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‘I’ve been with this company for 20 years and this is how they’re doing me’: New managers try to force 20-year employee to quit after a department merger, piling on extra work and inventing dress code and shoe violations

Etai Eshet

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (November 8, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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'Coworker quit by hitting the resign button in Workday': Employee of 4 years quits without notifying anyone, 2 days pass before managers realize

Remy Millisky

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Boss brings donuts to the office as a reward to the employees, only to get upset when one employee eats a whole donut: ‘He started cutting them all in half’

Bar Mor Hazut

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CEO of 7-month start-up takes only company credit card to Bali, refuses to make remote purchases or approve expenses while away, blocking software renewals, buying new hire’s laptop, and event catering for the month: 'Said he's busy and to figure it out'

Emma Saven

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‘I got her fired’: Employee refuses to cover for coworker's shift, so coworker lies to boss about finding a cover, gets fired when no one arrives at work

Bar Mor Hazut

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Coworker is caught stealing 2 gallons of milk from the office kitchen, uncovering a string of behavior from multiple office thieves: ‘Doing their Costco run at work’

Lana DeGaetano

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Hiring manager demands candidate send a “thank-you video” to the team after their interview, candidate refuses: ‘That’s one way to filter out people with dignity’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Clingy best friend-turned-colleague treats work like a high school hangout, flooding her lawyer friend with gossip, personal oversharing, and nonstop distractions: ‘I can't stand her anymore, so I muted her on everything’

Etai Eshet

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‘I am not free labor’: Data analyst gets voluntold to be the new unpaid “morale lead” for HR's office's culture-boosting protocol, but she refuses because she was never asked

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Senior designer quits over 6 years of denied raises, refuses boss's demand to train less-experienced replacement when discovering she's earning $20K more than her salary for the same job: 'Willing to pay new employee significantly more than a loyal one'

Emma Saven

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'Coworker called out for a week, but stopped by to pick up her birthday cake': Employees baffled by coworker who takes off 5 days for "muscle spasms," then feels better in time for birthday treats

Remy Millisky

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Company denies data analyst raise after he automates 70% of daily tasks with Python, boss orders him to stop, as it's making his coworkers “look bad”, he later discovers they hired someone else for the same automation role: 'Paying 20k more than I make'

Emma Saven

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‘I struggled to keep from smiling on the call': Remote employee offered an 8-month severance package just days before quitting when their company initiates a return-to-office mandate

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Top performing sales employee caught scamming the internal employee rewards system, pocketing an extra $20 that costs them their job: 'Internal theft is internal theft'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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15 Managers who fired employees for making huge mistakes: 'We know what you've been stealing!'

Remy Millisky

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