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'I was looking forward to a 70% pay bump': Employee jeopardizes a promotion after getting caught by the CEO playing Pokémon Go on his phone

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Entitled boss furious when employee doesn't come in for work after instructing employee to stay home: 'I was joking'

Isabella Penn

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Retail employee forced to work 20 hours unpaid due to daytime managers incompetence, ends up taking matters into her own hands next time: ‘[They're] not ready to play nice’

Elna McHilderson

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'I can barely afford food': Pre-law intern making $14/hour gets badgered by their out-of-touch boss to buy a designer purse worth a month's salary

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'If you’re going to talk a big game... be sure you can play it': Assembly line worker insists he can do the job of two workers, coworker calls his bluff

Remy Millisky

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'Oh, people like to work late': 20+ Workplace red flags that scream, "Don't work here"

Remy Millisky

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'I stopped going the extra mile': Gen X employee finds peace when he quiet quits after realizing his workplace reality

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Employees weren't happy with their wage': Department head informs employees she'd deduct their wages if she could, demands they "be mindful"

Remy Millisky

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'She accused me of not having a true goal for my career': Job candidate pushes back after hiring manager goes from praising work experience to insulting it during interview

Isabella Penn

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'You fire one of us, you fire all of us': Senior staff member fired for arriving late, coworkers band together to rehire the underappreciated worker

Sienna Varady

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'Manager changed my schedule as a power move': "Control freak" manager tells employee to get over their new hours, regrets it days later

Remy Millisky

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'She was livid from the moment she walked in': 15+ Crazy customer chronicles told by retail workers

Remy Millisky

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'I got paid an extra $30 for literally doing nothing': Retail worker maliciously complies with manager's rules about clocking out

Remy Millisky

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'I played along': New employee accidentally bosses around his supervisor

Remy Millisky

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'You should have thought about it sooner': Nanny arrives at new job and immediately gets sick, boss refuses to give her a day off

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker contacted by shocked HR months after being told they'd been laid off in case of mistaken identity: 'It took them almost TWO months to realize'

Brad Dickson

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