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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]'

Brad Dickson

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

Remy Millisky

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

Remy Millisky

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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

Remy Millisky

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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!!"'

Brad Dickson

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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'

Brad Dickson

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

Ben Weiss

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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'

Brad Dickson

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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'

Brad Dickson

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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'

Brad Dickson

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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

Brad Dickson

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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'

Remy Millisky

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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?'

Brad Dickson

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15+ Employees who were fired for odd reasons: 'He stole a sandwich from the director of safety'

Remy Millisky

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Employee accepts 18k raise and promotion, quickly finds himself wishing he was back in his old job because of the increased time, stress, and responsibility: 'Now I spend 60% of my time in meetings'

Brad Dickson

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Student working retail declines to cover coworker's shift, leaving them wondering about whether or not they should be covering every shift they are requested to cover: 'They didn’t get mad, but they were clearly annoyed'

Brad Dickson

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