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'If you're on time, you are late': Employee starts showing up 30 minutes before shift to be paid overtime after boss claims being on time is not good enough

'If you're on time, you are late': Employee starts showing up 30 minutes before shift to be paid overtime after boss claims being on time is not good enough

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Employee gets fired on the spot after giving their 2-week notice, boss then calls them later begging them to come back and finish out their notice period: 'I gave 2 weeks' notice. They fired me on the spot, then begged me to finish the week'

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Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

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20+ Bosses whose petty rules backfired: 'Sorry, boss, as per your rules, we are off until 1 PM, no exceptions'

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Employee tricks his lackadaisical coworker, Seth, into self-sabotage, exposing that he hasn't been doing his own work and making others do it for him: 'He got lambasted for [messing] up such an important project and was put on temporary leave without pay'

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Non-profit organization accuses web designer of being greedy after she refuses to volunteer her designs for free: ‘We're a charity, don't you want to help us?’

Non-profit organization accuses web designer of being greedy after she refuses to volunteer her designs for free: ‘We're a charity, don't you want to help us?’

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

20-year-old almost college-graduated digital marketer is tired of her “corporate girlie” era and is brought to tears every Monday as her dream job turns out to be hours of commute to an uninspired office, to do no meaningful work: ‘all I wanna do is cry’

20-year-old almost college-graduated digital marketer is tired of her “corporate girlie” era and is brought to tears every Monday as her dream job turns out to be hours of commute to an uninspired office, to do no meaningful work: ‘all I wanna do is cry’

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‘HR manager couldn’t remember the name of their health insurance provider’: Interview veterans share their interview red flags that made them run for the hills and refuse the job offer

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Labourer told "just do your job" while running boss's entire manufacturing operation and doing 4 jobs after the other 3 workers quit, they oblige and quickly put the company under: ‘[In] 3 weeks the company ended up going into liquidation’

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'70% of their staff quit': 20+ Job quitters who left their toxic jobs

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17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

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‘I am ready to burn all bridges’: Entitled boss expects freshly let-go employee to do more work and train their replacement in the 2 months they have left at the company

Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

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18-year-old working her first job takes her loafing coworker up on his offer after he tells her to "do it herself", takes his job after doing his work for him: 'I’m doing it myself now. With a raise'

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University employee tells off toxic CFO after being denied $2,000 bonus: '2 can play that game!'

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Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

35-year-old daughter dumbfounded by her aging father's demand that she take her 9-year-old half-brother on vacation to France with her family and own 8 and 4-year-old children: 'We wanted the trip to be just us and our kids'

35-year-old daughter dumbfounded by her aging father's demand that she take her 9-year-old half-brother on vacation to France with her family and own 8 and 4-year-old children: 'We wanted the trip to be just us and our kids'

35-year-old woman shares her chosen baby name with her 38-year-old sister, sister has her baby first and takes it, woman stands on principle and uses the name anyway: 'My sister is very annoyed that I followed through with the name'

35-year-old woman shares her chosen baby name with her 38-year-old sister, sister has her baby first and takes it, woman stands on principle and uses the name anyway: 'My sister is very annoyed that I followed through with the name'

New homeowner does late-night DIY renovations, dismisses neighbors’ complaints, until they take it to the council and get the noise rules changed: 'Now, work has to stop by 8:00 PM'

New homeowner does late-night DIY renovations, dismisses neighbors’ complaints, until they take it to the council and get the noise rules changed: 'Now, work has to stop by 8:00 PM'

Cousins share a good laugh at the expense of entitled lady at the hardware store who tries to get one of them fired, even though he doesn't work there: ‘[She] looks between us like her brain is buffering.’

Cousins share a good laugh at the expense of entitled lady at the hardware store who tries to get one of them fired, even though he doesn't work there: ‘[She] looks between us like her brain is buffering.’

28-year-old homeowner takes action to get even with bad driver neighbor: 'Our wall wasn't the only thing being damaged'

28-year-old homeowner takes action to get even with bad driver neighbor: 'Our wall wasn't the only thing being damaged'

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