company refuses to provide health insurance to new hires: ‘I don't care’

Job candidate leaves in the middle of group interview after company refuses to provide health insurance to new hires: ‘I don't care’

Hardware store employee gets 30+ copies of a refrigerator manual delivered to a customer's house because she's too impatient to comprehend snail mail: ‘I started calling Maytag twice a day’

Hardware store employee gets 30+ copies of a refrigerator manual delivered to a customer's house because she's too impatient to comprehend snail mail: ‘I started calling Maytag twice a day’

Update: Freelancer questions what to do with $7,000 left behind by client who quit

Update: Freelancer questions what to do with $7,000 left behind by client who quit

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