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‘We fired… A customer!’: Arts and crafts store employees share times they had to ban customers who were regular Karens

‘We fired… A customer!’: Arts and crafts store employees share times they had to ban customers who were regular Karens

Arts & Craft stores seem to attract a lot of Karens…
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Boss demands overworked employees stop taking breaks after she finds out they submitted tasks late, claiming: ‘Breaks are a privilege’

Boss demands overworked employees stop taking breaks after she finds out they submitted tasks late, claiming: ‘Breaks are a privilege’

This is a reminder that not every single minute of your life should be spent being productive. It is okay to take breaks, it is okay to sleep in, and it is okay to shut your brain off for a few minutes and let yourself simply rest. Life is not that serious, and you deserve a break when you need one. Even if you are at work, and the pressure is getting to you, it is crucial to remember that taking a break is just as important as working, and it is not something anyone should give up on. The empl…
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Remote software engineer completes their work in 25 hours with 30% above average productivity, wonders if they're wrong for not for doing so: 'I average 200-250 tickets a month'

This guy is living the life that many people wish that they had; instead of being stuck on site or in the office for 40 hours a week, he has managed to finish his work in only 25 hours, even taking showers during meetings to cut down on personal responsibilities. "The dream," as some may call it, though there are debatable ethics involved in doing this. On the one hand, if you're completing your tasks and even performing well above standard, Is there really any problem with doing this? Even wit…
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'I can't just take your word for it': Entitled guest tries to check in under false name, front desk clerk refuses to comply, sparking heated debate in hotel lobby

'I can't just take your word for it': Entitled guest tries to check in under false name, front desk clerk refuses to comply, sparking heated debate in hotel lobby

It's never simple to work in the customer service sector. You frequently interact with a wide range of individuals and are never sure what to anticipate. Having said that, given the obvious drawbacks of this line of work, there must be some benefits, right? The account following was written by an irate front desk clerk. The original poster (OP) has a very lengthy history of employment in the hospitality sector. Even though at first things were going quite well, as expected, all it takes is one…
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'How could you not foresee this?': Manager forbids security guard from letting visitors enter office without his approval, guard complies, causing manager to miss important meeting when he fails to answer his phone

'How could you not foresee this?': Manager forbids security guard from letting visitors enter office without his approval, guard complies, causing manager to miss important meeting when he fails to answer his phone

Some people simply don't have common sense, or even the smallest ability to predict the consequences of their absurd decisions and actions. Unfortunately, a lot of those people end up in high management positions. That means that anyone who has to answer to those managers, sometimes has to comply with unreasonable demands they know would end in disaster, but there is not much they can do about it. Take the manager in this Reddit story for example. They decided to forbid their security guard fro…
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'What are you going to do, fire me?': After employee hands in their notice, micromanager forces them to fire other coworkers out of spite, employee refuses to comply

'What are you going to do, fire me?': After employee hands in their notice, micromanager forces them to fire other coworkers out of spite, employee refuses to comply

Once you know you are quitting your job, every single thing you do until your last day can be up to you completely. As soon as you hand in your notice to your boss, you have the right to say 'no' to every task they ask of you, because what is the worst that will happen if you say no, they fire you? The cat is completely out of the bag by that point. Especially if the tasks the boss asks of you are basically their dirty work. For example – After the employee (OP, original poster) in this Reddit…
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'Get your priorities straight... NOW': Teacher ditches work after getting berated by an insensitive boss so that he can attend to his injured wife in the hospital

What's more important: Work or your wife?
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 Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

In the business world, the response is never a resounding no—rather, it's always ‘Sure, let me see how I can make that happen. When you think like this, you should be taken into consideration for future initiatives rather than being the person who needs to be fired. We recognize that corporate policies can be convoluted, but ultimately, don’t blame the players, blame the game. The story that follows is about a crafty employee. The original poster (OP) has a long history of employment with the s…
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Manager told to stay and finish report works 20 hours and gets the next day off and a huge payout: 'Stay until it's done'

“You're going to stay here until it's finished,” is a command usually reserved for unruly children who are refusing to eat their vegetables at dinner. It's not the sort of thing you'd expect to hear as an adult at work.
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'I do around 1-3 hours of actual work per week': Executive assistant earning $200k per year pulls back the curtain on high-end corporate babysitting

If you ask a preschooler what their dream job is, they'll probably say they want to be an astronaut, a fireman, or a dinosaur trainer. But once a kid grows up, has their first minimum wage job, and becomes a real adult, our career priorities shift a little bit. After slogging through a 40-hour workweek, peeling off your socks after a double shift, or when you're simply burnt out, suddenly, a high-paying job where you work a few hours per week starts to sound really good.
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retail employee is subjected to chaos when management reverses staff roles, clueless supervisors find out for themselves that their ideas are better on paper than in practice

‘Short staffed? No problem’: Management implements major changes to tourist attraction employee roles, chaos ensues when staff is unaware of standard procedures

Some ideas are better in theory than in reality.
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A Wallet Full of the Crisp Work Memes to Help You Negotiate a Higher Salary

A Wallet Full of Crisp Work Memes to Help You Negotiate a Higher Salary

You're not the only one who gets nervous when it's time to ask for a raise, let these memes ease your anxieties!
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'Turn my service off, RIGHT NOW... Ok.': Customer demands their service be disconnected immediately, customer service rep complies

Demanding customers are the worst, but let's be honest, we've all probably been one at some point. Sometimes, you just need to put a little pressure and weight behind your requests in order to ensure your needs are heard through the muffled din of tedious bureaucratic process. This is true now more than ever with more and more corporations choosing to employ fewer customer service workers, relying on automated systems to weed out requests before anyone ever needs to lift a finger. Of course, by…
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'Dracula voices at [the] drive thru': 20+ People who got fired from their jobs

'Dracula voices at [the] drive thru': 20+ People who got fired from their jobs

Listen, I just think you should be able to take a drive-thru order in whichever voice you feel like. The employees at fast food restaurants get super unbelievably bored of saying the same, “Hi, how can I help you?” phrase over and over. After you say it dozens of times per day, you start to hate the phrase. Why not change it up a little? One person replying to this hilarious thread did just that, but sadly, they got canned for their creativity.
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'Staff... mutually agreed to give this person exactly what they asked for': Micromanager creates strict new rules for employees, sparking a "great resignation"

'Staff... mutually agreed to give this person exactly what they asked for': Micromanager creates strict new rules for employees, sparking a "great resignation"

After running the company alone for a while, this worker was having trouble letting go of their responsibilities. Next, check out some freshly baked bread and cake mistakes , get ‘em while they’re hot!
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‘[One] was just my beard…’: Employee uses annoying company policy as a chance to troll managers with ‘stupid’ pictures, gets exempted from policy

‘[One] was just my beard…’: Employee uses annoying company policy as a chance to troll managers with ‘stupid’ pictures, gets exempted from policy

“I still see everyone else taking pictures when they come in, but for some strange reason I’ve been exempted…”
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