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‘Sweetest taste of justice I ever experienced. I [will] never let any of my future employers walk all over me after that’: Employees team up to expose a toxic boss, triggering an inspection that shuts their agency down and delivers hard-earned closure

‘Sweetest taste of justice I ever experienced. I [will] never let any of my future employers walk all over me after that’: Employees team up to expose a heartless boss, triggering an inspection that shuts their agency down and delivers hard-earned closure

‘She demanded I send an apology email to the whole team. I told her I would not lie just to make her look better’: Employee refuses to apologize to boss after exposing her for taking credit mid-meeting, and the boss responds with silent treatment

‘She demanded I send an apology email to the whole team. I told her I would not lie just to make her look better’: Employee refuses to apologize to boss after exposing her for taking credit mid-meeting, and the boss responds with silent treatment

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15+ Employees share how they use corporate jargon to slight their deserving colleagues: ‘Govern yourself accordingly’

Job candidate feels confident during job interview, despite CEO arriving 15 minutes late, until he realizes, through a phone notification, that the CEO was simultaneously reposting the same job offer online while on their call

Job candidate feels confident during job interview, despite CEO arriving 15 minutes late, until he realizes, through a phone notification, that the CEO was simultaneously reposting the same job offer online while on their call: 'Seriously, the audacity'

15+ Workers who quit their jobs on the spot: '[Bosses] expected me to do an unpaid training shift to deliver pizzas'

15+ Workers who quit their jobs on the spot: '[Bosses] expected me to do an unpaid training shift to deliver pizzas'

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'Easiest 175k I ever made': 20+ Employees who got paid to goof off all day

'Easiest 175k I ever made': 20+ Employees who got paid to goof off all day

‘I can't take you’: Private driver refuses to allow entitled hotel guest in their car after she demands they give her a ride, she mocks the driver in response

‘I can't take you’: Private driver refuses to allow entitled hotel guest in their car after she demands they give her a ride, she mocks the driver in response

2 men listening in to work meetings fool their customers into paying $100 per month for "AI note-taking startup": 'The first version... doesn't even have AI'

2 men listening in to work meetings fool their customers into paying $100 per month for "AI note-taking startup": 'The first version... doesn't even have AI'

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28-year-old marketing employee, struggling with personal finances, skips her office's Secret Santa exchange to save money, facing judgment from coworkers who are calling her the "grinch"

'[She's] refusing the team’s bonding tradition': 28-year-old marketing employee, struggling with personal finances, skips her office's Secret Santa exchange to save money, facing judgment from coworkers who are calling her the "grinch"

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Worker gets laid off, told that they're "expendable," gets hired by their former employer's biggest client and watches as the former employer loses clients and even contacts them for "advice": 'Feels good knowing they made a mistake undervaluing me'

HR leaves worker stuck on bogus PIP after he exposes boss’s unfair treatment and gets her moved, pushing him to find new job: ‘No one has removed it or apologized for how messed up this all was’

HR leaves worker stuck on bogus PIP after he exposes boss’s unfair treatment and gets her moved, pushing him to find new job: ‘No one has removed it or apologized for how messed up this all was’

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‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

Employee gets fired after they leave 1-star review on the landscaper who works with the company due to their poor service: ‘My business isn't with them’

Employee gets fired after they leave 1-star review on the landscaper who works with the company due to their poor service: ‘My business isn't with them’

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Call center boss demands that workers read long script for every single call, doubling customer wait time: 'The message said "no exceptions"'

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'You're next': Employee's manager warns him about his job security after getting unceremoniously fired over "excessive absences"

Boss demands employee use very slow company computer, employee waits 15 hours while editing 2 files: 'I headed to the break room'

Boss demands employee use very slow company computer, employee waits 15 hours while editing 2 files: 'I headed to the break room'

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Industrial truck driver demands machinery operator load materials onto the truck that exceed the limit, refuses to listen to instructions, operator complies: ‘Who am I to tell you what's good for your truck?’

Industrial truck driver demands machinery operator load materials onto the truck that exceed the limit, refuses to listen to instructions, operator complies: ‘Who am I to tell you what's good for your truck?’

Old farmer Buck refuses a rich trespassing horseman’s demand to use his field, directs him to a neighbor’s land instead, but keeps the payment to himself: ‘I need your fields to use to store my horses, now!’

Old farmer Buck refuses a rich trespassing horseman’s demand to use his field, directs him to a neighbor’s land instead, but keeps the payment to himself: ‘I need your fields to use to store my horses, now!’

Manager lowballs cybersecurity employee with a 12% raise, so the employee internally transfers to another team and gets a 28% raise: ‘Gotta love the corporate world’

Manager lowballs cybersecurity employee with a 12% raise, so the employee internally transfers to another team and gets a 28% raise: ‘Gotta love the corporate world’

Manager lets go valued server at diner, then begs for her to come back after disastrous Thanksgiving week at the restaurant: 'I do not want to back'

Manager lets go valued server at diner, then begs for her to come back after disastrous Thanksgiving week at the restaurant: 'I do not want to back'

Boss denies raise to employee for lacking enough "passion" to respond to Slack messages at 10:00 PM, employee makes tough decision: 'I've been here 3 years and haven't gotten a single cost of living adjustment'

Boss denies raise to employee for lacking enough "passion" to respond to Slack messages at 10:00 PM, employee makes tough decision: 'I've been here 3 years and haven't gotten a single cost of living adjustment'

Employee discovers consultant's push to get her fired, she proves her value to the company by taking a 2-week vacation and leaving everyone scrambling: 'I came back on Monday with a $10,000 raise'

Employee discovers consultant's push to get her fired, she proves her value to the company by taking a 2-week vacation and leaving everyone scrambling: 'I came back on Monday with a $10,000 raise'

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