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“Your boss isn’t traveling 190 miles just to fire you’: 17 calming reactions to a scared employee spiraling over a lunch invite

“Your boss isn’t traveling 190 miles just to fire you’: 17 calming reactions to a scared employee spiraling over a lunch invite

Woman realizes she's about to get fired after only 2 days on the job, records the firing and finagles 8-weeks severance: ‘The VP… was in tears’

Woman realizes she's about to get fired after only 2 days on the job, records the firing and finagles 8-weeks severance: ‘The VP… was in tears’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

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20+ Employees who quit their toxic jobs on the spot, surprising their bosses: 'I really needed that job... but I didn't need to be treated that way'

Incompetent manager costs company 100x more by approving fraudulent claim, tries to skirt blame but employee has proof of his written approval: ‘A few days later [he] gets the sack’

Incompetent manager costs company 100x more by approving incorrect claim, tries to skirt blame but employee has proof of his written approval: ‘A few days later [he] gets the [fired]’

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker sends entire office into fabricated crisis looking for “missing” item she hid to teach one worker a lesson: ‘I honestly don’t know whether to be annoyed or just baffled’

Coworker sends entire office into fabricated crisis looking for “missing” item she hid to teach one worker a lesson: ‘I honestly don’t know whether to be annoyed or just baffled’

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22-year-old employee emails company CEO each time coworkers don't answer their emails, asks if it's a "big deal": 'You [are] being high maintenance'

Manager turns an approved short vacation into layoff ultimatum, leaving 5-year-strong loyal employee stuck and unsure: ‘I've worked every holiday, hardly call out or request days off, picked up shifts, and never had any issues’

Manager turns an approved short vacation into layoff ultimatum, leaving 5-year-strong loyal employee stuck and unsure: ‘I've worked every holiday, hardly call out or request days off, picked up shifts, and never had any issues’

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‘We each got a bobble head of one of the executives’: 20+ Employees share the worst bonuses they've received from their jobs

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Mechanic flirts with customer, customer's partner discovers text messages: 'He should be fired for this'

'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

'We are still waiting’: Manager demands employees wait for her approval to start closing restaurant, leading manager to pay them overtime when she forgets to follow through

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20+ Employees who got fired on the spot: 'Everyone was fired in one fell swoop'

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Manager lands employee in hot water with coworkers after failing to communicate tasks effectively and quits soon after, employee sends them a clever ‘parting gift’

‘I had a job offer in hand and was preparing to start work, when I get a call from HR that the offer has been rescinded’: Boss gives a poor reference to a former employee, costing them a new position within the company

‘I had a job offer in hand and was preparing to start work, when I get a call from HR that the offer has been rescinded’: Boss gives a poor reference to a former employee, costing them a new position within the company

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‘She shamed my coworkers’: Loyal client defends a sales employee after the entire office neglects their birthday, shaming a company that supposedly ‘celebrates everyone’

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I got got': Customer boarders on entitled, but eventually wins over employee and gets $50 store credit

'I got got': Customer boarders on entitled, but eventually wins over employee and gets $50 store credit

Elna McHilderson

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Landlord charges longtime tenants a $10,000 renovation bill for a 1989 California apartment after they move out, using minor damage to make them pay for a full unit upgrade he was planning anyway

Landlord charges longtime tenants a $10,000 renovation bill for a 1989 California apartment after they move out, using minor damage to make them pay for a full unit upgrade he was planning anyway

16-year-old caring for 14, 11, and 9-year-old siblings stops watching the other kids after parents dismiss his feelings: 'They said as the oldest, they have high expectations for me'

16-year-old caring for 14, 11, and 9-year-old siblings stops watching the other kids after parents dismiss his feelings: 'They said as the oldest, they have high expectations for me'

Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

Blue-collar employee quits on the spot after being talked over and offered a lowball raise, is the 11th person to quit in 8 months: ‘I finally cut him off and told him I was quitting.’

Blue-collar employee quits on the spot after being talked over and offered a lowball raise, is the 11th person to quit in 8 months: ‘I finally cut him off and told him I was quitting.’

'I owe the HOA 1 cent': Resident of 20+ years in the neighborhood refuses to pay the $0.01 he owes in HOA fees on principle

'I owe the HOA 1 cent': Resident of 20+ years in the neighborhood refuses to pay the $0.01 he owes in HOA fees on principle

Homeowner shoveling snow for the neighborhood is confronted by neighbor who assumes he has been hired by the HOA and demands he clear her walkway: 'I've been waiting for my walkway to be shoveled out. Are you going to do it today?'

Homeowner shoveling snow for the neighborhood is confronted by neighbor who assumes he has been hired by the HOA and demands he clear her walkway: 'I've been waiting for my walkway to be shoveled out. Are you going to do it today?'

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