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‘I wasn’t allowed to call out sick’: Employee scores a $14,000 severance after his boss denies him sick days and refuses to acknowledge a legitimate doctor's note

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They proceeded to fire me': Server cards belligerent underaged kid in her section and kicks him out, is fired after he leaves 1-star review

Elna McHilderson

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'My boss has their OWN climate controlled office': Boss forces rest of office to sit their preference of freezing cold temperatures

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'At the end of the month everyone was behind': Strict policy enforcement results in malicious compliance to derail micromanaging boss

'He did not budge and bow down to my boss's demands': Employee refuses to sell out, rejects truckloads of material against boss's wishes

'He did not budge and bow down to my boss's demands': Employee refuses to sell out, rejects truckloads of material against boss's wishes

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'I asked 37 times for a promotion': Employee follows his supervisor's advice to get a promotion, ends up irking the CEO and getting fired instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I'm not working a minute of overtime!': Supervisor targets top performing mechanic due to five minute hold up; supervisor gets fired

'I'm not working a minute of overtime!': Supervisor targets top-performing mechanic due to five minute hold up; supervisor gets fired

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'Why am I not surprised you wrote this?': Karen's undeserved 1-star review gets picked apart by the restaurant's owner

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'No natural light, all day long': Worker quits job because of dismal 'Open Plan' office

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'Someone at work [felt] targeted': HR gets involved when joke about office 'White Elephant' exchange goes wrong

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'1 month later I'm getting phone calls asking for help': Worker gets laid off by employer who panics after things go sideways

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'My average mileage is 90% greater': Nitpicky new management tries to dispute a flat-rate, $1,000 stipend for a traveling employee; he retaliates by increasing his mileage and doubling his payout

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I can't fire him, because he's my boss': Customer lets her kid wreak havoc in store because she's 'the owner's daughter'

'I can't fire him, because he's my boss': Customer lets her kid wreak havoc in pool store because she's 'the owner's daughter'

'[I] caused a 30,000+ order backup': 30+ Employees who had strange and unexpected days at work

'[I] caused a 30,000+ order backup': 30+ Employees who had strange and unexpected days at work

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'His [timesheet] was cut by 7 hours to make up for the overtime': Hardworking employee goes above and beyond to cover understaffed shifts; gets his hours cut by cheapskate boss as a ‘thank you’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'd like to rescind my application': Candidate rescind's application over interviewer's impolite email

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Sister gives up inherited land to brother, then demands to have it back after property values skyrocket: 'Now that it’s valuable, they want it back'

Sister gives up inherited land to brother, then demands to have it back after property values skyrocket: 'Now that it’s valuable, they want it back'

Manager schedules ‘mandatory’ staff meeting during the day, night shift employee shows up in sleepwear to send him a message: ’[It] cut into my sleep schedule’

Manager schedules ‘mandatory’ staff meeting during the day, night shift employee shows up in sleepwear to send him a message: ’[It] cut into my sleep schedule’

Management bans an employee from being friends with her coworkers, then complains she isn’t friendly enough with the new hires: ‘I've been called yesterday with 2 managers and the CEO. Needless to say I fell off my chair’

Management bans an employee from being friends with her coworkers, then complains she isn’t friendly enough with the new hires: ‘I've been called yesterday with 2 managers and the CEO. Needless to say I fell off my chair’

‘Sure, I'll think outside the box’: Corporate employee is fed up with workplace jargon, so he takes his boss's advice literally during an important client presentation

‘Sure, I'll think outside the box’: Corporate employee is fed up with workplace jargon, so he takes his boss's advice literally during an important client presentation

‘The gloves were off’: Couple purchases seats on either side of man in an empty theater, so he teaches them a lesson by ways of popcorn, candy, and commentary

‘The gloves were off’: Couple purchases seats on either side of man in an empty theater, so he teaches them a lesson by ways of popcorn, candy, and commentary

Guy spends 45 minutes shoveling 8 inches of snow from cars, neighbor steals his parking space: 'I must have poured about 10 gallons of water on his car... it sat like that overnight'

Guy spends 45 minutes shoveling 8 inches of snow from cars, neighbor steals his parking space: 'I must have poured about 10 gallons of water on his car... it sat like that overnight'

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