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These are the type of stories we're likely to hear more often from now on: employees performing heroic tasks in defense of human beings in the fight against bots. It's not that the bots are mean, bots don't have intentions, it's that they are sometimes created only for optimising companies' expenses and needs, and not for helping us, their confused and tired customers.

Employee is forced to talk to customer service bot instead of a person and ends up developing another bot to run up the company’s AI bill: 'Maybe they'll provide customer service now, instead of foisting the responsibility on a chatbot.'

From afar, it's easy to say that someone could use this or that opportunity to improve themselves, and that the person will likely find another job in no time if needed; but when you're in the midst of it, depending economically on a boss that seems to want so much more from you than you can actually provide in the present moment, going to work every dan can turn into an anxiety-filled odissey.

Boss expects junior new hire to perform like an employee with 10 years of experience: 'I don't even know what my actual job description means anymore.'

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UPDATE: New employee decides to quit job after finding out they were hired to do a 3-person job that has nothing to do with their own role

UPDATE: New employee decides to quit job after finding out they were hired to do a 3-person job that has nothing to do with their own role

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Employee expresses guilt for looking for another job while on the clock, gets told to stop worrying and focus on the job search: ‘Nobody cares’

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Guy who started his own business starts behaving like he forgot what it's like to be an employee: 'The things he asks of me after hours and on my personal time... you'd think the guy never worked for anyone in his life'

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Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

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Employee takes over desk at work by leaving his trash all the time, coworker adds even more trash to it until manager notices and intervenes: ‘No more camping at the desks’

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