workplace

'Don't try to stiff a small business': Local laundromat owner holds a client's order hostage when they try to bail on their $1,700 weekly invoice

Jesse Kessenheimer

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26-year-old fresh employee complains about burnout after 4 months of work, getting first taste of being a self-sustaining adult: ‘I can’t do mental work for 8 hours in a day, I feel like I can handle like 3, 4 hours max’

Etai Eshet

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Small company owner belittled for the last time, fires project manager on the spot for acting like he owns the place: 'I'm sorry, but who is paying his salary?'

Elna McHilderson

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‘She spent over $300 JUST on decorations…': Well-off manager throws last-minute retirement party, requests staff reimburse her even though half weren't even able to attend

Elna McHilderson

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Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out boss for unlawful practice

Lana DeGaetano

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Recruiter sends job-seeking employee’s CV to their current boss, leading to increased micromanagement and workplace anxiety

Etai Eshet

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'Sorry, it’s 5:00. Let’s pick this up tomorrow': Employee ditches work every day at 5:01, maliciously complying with an over-disciplined manager's shortsighted scheduling demands

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Job candidate gets told to leave the interview after they ask to eat lunch in the office instead of going out with the team: ‘You didn't pass the vibe check’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss scraps bonuses and cuts employees' pay to build $140,000 pool pushing them to plan their swim to freedom: ‘I was praised for being the #1 earner then in the next breath said no more bonuses’

Etai Eshet

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Employee quits bad job, leaves piles of work for their impolite boss: 'I will never forget the expression of defeat in his face at the last day'

Remy Millisky

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Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

Bar Mor Hazut

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Woman finds out she’s not part of the boys’ club when her all-male team plans a Cabo getaway without her, leaving her to process their expense reports and her own exclusion: ‘ I thought I was a part of their team, but it’s now clear that I’m not’

Etai Eshet

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Boss fires 22-year-old employee from first job after only six months, pushing her to question her career path: ‘All that hard work just to end up back in square one’

Etai Eshet

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Company forces employees to bring food for their own appreciation meal, get pizza instead when they try to report overtime: 'Does this [...] company expect 150 contractors to donate 3 or more hours of their personal time for their own appreciation meal?'

Brad Dickson

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Person brings lunch to work, coworkers keep taking it, person refuses to share and faces backlash from coworkers: 'It’s basic respect not to expect someone to share their lunch every day'

Baiz Hoen

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