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"I told my boss I couldn't come in": Company refuses to allow new HR manager to work hybrid, despite promising him a few work-from-home days in interview, when he questions them, they threaten to "re-evaluate his fit"

Emma Saven

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'Cool, I’ll just stand here then': Nitpicky retail manager tells their 18-year-old part-time employee not to touch anything without permission, so the teen maliciously complies by doing nothing at work

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I have to give it to him...': Entitled manager gets humbled after claiming employee is lazy but couldn't keep up with her duties, gets upper management to give her more staff

Elna McHilderson

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Retail boss tells assistant manager that "everyone's replaceable" when they ask for their first raise in 3 years, business struggles after they quit: 'Turns out, he was wrong'

Brad Dickson

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A Midday Lunch of 20+ Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Over-worked staff left questioning "legality", after boss tells employees to run errands using their personal cars, without reimbursement for expenses: 'Using our own gas and putting wear on our personal vehicles'

Emma Saven

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‘This was just one guy's way of feeling powerful’: Semi truck driver gets denied by building supply store clerk for being 6 minutes late after driving a Drywall delivery from New Hampshire to New Jersey

Etai Eshet

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‘I'm not like regular customers’: Entitled lady demands cashier waive store's policy because she is an executive member and “rules don't apply to her”, cashier refuses

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss demands IT send "detailed daily reports" for everything little task they do on the job, IT sends an 87-page novel in response: ‘8:02 AM: Logged into system’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee's access to software gets revoked by IT, so they send IT a list of all the tasks they need to take over: ‘Within 30 minutes, the decision was reversed and I had my access back’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘25 minutes later I get a freaked-out phone call from the head tech at the US HQ’: Remote worker ordered to return equipment mid-project maliciously complies, sending US HQ of a European manufacturer into panic until they drop the recall

Etai Eshet

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Outside hire production manager declares 'No Overtime! No exceptions!' production stalls costing the company $120k: '[He] lasted about 3 months [after that]'

Brad Dickson

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Employee grows tired of coworker who keeps "borrowing" their phone charger without asking, swaps it with an old charger to force coworker to stop: 'He finally brought his own'

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I stood up and told her "I'm done with this conversation" and walked out’: Boss promises big opportunities, then pushes a star employee out of the loop, favoring two junior minions she hired to flatter her

Etai Eshet

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'I'm naming names': Interviewee gets completely roasted during a “mean girl”-style job interview, then reports the snobby interviewers to their HR department

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Stop texting me after 9pm': 41-year-old businesswoman asserts her power over an entitled CEO after he crosses a line of professionalism, she gets legal involved and puts him in his place

Jesse Kessenheimer

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