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Boss gives hardworking employee a mere 2% raise, expects employee to take on several coworkers' task loads in return but they refuse: ‘Why are you hiring people who are not working?’

Lana DeGaetano

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17-year-old student and fast food worker told by boss to find coverage so that they can study for finals, they get their useless brother hired to cover for them: 'My boss went ballistic and sent me a brigade of texts blaming me for costing him money'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled coworker turns entire office against an employee who cooks their meals instead of ordering lunch with everyone: ‘Some people think they’re better than us because they meal prep’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company man going on 27 years on the job watched two coworkers going on 25 years get $25,000 bonuses: ‘All I got when I had 25 years was a plaque’

Ben Weiss

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Coworker demands a $500 loan from a colleague’s tax refund for her Cancun vacation, gets offended and starts office gossip when refused: ‘Bestie, that refund is already spent on adult responsibilities, not funding your trip to Cancun’

Etai Eshet

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'It was a heatwave, hitting 115°... the whole kitchen walked out': 20+ Employees who quit their bad jobs in the middle of their shifts

Remy Millisky

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Boss gets called out for repeatedly firing employees once they get married, HR intervenes: ‘I got quiet fired two days before my wedding’

Ben Weiss

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UPDATE: '[I] woke up the CEO at midnight': Overnight call center worker maliciously complies with manager's directives, calls 200 customers just to "prove a point"

Remy Millisky

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Startup bro tries to sabotage academic researcher’s lecture, researcher gets even by jumping on board with his competitor: ‘Now he’s going out of business’

Ben Weiss

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'She'd gone out of her way to tell me I didn't look nice': Employee responds after being caught off guard during lunch break when coworker makes unexpected remark about her appearance

Emma Saven

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18-year-old working his first job at ice cream shop is fired after 20-year-old manager changes the rules about PTO when he was already on leave, gives customers free icecream: 'I gave him 4 weeks' notice that I wouldn't be here for those 3 days'

Brad Dickson

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Woman refuses her mother-of-two colleague’s demands for unpaid, non-work-related errands and babysitting every weekend: ‘Just because I don’t have children doesn’t mean my time is worthless’

Etai Eshet

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Job candidate abruptly exits interview early after calling out power-tripping hiring manager for criticizing her experience: ‘‘Let’s save our time and end this interview’

Ben Weiss

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‘She texts me saying she feels attacked’: Pizza shop employee pushes their task load onto new hire, continues to slack off after new hire pleads with them

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee gets suspended for a week with no explanation, quits but sabotages work truck on last day: ‘Before I returned the truck, I release 6 stinky air fresher tags in it’

Ben Weiss

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20+ Final straws that made employees quit or get fired on the spot: 'I would not be receiving 125 hours of pay'

Remy Millisky

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