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‘Tell it to me straight, I have to look for another job, don’t I?’: Bossy coworker becomes actual boss, starts with fake encouragement but quickly turns pushy and controlling

‘Tell it to me straight, I have to look for another job, don’t I?’: Bossy coworker becomes actual boss, starts with fake encouragement but quickly turns pushy and controlling

‘Resignation can be rejected???’: 20+ advice for handling the silliness of “needing” approval to quit your job

‘Resignation can be rejected???’: 20+ advice for handling the silliness of “needing” approval to quit your job

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‘Sure, I'll think outside the box’: Corporate employee is fed up with workplace jargon, so he takes his boss's advice literally during an important client presentation

‘Because you are the poors’: Curious employee wonders why Elon Musk can run multiple companies remotely but they can’t have multiple remote jobs

‘Because you are the poors’: Curious employee wonders why Elon Musk can run multiple companies remotely but they can’t have multiple remote jobs

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‘He made me take a personality test’: Employees discuss the moment they realized their managers were bizarrely toxic

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CEO enforces 'chaotic' works structure, employee's better alternative is rejected, everyone jumps ship: 'This isn't working out'

CEO enforces 'chaotic' work structure, employee's better alternative is rejected, everyone jumps ship: 'This isn't working out'

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'The new company changed my salary to $60k': New owners halve manager's salary after taking over the company, tells manager to stop being dramatic when they complain

Management bans an employee from being friends with her coworkers, then complains she isn’t friendly enough with the new hires: ‘I've been called yesterday with 2 managers and the CEO. Needless to say I fell off my chair’

Management bans an employee from being friends with her coworkers, then complains she isn’t friendly enough with the new hires: ‘I've been called yesterday with 2 managers and the CEO. Needless to say I fell off my chair’

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Manager schedules ‘mandatory’ staff meeting during the day, night shift employee shows up in sleepwear to send him a message: ’[It] cut into my sleep schedule’

Employee gets fired on his birthday after just 6 months, charges company $450 for them to retrieve their equipment: 'Just to be petty'

Employee gets fired on his birthday after just 6 months, charges company $450 for them to retrieve their equipment: 'Just to be petty'

Employee gets offered a promotion but is told they'll have to ‘work hard’ to prove themselves, employee decides to firmly decline instead: 'I'm not interested in the slightest'

Employee gets offered a promotion but is told they'll have to ‘work hard’ to prove themselves, employee decides to firmly decline instead: 'I'm not interested in the slightest'

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Work colleague helps himself to coworker's daily homemade lunch, finally gets called out on his gluttony by another coworker and loses it: ‘[He] got extremely red’

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Boss demands IT engineer write "more words" on ticket resolutions, they begin writing a novel hidden in the reports: 'You're averaging well over a 1000 characters per ticket, keep it up!'

New boss enforces 1000 character minimum per task, employee complies by writing gibberish: 'I've noticed that the size of your comments has gone up last month [...] keep it up!'

New boss enforces 1000 character minimum per task, employee complies by writing gibberish: 'I've noticed that the size of your comments has gone up last month [...] keep it up!'

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New hire gets fired in front of everyone after two shifts on the job, owner claims it's due to a 'mix-up' with another hire, no one believes him: ‘He’s a complete loser'

New hire gets fired in front of everyone after two shifts on the job, owner claims it's due to a 'mix-up' with another hire, no one believes him: ‘He’s a complete loser'

'Who do you think you're hiring?': Candidate shares over-the-top application for bartending job in rural area

'Who do you think you're hiring?': Candidate shares over-the-top application for bartending job in rural area

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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

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

Homeseller forbids current tenants from answering questions about the property to prospective buyers, despite knowing the house is not up to code: ‘You are not permitted to interfere’

Homeseller forbids current tenants from answering questions about the property to prospective buyers, despite knowing the house is not up to code: ‘You are not permitted to interfere’

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

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

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

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

Job candidate sends pointed email to HR over company's hiring process, gets a scathingly unprofessional response from the CEO

Job candidate sends pointed email to HR over company's hiring process, gets a scathingly unprofessional response from the CEO

Neighbor demands woman pay half of a $5000 composite fence that “matches her yard” to replace one damaged panel

Neighbor demands woman pay half of a $5000 composite fence that “matches her yard” to replace one damaged panel

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