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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!'

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'

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'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

2 Bosses forbid employees from discussing wages but forced into an awkward retreat when exposed when employees call them out: ‘I guess TWO different managers didn't know the law’

2 Bosses forbid employees from discussing wages but are forced into an awkward retreat when employees call them out: ‘I guess TWO different managers didn't know the law’

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'She fumbled the job, the relationship, and a free ride to work': 27-year-old man recruits GF to work with him, discovers she's a nightmare employee

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Boss cuts all of employee's hours without explanation, only to call them to cover random shifts, employee refuses every time: ‘If he needed the help he shouldn't have cut all my hours’

Boss cuts all of employee's hours without explanation, only to call them to cover random shifts, employee refuses every time: ‘If he needed the help he shouldn't have cut all my hours’

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20+ Fridge thieves who helped themselves to lunch: 'He was expressly forbidden from being in the break room ever again'

'I work to live, I don't live to work': 20 ways people messed up their job interviews

'I work to live, I don't live to work': 20 ways people messed up their job interviews

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Employee gets back at manager who refuses extra leg room request: 'Enjoy paying for my business class seat'

Employee finds-out their manager earns a significant salary by delegating work and taking credit for their accomplishments without contributing much, receives witty comebacks on the discovery

Employee finds-out their manager earns a significant salary by delegating work and taking credit for their accomplishments without contributing much, receives witty comebacks on the discovery

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Entitled boss refuses to give employee full-time hours, employee lands a better job and boss loses it: ‘[She said] "I must prioritize her"’

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20-year-old who stays calm under pressure wonders what jobs might value their ability to remain unfazed receives amusing comments: ‘Unemployment’

20-year-old who stays calm under pressure wonders what jobs might value their ability to remain unfazed receives amusing comments: ‘Unemployment’

Hiring manager rejects job candidate after failing to schedule an interview for over a month, candidate responds to the rejection email: ‘Good luck or whatever’

Hiring manager rejects job candidate after failing to schedule an interview for over a month, candidate responds to the rejection email: ‘Good luck or whatever’

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Employee of 12-years is considered the ‘most essential,' but is written up when he comes in to help on his day off, so he quits on the spot: ‘The manager immediately started backpedaling, saying it was all a misunderstanding.’

Employee of 12-years is considered the ‘most essential,' but is written up when he comes in to help on his day off, so he quits on the spot: ‘The manager immediately started backpedaling, saying it was all a misunderstanding.’

Stay-at-home mom continues cooking homemade meals every day for a full house to save money despite her picky brother-in-law’s demands for special meals: 'I can’t really afford making main courses that are entirely meat'

Stay-at-home mom continues cooking homemade meals every day for a full house to save money despite her picky brother-in-law’s demands for special meals: 'I can’t really afford making main courses that are entirely meat'

‘[He] has taught longer than I have been alive. I am a first-year teacher. Trying to survive’: First-year teacher gets blocked trying to enter her classroom by a veteran colleague upset about classroom noise

‘[He] has taught longer than I have been alive. I am a first-year teacher. Trying to survive’: First-year teacher gets blocked trying to enter her classroom by a veteran colleague upset about classroom noise

Boss demands electrician apprentice, who makes $15 an hour, work for free to pay off mistake

Boss demands electrician apprentice, who makes $15 an hour, work for free to pay off mistake

Entitled neighbor sues homeowner for $55k over a late-night parking light after getting previous about the same issue lawsuit dismissed

Entitled neighbor sues homeowner for $55k over a late-night parking light after getting previous about the same issue lawsuit dismissed

Landlord restricts laundry room to 9am-6pm and sells a "$40 VIP pass" for after-hours use, residents refuse to comply: ‘Those hours are exactly when most people in the building are actually at work’

Landlord restricts laundry room to 9am-6pm and sells a "$40 VIP pass" for after-hours use, residents refuse to comply: ‘Those hours are exactly when most people in the building are actually at work’

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