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Company requests employees to ‘donate’ PTO to colleagues affected by the LA wildfires to ’make up’ for hours lost: ’[This is] just so the company doesn't hurt, not their people’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee rejects entitled 28-year-old job applicant after he lied on resume and demanded outrageous salary: 'He would be lucky if someone paid him half that sum'

Isabella Penn

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Young worker complaining about burnout after one year of 9-5 sparks wave of sarcastic responses: ‘Welcome to adulthood. You get used to it after the first couple of decades

Etai Eshet

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Employee demands boss demote his coworker so that he could take their job, coworker finds out but decides to do nothing about it: ‘I'm letting him sink himself’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New manager falls afoul of own strict working rules: '[He] had to [reschedule] his holiday by one day [...] while his family left as [scheduled]'

Brad Dickson

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Managers repeatedly disrespect employees' privacy thinking closed-door etiquette doesn’t apply to them double down when confronted: ‘Whatever you’re saying is management’s business’

Etai Eshet

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Working mom defies the odds, paying off a $160,000 loan after juggling two full-time jobs and a toddler for 12 months: ‘Here’s to new beginnings'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee pranks messy coworker by unplugging and putting an ‘out of service’ sign on the office microwave, keeping the appliance clean for all but her to use

Lana DeGaetano

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Micromanager locks office supply closet to ‘save costs’ for company, employees retaliate by flooding her with emails requesting supplies: ‘Need a single paperclip? Email’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company boss ignores months of warnings then blames engineer when disaster strikes, loses talented employee to competitor paying $30k more

Etai Eshet

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Manager calls employee ‘ungrateful’ after she expects to be paid for working overtime: ‘I'm so tired of this mindset’

Lana DeGaetano

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Brand new employee mortified by their interruption to video call: 'I let out a loud, audible sigh'

Remy Millisky

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20+ Petty workplace dramas that got the whole office gossiping: 'Patricia stole my stapler and is denying it'

Remy Millisky

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Accountant accidentally makes employee eat expensive meals during work trips: '$60 is more than $40'

Remy Millisky

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‘Okay, then I'm gonna take the other job’: Employee tries to quit his job but is interrupted by boss's unwarranted nagging, so he shows up to his next shift and quits on the spot

Lana DeGaetano

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Construction workers build home backwards to comply with impolite architect's instructions: 'I'm in charge here! You don't have the right to question me'

Remy Millisky

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