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Candidate spends 6 weeks and 4 interview rounds as top pick for a role that was frozen two months before he even applied, nobody told recruiting: ‘[The] role was frozen before I even applied.’

Inés Soubrie

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Ex-Employee Uses Fake Reference Check to Catch Their Former Boss Tarnishing Their Name to Potential Hiring Companies

Bar Mor Hazut

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College cafeteria employee gets back at micromanaging manager with just a $2 gas station-bought coffee: 'Best day at work ever!'

Elna McHilderson

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15+ Clever employees who quit on the spot

Remy Millisky

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Biotech Professional Has It with Incompetent Supervisor, So He Comes Up with 'Fool Proof' System That Forces Him to Work an Extra 2-3 Hours a Day for 3 Months

Elna McHilderson

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Company installs tracking software that checks employees' mouse movements to determine productivity, until one employee proves the system is faulty: ‘He told me to wiggle my mouse’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Candidate shares salary expectations on startup screening call, recruiter laughs and says "that's cute," she hangs up immediately and gets a better offer days later: ‘I said “I don't think we're aligned, thanks for your time" and hit leave.'

Inés Soubrie

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Employee gets offer from rival company, decides to take the job, until current company gets word of it and demands employee stay: ‘Please be joking'

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘We are not concerned with your personal life’: Intern gets fired on first day after leaving office 15 minutes after shift ends and refusing to return at 8 PM

Cata Holmes

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'I've seen someone fake a frozen screen': 25 Clever employees refusing to be on screen for video calls

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Job candidate denies job offer after they sit through an interview without being asked a single question by the hiring manager: ‘He told me to be quiet’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager abandons factory floor workers to fend for themselves when 90 degree heatwave sweeps the plant, says overworked and overtired employee, they resign giving their 2 weeks' notice: 'After getting a promotion, I got a 1 dollar raise'

Brad Dickson

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People share times they finagled companies into paying them for doing 0 work: 'The truth is, I'm at home not even thinking about [work].'

Elna McHilderson

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In-office manager tries to lie his way into a room during yearly in-person meeting for remote workers, takes team 15 minutes to prove he's full of it: ‘Enter entitled manager… at 2pm.’

Elna McHilderson

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Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Former employee keeps getting asked to fix problems after leaving company, discovers why his old managers still can’t function without him: 'She doesn’t understand anything at all'

Cata Holmes

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