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‘Flexible hours means your time is their time’: 20+ Seasoned employees share interview ‘red flags’ that warn them to stay away from certain companies

‘Flexible hours means your time is their time’: 20+ Seasoned employees share interview ‘red flags’ that warn them to stay away from certain companies

26-year-old fresh employee complains about burnout after 4 months of work, getting first taste of being a self-sustaining adult: ‘I can’t do mental work for 8 hours in a day, I feel like I can handle like 3, 4 hours max’

26-year-old fresh employee complains about burnout after 4 months of work, getting first taste of being a self-sustaining adult: ‘I can’t do mental work for 8 hours in a day, I feel like I can handle like 3, 4 hours max’

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Entitled customer drops water company for competitor, then comes back begging for their far better service: '[My] boss's face turned red'

Entitled customer drops water company for competitor, then comes back begging for their far better service: '[My] boss's face turned red'

Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out his boss for unlawful practice

Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out boss for unlawful practice

Recruiter sends job-seeking employee’s CV to their current boss, leading to increased micromanagement and workplace anxiety

Recruiter sends job-seeking employee’s CV to their current boss, leading to increased micromanagement and workplace anxiety

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Job candidate gets told to leave the interview after they ask to eat lunch in the office instead of going out with the team: ‘You didn't pass the vibe check’

Job candidate gets told to leave the interview after they ask to eat lunch in the office instead of going out with the team: ‘You didn't pass the vibe check’

Boss scraps bonuses and cuts employees' pay to build $140,000 pool pushing them to plan their swim to freedom: ‘I was praised for being the #1 earner then in the next breath said no more bonuses’

Boss scraps bonuses and cuts employees' pay to build $140,000 pool pushing them to plan their swim to freedom: ‘I was praised for being the #1 earner then in the next breath said no more bonuses’

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Employee quits bad job, leaves piles of work for their impolite boss: 'I will never forget the expression of defeat in his face at the last day'

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'I got fired just for going to the bathroom': New hire gets unjustly clocked out during shift for taking a 30-minute bathroom break

'I got fired just for going to the bathroom': New hire gets unjustly clocked out during shift for taking a 30-minute bathroom break

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

Micromanager makes entire team log every single task, employee complies, causing tasks to take forever: 'The result? It was chaos'

Micromanager makes entire team log every single task, employee complies, causing tasks to take forever: 'The result? It was chaos'

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‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

Woman finds out she’s not part of the boys’ club when her all-male team plans a Cabo getaway without her, leaving her to process their expense reports and her own exclusion: ‘ I thought I was a part of their team, but it’s now clear that I’m not’

Woman finds out she’s not part of the boys’ club when her all-male team plans a Cabo getaway without her, leaving her to process their expense reports and her own exclusion: ‘ I thought I was a part of their team, but it’s now clear that I’m not’

Boss fires 22-year-old employee from first job after only six months, pushing her to question her career path: ‘All that hard work just to end up back in square one’

Boss fires 22-year-old employee from first job after only six months, pushing her to question her career path: ‘All that hard work just to end up back in square one’

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Tax associate gets suspended for refusing to come in on day off, punishment backfires for his prideful boss: 'The real revenge was accepting my suspension'

Tax associate gets suspended for refusing to come in on day off, punishment backfires for his prideful boss: 'The real revenge was accepting my suspension'

Employee calls out problematic CEO, CEO shows up with roses begging her to stay: 'Put my resignation in the next day'

Employee calls out problematic CEO, CEO shows up with roses begging her to stay: 'Put my resignation in the next day'

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Boss issues formal warning to employee during her approved vacation in Cabo for missing a meeting added to her work calendar while she was out of the country

Boss issues formal warning to employee during her approved vacation in Cabo for missing a meeting added to her work calendar while she was out of the country

20-year-old traveler leaves chronically late friend behind at a gas station after repeated delays, makes her flight and learns to stop over-accommodating: 'I’m not missing a flight'

20-year-old traveler leaves chronically late friend behind at a gas station after repeated delays, makes her flight and learns to stop over-accommodating: 'I’m not missing a flight'

19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

23-year-old contributing to groceries and chores refuses to start paying rent while older brother lives for free at home: 'I made it very clear to my parents'

23-year-old contributing to groceries and chores refuses to start paying rent while older brother lives for free at home: 'I made it very clear to my parents'

'I can't keep it to myself anymore': 35-year-old millennial engineer claims that older employees are making their work "impossible"

'I can't keep it to myself anymore': 35-year-old millennial engineer claims that older employees are making their work "impossible"

Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

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