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'That was blatantly a work-related activity': PT assistant bills his boss double-overtime after he instructs hourly employees to wash work towels on their own time at home, gets the policy revoked overnight

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee insists on bringing his girlfriend on a work trip, only for coworkers to shut him down and refuse to let her come: ‘She’s not part of the team, and this isn’t a vacation’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee refuses to cover coworker's shift after discovering she lied about being sick to get out of work, manager takes coworker's side: ‘They are now mad at me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Fired employee refuses to provide former boss with a code to access their system, blocks boss to keep him from reaching out: ‘I ignored him completely’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss fires employee for taking a sick day on the spot via text, sending business spiraling down: ‘Their income dropped over 30% since they fired me’

Etai Eshet

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20+ Workers who knew they were about to get fired for their workplace mistakes: 'I basically made [my boss] lose his entire day of work'

Remy Millisky

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Upper management bans above-average reviews to avoid raises, pushing employees to question why they should even try: ‘I was shocked when I got a “met expectations,” 3/5 across the board’

Etai Eshet

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Nepo-hire project manager tries to outwit his engineer, leading to a construction site failure that costs millions, engineer provides email receipts to prove his innocence to management: ‘He was sacked… Even his uncle couldn’t save him'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I was pulled into a meeting with my boss’s boss, where I got yelled at’: 30-year-old coworker cries over not being invited to casual conversation then takes it to HR as an exclusion case

Etai Eshet

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‘Let your subordinates do their job!': New army commander demands to see every single report made, so nightshift soldiers call her 50 times a night

Elna McHilderson

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IT worker told to stop wasting time helping their coworkers, IT tickets get out of control when all the small problems are no longer getting fixed: 'Everyone was quietly enjoying the fact that Boss's ridiculous policy had backfired spectacularly'

Brad Dickson

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Boss insists employees wear full uniform in 100-degree heat, security guard collapses and workplace gets robbed: 'My work gave me a bonus'

Isabella Penn

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'I felt sorry for his son's future': Rich friend turns favor into free labor, bossing his friend and making him take orders from his entitled kid

Etai Eshet

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'Proof or not, there’s a perspective you are not at work': Boss accuses a hybrid employee of skipping work, so they respond with detailed daily reports of all of their activity, boss backtracks immediately

Jesse Kessenheimer

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65-year-old loud coworker insults teammates with her “jokes”, blames them for being sensitive: ‘I’ve seen her be completely clueless, baffled when people are hurt’

Etai Eshet

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Custodian notices something off with cleaner being used but random Karen employee demands 'no other cleaner will do,' office becomes barely breathable: 'Well, that's her problem'

Elna McHilderson

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