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'Micromanagement isn’t cheap': Manager demands detailed reports from IT consultant regarding their daily work, causing the company's IT bill to double

Bar Mor Hazut

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Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager uses ChatGPT to write employee's performance review, sparking debate on the importance and ethics of having AI handle certain aspects of our work: 'It didn't even understand my role'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets unjustifiably black-balled by the office mean girl after accidentally uno-reversing an insult, then they find a clever workaround to the office politics

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for some extra energy (March 21, 2026)

Elna McHilderson

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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Brad Dickson

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Hardworking 27-year-old stands up to her stepdad in front of her coworkers when he belittles her at a company event

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘You're not going to win this fight’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets even with coworker who "forgot" his wallet every day at lunch time, costing them $180+: 'I started tracking everything'

Remy Millisky

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Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

Bar Mor Hazut

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Incompetent managers get left in the dust after under-appreciated temp quits before the busy season, gets a job that pays $10,000 more: 'I don’t regret quitting'

Cata Holmes

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Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used multiple excuses to block the staff from using the option’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

Brad Dickson

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