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'I got fired and cost the store approximately $30,000': Retail employee refuses to work two jobs at once, boss doesn't realize they quit

'I got fired and cost the store approximately $30,000': Retail employee refuses to work two jobs at once, boss doesn't realize they quit

This person really knows when to walk away from a job that's no good for them anymore. They happen to have impeccable timing! Some managers at retail stores will do the absolute bare minimum. A lot of them have been in retail for ages, and they feel they've earned the privilege of getting off the sales floor and cocooning themself in a back room to goof off for their whole shift. It's apparently their prerogative to do so… but their employees aren't happy about it! Instead of getting help from…
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employee forced to sign official reprimand because toxic management expects them work outside of their normal shift hours because a selfish co-worker was a no-show

‘It's not my responsibility to work shifts that aren't assigned to me’: Employee wrongfully reprimanded by entitled management after refusing to work overtime for a no-show co-worker

“They made me sign some official reprimand and put it in my file.”
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'Now that is some worker solidarity': Entire restaurant quits after one worker is called out for dress code violation

'Now that is some worker solidarity': Entire restaurant quits after one worker is called out for dress code violation

This restaurant was so strict that these workers just couldn't take it anymore. There's only so much you can ask from someone before they finally call it quits and decide to find employment somewhere better. Next up, there are a ton of bizarre things for sale online , like one person who's getting rid of their “Free rooster… I'm scared to go near him, he's aggressive towards people.” What a deal!
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Employee gets caught running a program that automates their entire job, leading to an unexpected conversation with IT: ‘I was hoping they would offer me a job’

Employee gets caught running a program that automates their entire job, leading to an unexpected conversation with IT: ‘I was hoping they would offer me a job’

Some people are worried about the prospects of AI taking over their jobs, fearing the day that their skills would become useless. Then there are people who actively try to find a way a computer would be able to do their entire job so that they would not actually have to work. But if you do manage to find a way to get an automatic program to do all your work, you better keep that information a secret, because if someone at your workplace were to find out, it might not look good for your future t…
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'I said no': Manager ‘rewards’ top-preforming employee with more workload but no raise, they purposely lower their work pace to spite them

'I said no': Manager ‘rewards’ top-preforming employee with more workload but no raise, they purposely lower their work pace to spite them

They say ‘The truth will set you free’, but they must have never had to work for a company that doesn't care at all about what you really think. If employees try to be honest and tell the truth to their employers, it will most likely get them in trouble, which would only result in those employees probably wishing they kept the truth to themselves. But there are some employees out there who might say that being honest is the best way forward in the workplace, much like the employee in this Reddi…
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'My boss... asked me if he could borrow $1000': 25+ Bosses who had ridiculous requests for their employees

Bosses can ask their employees to do the most ridiculous things, even when it falls outside of their job description. A lot of job descriptions will list out all of the daily tasks the employee is expected to do. Then, there will be a line that says something like, “Additional tasks as needed.” That leaves a lot of room for a manager to request help with things that their employees really shouldn't be doing, but will be strong-armed into doing anyway. The people answering u/thekutsi's questions…
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'I just shrug and go back to my work': A Karen and a nice lady ask the same question, employee helps the nice lady, but sends the Karen on a wild goose chase

'I just shrug and go back to my work': A Karen and a nice lady ask the same question, employee helps the nice lady, but sends the Karen on a wild goose chase

A little patience can go a long way.
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After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

It's never simple to work in the service sector. However, working in the service industry under incompetent managers' oversight and without the ability to take breaks is even worse. An employee's explanation of their frustration is provided below. The original poster (OP) is the manager of the local auto parts store. Unless someone else has been appointed to take their place, managers are not permitted to leave the store or take a lunch break. When his supervisors began requesting that he work…
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'Fine. I'm out': Jealous professor demands student stop helping other members of staff saying that they're "too involved," student backs off causing havoc

Not one of us is as infallible as we'd like to think. Draw a line in the sand for where you think you've been right or wrong in disagreements in your life and then take a couple of steps backward. That perspective will probably show you that you're not really as “corect” as you might think and that line is probably closer to where you're now standing. After all, we're all determinately fastened into our own narritaves and tend to have
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male Karen customer berates employee because the system booked him for a suite that isn't open until 2025, continues to verbally harass her even though it wasn't her fault

‘You're useless anyway’: Entitled customer repeatedly scolds front desk employee, claims that "his" Presidential Suite was taken despite the room having been booked until 2025

“He yelled at me through the phone and said that he has the right to HIS presidential suite...”
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'You're fired... now give us all the passwords': Retail manager realizes they're going to be fired, decides to mess with company passwords

Wanna know how long you can make a password ? Go ahead, guess. Apparently, in the various Google applications, you can make a password that's up to 100 characters long! Just imagine how long it would take to type out such an abomination of a password… Sentences like this one right here are exactly 100 characters long, typing that password is a chore! Now that you have an appreciation for the sinister art of making a super crazy long password, you can appreciate this now-deleted user's post to r…
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'[The company] will be charged at $20000 annually': IT guy forced to work from an office where they can't work as part of their company's "Return to Office" strategy, stalling productivity and incurring massive expenses

For the purpose of readability on this one, keep in mind that “MNC” is likely “Multi-National Corporation,” and “grandfather” is likely just a translational error of the author referring to their boss' boss.
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entitled karen customer in the wild won't let employee speak a full sentence, leading her to not get her savings card scanned and paying $85 more in groceries

‘Tell me the total NOW!’: Grocery store Karen customer pays $85 dollars more in groceries because she kept verbally cutting off employee

Service workers have the power to help you save (or lose) money.
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‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

What are the professional rules on “take-backsies”?
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'Take a hike': Employee refuses to give entitled coworker rides to work after he mocks her car, leading to a dispute in the office

'Take a hike': Employee refuses to give entitled coworker rides to work after he mocks her car, leading to a dispute in the office

Regardless of whether or not you have a car, driving with a carpool to work can be a very positive experience. First, you can save time by using the carpool lane, not to mention it is much better for the environment. Second, you can save a lot of money by not paying for gas alone. But perhaps the most positive thing you can get out of carpool is the company. It is greatly beneficial to have someone to talk to, gossip about topics you can't discuss in the office, and simply bond beyond the work…
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'My new coworker needs to be fired': Office worker asks for advice for dealing with a technologically illiterate nepo-hire

'My new coworker needs to be fired': Office worker asks for advice for dealing with a technologically illiterate nepo-hire

This person has had it up to here with their new coworker . They shared that they were feeling conflicted about how to proceed after realizing that this new hire is pretty bad with computers. The new coworker in this story was a nepo-hire , brought into the job just because she was a long-time friend of the company's CEO. Instead of hiring a worker for their skills, the company chose to bring on this woman without actually having her demonstrate any computer competency first. Computers aren't l…
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