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Boss takes 15 minutes off construction worker's pay when he was 1 minute late, his refusal to work sparks chain reaction with other staff: 'I'm not getting paid until 6:15 so I'm not doing any work until 6:15. I enjoy what I do but I don't do it for free'

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UPDATE: Entitled landlord gives business 7 days to leave space, tries to sell all of their equipment: 'He has at least another 4 weeks without rent'

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Employee spills water on coworker’s laptop during lunch, refuses to pay them back after discovering it is ruined, coworker considers reporting it to boss: ‘I can’t afford a new laptop’

Employee spills water on coworker’s laptop during lunch, refuses to pay them back after discovering it is ruined, coworker considers reporting it to boss: ‘I can’t afford a new laptop’

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Employee purposefully locks coworkers out of shared work PC after they fail to log out when leaving shift, leading to an office dispute: ‘They had to reset their passwords’

Nanny refuses entitled coworker's demand to babysit her kids on her day off after discovering coworker doesn't plan to pay her: ‘I’m not a free on-demand nanny for coworkers’

Nanny refuses entitled coworker's demand to babysit her kids on her day off after discovering coworker doesn't plan to pay her: ‘I’m not a free on-demand nanny for coworkers’

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‘You need to stop yelling. You’re not at a zoo’: Child-free coworker Kelly grabs and “disciplines” a colleague’s 5-year-old kid at a company BBQ, pushing the 31-year-old mother to snap and put Kelly in her place

‘You need to stop yelling. You’re not at a zoo’: Child-free coworker Kelly grabs and “disciplines” a colleague’s 5-year-old son at a company BBQ, pushing the 31-year-old mother to snap and put Kelly in her place

"British" coworker gets caught using real accent, employees discover he's been from Indiana this whole time: 'Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?'

"British" coworker gets caught using real accent, employees discover he's been from Indiana this whole time: 'Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?'

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Marketing demands review of all technical documents, programmer creates a fake protocol to mess with them: '[It was] called the "TP Protocol." [I]t could be implemented as a 2 or 3-layer network, each layer called a "ply"'

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Employee makes ‘whistleblower report’ on doctor colleague after he takes on overlapping shifts in the emergency room and the psych ER, potentially putting patients at risk: ‘He has been terminated because of it’

Tech company manager adds employee to wrong Zoom room, accidentally landing her in a layoff call before swiftly removing her, leaving her on hold for 20 minutes before telling her she’s “safe… for now”

Tech company manager adds employee to wrong Zoom room, accidentally landing her in a layoff call before swiftly removing her, leaving her on hold for 20 minutes before telling her she’s “safe… for now”

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20+ Job candidates who spotted red flags during job interviews: 'You could not pay me enough to work for that place'

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Coworker tries to sabotage hardworking employee, they get revenge by simply doing their job: ‘[Now] she's getting a lot of heat from upper management to perform better’

Boss deducts employee's pay for officially clocking in late despite starting work early, employee maliciously complies: 'Never talk to me before I clock in'

Boss deducts employee's pay for officially clocking in late despite starting work early, employee maliciously complies: 'Never talk to me before I clock in'

Unknown employee keeps stealing coworker's lunch, forcing him to buy a mini fridge and lock his food inside, other coworkers mock him: 'We get it, you're special'

Unknown employee keeps stealing coworker's lunch, forcing him to buy a mini fridge and lock his food inside, other coworkers mock him: 'We get it, you're special'

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Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

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'He showed up 45 minutes late, wearing shorts and Crocs': 20+ Bosses who got stuck with bizarre employees

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‘My apartment isn’t livable between 8am-4pm‘: California renter loses her bedroom, bathroom, and water every weekday for 2 weeks during pipe work, can't relocate to work remotely, and asks if the landlord owes compensation

‘My apartment isn’t livable between 8am-4pm‘: California renter loses her bedroom, bathroom, and water every weekday for 2 weeks during pipe work, can't relocate to work remotely, and asks if the landlord owes compensation

Employee pretends to be friendly with coworker for months only to extract important information about the workplace: 'The friendship part might have been real at first, but somewhere along the way it started feeling more like a project to him'

Employee pretends to be friendly with coworker for months only to extract important information about the workplace: 'The friendship part might have been real at first, but somewhere along the way it started feeling more like a project to him'

Employee stops overworking as it hasn't brought any raises, workload increases for everybody else, boss notices how much he was doing when he stopped: 'He admitted I was doing work that should have been divided between at least two roles.'

Employee stops overworking as it hasn't brought any raises, workload increases for everybody else, boss notices how much he was doing when he stopped: 'He admitted I was doing work that should have been divided between at least two roles.'

Stepdaughter refuses to rely on wealthy stepmom after watching her use money to control the family: ‘I've seen what financial dependence does to my dad’

Stepdaughter refuses to rely on wealthy stepmom after watching her use money to control the family: ‘I've seen what financial dependence does to my dad’

Friend grows tired of accommodating Mary after years of last-minute cancellations leave her wasting time, money, and effort: ‘This has happened plenty of times before’

Friend grows tired of accommodating Mary after years of last-minute cancellations leave her wasting time, money, and effort: ‘This has happened plenty of times before’

Employee gets back at demanding colleague by submitting tasks at the last minute and causing her to almost miss deadlines: ‘I'm watching her spin out’

Employee gets back at demanding colleague by submitting tasks at the last minute and causing her to almost miss deadlines: ‘I'm watching her spin out’

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