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‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used excuses to block the staff from using the option’

Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used multiple excuses to block the staff from using the option’

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15+ Retail employees who quit on the spot

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Retired coworker Jeff spots a colleague on medical leave eating dinner and decides to play unpaid HR and tells their managers

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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

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Manager refuses to let employees eat at workstation, employee books the conference room and eats their lunch there every day: ‘I'm sitting alone at a twenty-person table’

Manager refuses to let employees eat at workstation, employee books the conference room and eats their lunch there every day: ‘I'm sitting alone at a twenty-person table’

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Manufacturer helps client with urgent order by supplying differently specced parts at client's agreement, client still makes official complaint because the parts weren't to normal specification, manufacturer delays their orders thereafter in retaliation

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Boss admits she intentionally gave one employee extra work to test how they cope, while her coworker, Sue, slacks and leaves them handling whole project alone

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Boss denies 25-year veteran employee’s fully prepared PTO request, blocking their vacation despite having plenty of accrued time off

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Service Industry Employees Explain How You Can Uncover Tip Theft in the Workplace

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10 Unprofessional employees: '[He's] hiding when there's work to do'

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Manager corners employee into accepting 3% raise by inviting director into their meeting without disclosing it to employee: ‘I was caught off guard’

Manager corners employee into accepting a 3% raise by inviting senior director into their meeting without disclosing it to employee: ‘I was caught off guard’

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Employee acts like her manager’s director, constantly second-guesses completed work, and creates fake emergencies: ‘She is constantly acting like we are not doing our jobs’

Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without their consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without her consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

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Retired manager comes back 1 day after heartfelt retirement party, leaving employees feeling tricked out of their money emotions and patience with management

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15+ Employees who made expensive mistakes: 'My coworker hit reply-all on an email... the silence in the office was so loud'

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Sister stops filling shared car with gas after older brother repeatedly leaves it nearly empty and ignores requests to help contribute: ‘[My mom decided that we share the car]’

Sister stops filling shared car with gas after older brother repeatedly leaves it nearly empty and ignores requests to help contribute: ‘[My mom decided that we share the car]’

Entitled neighbor demands homeowner pay 100% of shared driveway maintenance even though he constantly uses it for his business, deliveries, and visitors: 'I have decided reality works this way now'

Entitled neighbor demands homeowner pay 100% of shared driveway maintenance even though he constantly uses it for his business, deliveries, and visitors: 'I have decided reality works this way now'

Manager wastes company resources building a case against an employee he personally dislikes, ends up getting put on a PIP himself

Manager wastes company resources building a case against an employee he personally dislikes, ends up getting put on a PIP himself

Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

New Yorker buys $6k worth of vintage audio equipment at auction and gets a text asking him to sell it back because they sold it “by mistake”

New Yorker buys $6k worth of vintage audio equipment at auction and gets a text asking him to sell it back because they sold it “by mistake”

Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

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