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28-year-old graphic designer and 5-year company veteran discovers they're making less than 2 college graduate new hires: 'I'm supposed to train people who make more money than me'

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Fast-food new-hire finds themselves 30 minutes late for their first shift when the manager forgets to tell them they were hired and scheduled, leading to a tense phone call: 'It's not my responsibility to inform you about your schedule'

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

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Employee realizes how miserable they are in their current role after being appointed temporarily to another team: 'I wasn't waking up dreading the day [anymore]'

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Designers create mistakes on purpose for entitled customer to find: 'Demand that there's always a mistake? Here you go!'

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'I am doing the work of 3 people': Top employee gets passed over for promotion

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'I've been pretending to understand my job for 8 months': Employee admits they have no idea how to do their job as boss demands they lead presentation

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Corporate management refuses to use 1 of 3 allocated "storm days" to shut down the facility despite 1 foot of snowfall, forcing employees to use their own PTO instead: 'The VP started the email with "Happy Tuesday!!"'

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Employee realizes that they have taken less PTO since the company instituted "unlimited" policy due to the implied threat from HR: 'It's just this weird psychological thing where you feel like youre being watched or judged'

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Micromanager tries to blame project delay on employee after employee reports her to HR: 'She now questions everything I do'

An employee points at a report while the boss critiques it

Employee turns the tables, uses micromanaging boss's own reports to trick her and expose her hypocrisy in her criticism of his work: 'I found the folder online and used her past work verbatim'

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Employee blindsided by manager and HR after demanding "accountability" from their manager over their mishandling of scheduling and workplace accommodations: 'They threatened to fire me if I expressed myself “that way” again'

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Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

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Restraint in the face of temptation is an important skill for professionals: 10+ employees share why it is important not to burn bridges through their own experiences

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Employee refuses to cover shift for coworker Chris, who blamed him for missed email: 'Given what happened in the meeting, I'm not available to cover for you'

An employee resting his arms on his desk holds his glasses in his hand and rests his forehead on his hand in exasperation.

Employee learns that employer is hiring at $18k more than what they're earning for the same job, prompting a defensive response from their manager: 'Someone walking in off the street with zero knowledge of our systems is worth 15k more than me?'

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Daughter takes back her car after repeatedly reminding her mom to save for her own: ‘She had 15 months to save up’

Entitled woman sends nonstop housekeeping complaints while freeloading in her neighbor's apartment while she’s away: ‘She called daily, texted multiple times a day’

Entitled woman sends nonstop housekeeping complaints while freeloading in her neighbor's apartment while she’s away: ‘She called daily, texted multiple times a day’

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

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Manager's unreasonable response startles convenience store employee after they close the store when facing 16-hour shifts alone after coworkers' no-show and manager fails to respond: 'Why is it always my fault for not wanting to work 16 hours'

Manager's unreasonable response startles convenience store employee after they close the store when facing 16-hour shifts alone after coworkers' no-show and manager fails to respond: 'Why is it always my fault for not wanting to work 16 hours'

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