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‘"No OT! No exceptions!". Sure thing boss man’: New manager bans all overtime, leading to understaffed production lines, losing $120,000 in a day, and gets fired only three months into job

Etai Eshet

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'Serves him right.': Controlling factory manager left high and dry after being disrespectful to underpaid supervisor who no-shows while he's on vacation, sales come to a halt

Elna McHilderson

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'Got fired and was told that I’m easily replaceable. So I fixed that': Fired worker takes $60k client from old job

Remy Millisky

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‘It was difficult not to pull a smug face’: Overworked employee gets heat from coworkers for leaving early, agrees to normal hours which now makes his coworkers even more overworked

Elna McHilderson

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Employee admits to coworker she's the reason they resigned from their job, after months of doing all her neglected tasks: ‘I couldn't continue working with her’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss tells supervisor they have to work 2 extra hours every day or quit, totaling an extra 10 hours of unpaid work every week: 'HR backed my supervisor up. They agreed.'

Brad Dickson

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'No call-outs or missed shifts for ANY REASON': Newly-hired employee spots red flags in hiring contract

Remy Millisky

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‘It literally feels like she's having a breakdown’: Coworker has a ‘temper tantrum’ after employee turns in their resignation, employee implores fellow corporate soldiers to share their worst coworker stories

Lana DeGaetano

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‘"You can pay the heat bill then"’: Coworker turns on office heat in the peak of the summer and employee opens the window to stay cool, but the coworker continues to complain despite having a heating pad and space heater

Lana DeGaetano

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‘[My] "Coming out of your introvert shell" moment’: Quiet 51-year-old employee finally let's the office ‘Karen’ have it when she yells about parking, gets her fired 2 complaints later

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker convinces clueless new boss to give her a fellow teacher's job because it pays $1.5k more, can't handle it: 'She's getting my 1.5K stipend now, but I no longer have to deal with extra meetings, extra parent phone calls, miscommunication, etc.'

Brad Dickson

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‘"You knew I could hear you, right?" and he said "Huh?"’: Coworker Darron accidentally answers call on Truck Bluetooth, trashes colleague without knowing she can hear him

Etai Eshet

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‘I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it’: Fellow teacher grabs leadership role from a colleague, then learns she can’t handle the parents and spreadsheets it involves

Etai Eshet

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‘This isn't company policy...’: Employee happily resigns from job due to ‘toxic company culture’ and boss demands to know sensitive details about their next role, even though no other coworkers faced the same fate

Lana DeGaetano

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‘"I'm not sure about him… I think he's like, a video gamer"’: Job applicant finds out he isn't hired because the hiring team profiled him as a ‘video gamer’, all thanks to an Otter.AI meeting transcription

Lana DeGaetano

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'She’s mastered the optics game': Coworker treats office like "theater show", always taking credit for coworkers' work and verbalizing how great she is, causing office tension when managers undeservingly applaud her

Emma Saven

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