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Worker offered “promotion” without additional compensation, finds a new job and takes half the team with him: 'Another company offered him the same management role—with actual compensation'

'[I] was given no respect at this job. So I gave no respect in return': Employee quits without notice in petty email to boss, leaving company scrambling

'[I] was given no respect at this job. So I gave no respect in return': Employee quits without notice in petty email to boss, leaving company scrambling

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Engineer cashes in on a $5k work bonus and leaves his company high-and-dry after two years of underpayment, lands a $54/hr role: ‘I had gone above and beyond my duties’

Underpaid engineer cashes in on a $5k work bonus and calls it quits on job when they land a better $54/hr role: ‘I had gone above and beyond my duties’

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20+ Out of touch people who acted entitled: 'Just buy the place you're renting'

Two managers trash-talk employee forgetting they’re in a group chat, panic and scramble to delete their patronizing comments after being called out: ‘my self-esteem at work has decreased massively due to these women’

Two managers trash-talk employee forgetting they’re in a group chat, panic and scramble to delete their patronizing comments after being called out: ‘my self-esteem at work has decreased massively due to these women’

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Server gets $2500 tip from kind customer, only for manager to refuse to process it, server accuses restaurant of stealing: 'Corporate will likely void it instead of giving it to me'

Server gets $2500 tip from kind customer, only for manager to refuse to process it, server accuses restaurant of stealing: 'Corporate will likely void it instead of giving it to me'

Boss tells employee he can get a raise only if they fire someone else, sending him looking for different workplace: ‘Boss started laughing about it.”

Boss tells employee he can get a raise only if they fire someone else, sending him looking for different workplace: ‘Boss started laughing about it.”

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$1.5 million quote goes unfinished thanks to a bad office internet connection and rigid remote work policy: 'Ah, well. If only I could go home to use my working internet'

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Employee attempts to sabotage coworker's promotion by taking important files from their desk, coworker finds out, secretly records him in the act to show HR: 'I got proof'

Employee attempts to sabotage coworker's promotion by taking important files from their desk, coworker finds out, secretly records him in the act to show HR: 'I got proof'

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‘Oops’: Bean-counting manager slashes company travel budget, gets his comeuppance after his own horrendous ‘budget’ business trip ends up costing double in changed flights, sketchy motels, and missed meetings

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Sharing a win!’: Employees share their ‘low-energy, give-nothing-personal-away' techniques in dealing with a toxic manager

‘Sharing a win!’: Employees share their ‘low-energy, give-nothing-personal-away' techniques in dealing with a toxic manager

Elna McHilderson

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New manager put a three-year employee with good reviews on a PIP, claimed past performance issues that didn’t exist, then threatened them for asking questions: ‘He needs to assert dominance by making an example of me’

New manager put a three-year employee with good reviews on a PIP, claimed past performance issues that didn’t exist, then threatened them for asking questions: ‘He needs to assert dominance by making an example of me’

‘Message heard loud and clear’: Auto employee maliciously complies with arrogant boss's orders, almost costs the auto shop a crucial client as a result

‘Message heard loud and clear’: Auto employee maliciously complies with arrogant boss's orders, almost costs the auto shop a crucial client as a result

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Grocery store boss flips out on employee, employee surprises him with 2 days notice: '[He] couldn't understand why'

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Hospital employee outs new coworker's laziness when he doesn't dispose of an overflowing bin of medical waste over the weekend: ‘I decided to set a trap’

‘I decided to set a trap’: Hospital employee outs new hire's laziness when he doesn't dispose of an overflowing bin of medical waste over the weekend

Boss cuts pay and eliminates benefits to punish an employee who asked for more money and took medical leave, forcing them to either quit or work at a loss: ‘She just doesn't want me to be able to apply for unemployment’

Boss cuts pay and eliminates benefits to punish an employee who asked for more money and took medical leave, forcing them to either quit or work at a loss: ‘She just doesn't want me to be able to apply for unemployment’

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'Social etiquette at a waterpark: am I wrong?': Family of 5, 8, 14, and 15-year-old kids confronted by waterpark guests who want to take their chairs

'Social etiquette at a waterpark: am I wrong?': Family of 5, 8, 14, and 15-year-old kids confronted by waterpark guests who want to take their chairs

‘This would not only violate the terms of a 55+ community HOA, but is also a very delusional’: 42-year-old woman pushes her mother-in-law to purchase a Florida retirement home in her name for her to rent, then stops speaking to her after being told no

‘This would not only violate the terms of a 55+ community HOA, but is also a very delusional’: 42-year-old woman pushes her mother-in-law to purchase a Florida retirement home in her name for her to rent, then stops speaking to her after being told no

Entitled HOA board member fines new resident over planting flowers, resident goes above her head and gets the fine removed: 'This board member clearly thinks her personal taste = law'

Entitled HOA board member fines new resident over planting flowers, resident goes above her head and gets the fine removed: 'This board member clearly thinks her personal taste = law'

16-year-old quits job to stop paying for 10, 8, 7, and 5-year-old siblings: '[My parents] told me I should understand life isn't always equal'

16-year-old quits job to stop paying for 10, 8, 7, and 5-year-old siblings: '[My parents] told me I should understand life isn't always equal'

UPDATE: 'I chose to leave. I gave his ring back and told him we’re done': 27-year-old calls off engagement after her fiancé insists on buying a remote cottage 3 hours away from her job, risking her career

UPDATE: 'I chose to leave. I gave his ring back and told him we’re done': 27-year-old calls off engagement after her fiancé insists on buying a remote cottage 3 hours away from her job, risking her career

After being dismissed by an eBay seller, buyer discovers the seller is listing restricted medical devices, reports $18,000 worth of violations, leading to the seller's removal: 'eBay has an entire policy banning these'

After being dismissed by an eBay seller, buyer discovers the seller is listing restricted medical devices, reports $18,000 worth of violations, leading to the seller's removal: 'eBay has an entire policy banning these'

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