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Employee Always Early, System Says They're Late, Boss Freaks Out

A worker was called into their manager immediately called took them aside and warned them that they were accruing a sizeable number of tardies. The thing is… the worker is always early. However, when the clock-in system fails, they end up clocking in late.
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Viral Thread: Manager Tells Worker to Find Cover or Delay Putting Their Dog Down, Worker Quits

They took the third option.
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Manager Gaslights Owner Into Giving Employees More PTO

Very nice! Great success!
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School Fires Teacher When They Try to Give Notice, So They "Burn" Their Grade Book and All Records

A teacher gave notice and was swiftly fired by a vindictive principal, who then wanted access to their teaching records. The teacher taught a night class part-time “just for some extra cash.” They taught this class for a few days every week in addition to their full-time role and the local high school. They report that they enjoyed their time at this school until a new principal came on board. After handling constant nitpicking about insignificant things, they had had enough. The teacher, Reddi…
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Double Revenge: Worker Complains About Terrible Coworker to Mom, Mom Tells Them to Harden Up, They Orchestrate Them Working Together

Two birds with one stone.
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Manager Has a Meltdown and Fires Guy Over His Two Week Notice, Guy Threatens to Have Company Vehicle Towed

Not the most mature reaction...
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Insane Interviewer Insists on Interviewing Over Text, Offended By "Unprofessional Response"

If you're conducting an interview via text messaging and want to complain about something being unprofessional, oh boy, do you have a rude wake-up call ahead of you. When u/Coconut_Groove posted their details to an online recruitment service, they were contacted by this hiring manager who was looking to recruit for a position. The position was offering to pay $9.95 an hour in Montana, which has a lower than $10 minimum wage. u/Coconut_Groove knew they weren't going to be interested in the posit…
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Worker Gets Warning For Using Bathroom, Wants to Sue

This worker got a verbal warning for taking a bathroom break which then led to being served a disciplinary action form for wasting time. They've taken to the popular r/antiwork subreddit with a photo of the post to share their experience and seek advice. Amidst the usual r/antiwork comment menagerie a user claiming to be an employment lawyer, u/Older_Wiser_Maybe responded. “Employment lawyer here: First, Only one of the instances referenced in the disciplinary action has to do with a bathroom b…
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Guy Gets Fired, Then Employer Asks For Status Updates

Imagine getting fired from your position only to then receive texts enquiring as to the status of certain aspects of your role. Well, Redditor u/ScooterBobb didn't have to imagine this as this bizarre scenario became a reality for them after their boss texted them trying to figure out whether or not they had placed orders and conducted an inventory for the coming week. The original poster submitted screenshots of the text to both the r/kitchenconfidential and r/ antiwork subredddits. Both threa…
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"No Snack" Rule Technicality Snafu Drives Worker to Quit Pedantic Boss

It was the snack that broke the camel's back.
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Viral Thread: Boss Fires Confused Employee Via Email, Twenty Minutes After Closing With Them

An employee closed with their manager, who said nothing out of the ordinary to them but sent an email 20 minutes later telling them that they were being let go from their position.
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Insane Company Policy Revokes Tips and Reduces Wages of Outgoing Employees

That's just coercion...
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Good Guy Employer Gives Unexpected Raises to Match Salaries of New Hires, Internet Applauds

This employer is doing something right!
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Insane Manager Tells Mother She Can't Miss Work to Stay With Her Dying Child, Gets Fired

Commenters say she was fired shortly after this went viral.
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IT Manager Explains to Clueless Directors Why Abolishing WFH is Causing Staff to Leave

It's time companies started coming to terms with this.
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Unlucky Employee Finds HIS Job Listed Online, Owner Secretly Looking to Replace Them

That's rough, buddy.
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