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‘She goes through my calendar hoping she [can] find things to “manage”’: Manager insists employee fakes their productivity for the sake of seeming ‘professional’, but employee hypothesizes that their manager isn't as productive as she seems

‘The bank's call center manager personally called me’: Bank freezes man’s account for over a month due to clerk’s error, ignores his calls, so he floods their social media with complaints and they come running

‘The bank's call center manager personally called me’: Bank freezes man’s account for over a month due to clerk’s error, ignores his calls, so he floods their social media with complaints and they come running

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Boss berates employee in front of entire team after they miss a detail in a report, then blames employee for project's delay, pushing employee to quit: ‘No one should be treated like that’

Boss berates employee in front of entire team after they miss a detail in a report, then blames employee for project's delay, pushing employee to quit: ‘No one should be treated like that’

'The judge actually congratulated me': Boss forces full-time employee to sign a freelance contract, then fires them illegally seven months later, employee gathers all the evidence to win in court

'The judge actually congratulated me': Boss forces full-time employee to sign a freelance contract, then fires them illegally seven months later, employee gathers all the evidence to win in court

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'Employee of the year' secretly working 3 jobs gets video of speech posted on LinkedIn and YouTube: 'I had to... ask them to get it removed'

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Warehouse workers comply with a strict hair-length policy of "can't touch the collar", by wearing increasingly absurd wigs, forcing management to eventually drop the rule: 'The wigs became more and more ridiculous'

Warehouse workers comply with a strict hair-length policy of "can't touch the collar", by wearing increasingly absurd wigs, forcing management to eventually drop the rule: 'The wigs became more and more ridiculous'

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‘She was "jealous of my motherhood"’: Coworker becomes ‘obsessed’ with colleague's pregnancy and sneakily attempts to make an ultrasound appointment to find out the gender of her baby, despite the colleague repeatedly declining her ‘help’

'Everyone is replaceable': Boss refuses to give hardworking employee a raise, claiming he can find someone else to do the job if needed, employee quits and proves boss wrong

'Everyone is replaceable': Boss refuses to give hardworking employee a raise, claiming he can find someone else to do the job if needed, employee quits and proves boss wrong

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New boss refuses to acknowledge engineering contractor's resignation or even discuss renewing their contract, tries to dictate their own bizarre notice terms: 'I've just decided your last day will be 2 months from now'

'I've felt absolutely euphoric': New transfer gets treated poorly by entitled coworker, gets revenge by helping the newest hires get 100% of their commission

'I've felt absolutely euphoric': New transfer gets treated poorly by entitled coworker, gets revenge by helping the newest hires get 100% of their commission

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Boss goes on record claiming it's legal to fire employees for discussing their wages after two coworkers discover their pay is not the same, company lawyer and HR get involved: ‘It causes distress to the agency’

Boss goes on record claiming it's legal to fire employees for discussing their wages after two coworkers discover their pay is not the same, company lawyer and HR get involved: ‘It causes distress to the agency’

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'I worked at a place that gave you "points"... Every sick day:' Employees share the most non-functional sick leave policies they've had to work with

'I worked at a place that gave you "points"... Every sick day:' Employees share the most non-functional sick leave policies they've had to work with

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20+ Employers who talked with bizarre job candidates: 'She didn't understand we weren't going to hire her'

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‘The judge actually congratulated me and my lawyer’: Boss exploits employee using a fake freelancing contract and then fires her without warning, so she takes them to court for violating labor laws

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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"

"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"

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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

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Staff treats newly hired restaurant server like trash and rushes him during his 1-hour break after a 12-hour shift, so he quits effective immediately: ‘This was my last straw.’

Staff treats newly hired restaurant server like trash and rushes him during his 1-hour break after a 12-hour shift, so he quits effective immediately: ‘This was my last straw.’

Tenant locks and unplugs neighbor's laundry machine after he kept taking other people's clothes out before the cycle was finished: 'Learn to pay for your [own] laundry!'

Tenant locks and unplugs neighbor's laundry machine after he kept taking other people's clothes out before the cycle was finished: 'Learn to pay for your [own] laundry!'

Employee turns the tables, uses micromanaging boss's own reports to trick her and expose her hypocrisy in her criticism of his work: 'I found the folder online and used her past work verbatim'

Employee turns the tables, uses micromanaging boss's own reports to trick her and expose her hypocrisy in her criticism of his work: 'I found the folder online and used her past work verbatim'

24-year-old tells shy best friend Emily that her 25-year-old BF Tyler is about to propose to her: 'I'm in the middle of their relationship drama'

24-year-old tells shy best friend Emily that her 25-year-old BF Tyler is about to propose to her: 'I'm in the middle of their relationship drama'

Boss demands that employees remain at their desks and tell him what they're doing every time they get up, they comply and message him so often that he is forced to reverse the order: 'Last week I sent him 9 messages in one day'

Boss demands that employees remain at their desks and tell him what they're doing every time they get up, they comply and message him so often that he is forced to reverse the order: 'Last week I sent him 9 messages in one day'

Employee gets doctor's note to excuse them from being on-camera during video calls, boss balks at their excuse: 'This is completely unacceptable in my opinion'

Employee gets doctor's note to excuse them from being on-camera during video calls, boss balks at their excuse: 'This is completely unacceptable in my opinion'

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