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45-minutes before closing, VP demands employees cannot clock out until ALL emails are answered, employee maliciously complies: ‘I had 46 unread emails… Only 2 were actual client questions.’

Elna McHilderson

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Jealous boss informs HR of a completely permissible after-work get-together that her employees attended, only because she wasn't invited herself: "[She] made a complaint that she was being ostracized’

Lana DeGaetano

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18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

Brad Dickson

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Guy gets fired on the spot for not giving in to owner's spoiled daughter, his replacement steals money and boss beg's for old employee back: 'I politely declined.'

Elna McHilderson

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18-year-old retail employee gets scolded for being 6 minutes late to work, then takes their manager's demands literally as payback: ‘If you can’t be here on time, don't come in at all—so I didn't'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Helped my former boss get fired': Former employee gets entitled ex-boss audited three years after getting wrongfully dismissed

Ben Weiss

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Boss questions employee's work ethic when they work from home for one day despite working their previously agreed upon WFH days from the office: 'You want me to honor my in-office-days? Okay, but you'll be forced to honor my WFH-days'

Brad Dickson

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‘I never said I was taking his shift’: Entitled coworker assumes fellow employee will take his shift without receiving confirmation, then sneakily tells boss they found shift coverage

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

Ben Weiss

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Employee 4 months into their new job loses 2 days of PTO over an 18 minute lunch break disagreement: '[Boss] told me I took time off on company time and there would be discipline to follow'

Brad Dickson

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New hire shows up 15 minutes late and insists he 'doesn't take orders': 'By 3 PM his keycard didn't work any more'

Remy Millisky

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Top employee of 10 years finally reaches her wits end, quits and leaves with just a ‘good luck’ from the company: ‘10 years and [that's] all my boss could muster??’

Elna McHilderson

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New hire reserves office microwave for 30 minutes every day for dietary reasons, ends up getting banned by HR from using it after unplugging it to keep others out: 'But... the microwave was free'

Isabella Penn

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Employees discover coworker is pretending to have a twin to skip meetings: 'The only difference was that he wore glasses and a beanie'

Remy Millisky

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