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'Out of spite... I decided to take a leave for a whole month': Manager in training told for 6 months she would not be hired, HR steps in with a sweet deal

Elna McHilderson

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'We don't need to check the design': Builder tries to warn fuel company that their blueprints were flawed, they tell him to 'get building'

Remy Millisky

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'I was smiling/laughing too much': Dude decides it's time to update his resume when boss calls him in for a 1:1 just for smiling

Elna McHilderson

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'Cut my hours? Enjoy the fraud charges': Employer gets boss fired and charged for cutting their hours

Brad Dickson

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‘She expected us to chase him’: Karen leaves her purse outside a store, then blames entire staff inside when it's taken

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘That’s your problem, not mine': Micromanaging boss gets flustered when they realize they have no control over employees's PTO; gets put in their place

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I wasn’t allowed to call out sick’: Employee scores a $14,000 severance after his boss denies him sick days and refuses to acknowledge a legitimate doctor's note

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They proceeded to fire me': Server cards belligerent underaged kid in her section and kicks him out, is fired after he leaves 1-star review

Elna McHilderson

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'My boss has their OWN climate controlled office': Boss forces rest of office to sit their preference of freezing cold temperatures

Brad Dickson

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'At the end of the month everyone was behind': Strict policy enforcement results in malicious compliance to derail micromanaging boss

Brad Dickson

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'He did not budge and bow down to my boss's demands': Employee refuses to sell out, rejects truckloads of material against boss's wishes

Remy Millisky

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'I asked 37 times for a promotion': Employee follows his supervisor's advice to get a promotion, ends up irking the CEO and getting fired instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'm not working a minute of overtime!': Supervisor targets top-performing mechanic due to five minute hold up; supervisor gets fired

Sienna Varady

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'Why am I not surprised you wrote this?': Karen's undeserved 1-star review gets picked apart by the restaurant's owner

Brad Dickson

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'No natural light, all day long': Worker quits job because of dismal 'Open Plan' office

Brad Dickson

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'Someone at work [felt] targeted': HR gets involved when joke about office 'White Elephant' exchange goes wrong

Brad Dickson

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