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‘Good worker quits, it signals to others it's time’: 15 Employees discuss times they or their coworkers quit and started mass exoduses

Lana DeGaetano

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Apathetic boss calls employee ‘overdramatic’ for taking a PTO day after they put down their sick family cat, employee reports boss to HR: ‘The way my boss handled this was just unacceptable’

Lana DeGaetano

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'[I was] wildly conspicuously overdressed': Employee wears formalwear to a casual office after a micromanager complains about his dress code-compliant clothing, ends up getting his boss demoted by the CEO

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Ex-professional female wrestler starts working hotel nightshift, ‘wrestles’ her way to general manager: ‘[She] was a bit rough around the edges… was pleased to see [her rise].’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee gets fired after 'mean girls' office bros sabotage her work, leaves office chaotically unorganized: 'Unusable unless you spend hours digging. A perfect mess.'

Elna McHilderson

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‘[After] two shifts, I'm on the 4th season of Righteous Gemstones': Bored employee turns their cubicle into a binge-watching haven after management forces them to endure 12-hour shifts without any work to do

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Restaurant employee is ostracized after speaking up about the manager's newborn baby being in the kitchen during working hours: ‘Holy OSHA violation’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I decided to be petty': Boss tells employee to dress better, so he wears a full suit out of spite and gets boss demoted by the CEO

Isabella Penn

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Carpooling coworker loses it after employee makes her late for work so she can cuddle with her cat for 15 more minutes: 'That animal is my baby!'

Ben Weiss

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‘Anywhoodles, I told the GM I’m done': Family-owned hotel blames everything on the only non-family-member employee, finally quits after the ‘last straw’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee punished for underperforming for 1 day after over-performing for 2 years, stops doing the extra work they had been doing: 'I handle 40 cases, my daily requirement, and then I do NOTHING for the rest of my shift'

Brad Dickson

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Restaurant customer sees maintenance man standing on food prep area, is told workers "usually" clean the area: 'Is this standard procedure?'

Remy Millisky

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‘I have to watch her get paid to do nothing’: Animal shelter employee is fed up with slacker coworker who refuses to pick up after cats and dogs

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom and pop shop ignores employees concerns, exact issue ensues: 'That was my first taste of, “maybe being a manager doesn't mean you have all the answers”.'

Elna McHilderson

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New railroad manager costs the company $940k in just 6 weeks while trying to save $700 after ignoring the advice of experienced workers: 'If my boss isn't going to have my back, I'm not going to stop this inevitable disaster'

Brad Dickson

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26-year-old "loyal client" spends $460 on waxing services, waxer closes shop doors and refuses to refund her: 'Just sue her... slam dunk case'

Remy Millisky

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