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Young worker, early 20s, quits family-owned landscaping job when the 70-year-old owner of the company, whom he has never met, begins sending him scathing emails with false claims: 'Needless to say I quit the next day'

Brad Dickson

Boss demands 16-hour days and weekend work, the employee quits and is thrown by their boss's reaction to their resignation: 'She has us work 12, 14, 16 hour days, weekends, and wishes we could work holidays'

Brad Dickson

New manager targets respected senior technical specialist and threatens him with a PIP, completes more tasks in 2 days than the boss did in 6 weeks before management intervenes: 'I did it over 20 times faster than him'

Brad Dickson

Senior accountant fired unceremoniously despite 6 years of dedicated service and the fact that she had endured a personal crisis 3 weeks earlier, company replaces her with junior staff member: 'They literally fired someone who had no performance issues'

Brad Dickson

Manager demands warehouse employee follow closing checklist to the letter, they comply getting overtime and making the manager late to leave: 'By the time I finished everything, we were almost an hour past closing time'

Brad Dickson

Manager's unreasonable response startles convenience store employee after they close the store when facing 16-hour shifts alone after coworkers' no-show and manager fails to respond: 'Why is it always my fault for not wanting to work 16 hours'

Brad Dickson

55-year-old Gen X dad reacts with disappointment when his 26-year-old daughter tells him she is reducing her work schedule from 6 days a week to 5 days a week and 40 hours: 'In his eyes, wanting 1 extra day to breathe is equivalent to laziness'

Brad Dickson

Remote employee concerned when new ownership pushes Return-to-Office mandate under a new CEO, pushing higher productivity and always-online culture: 'Our past CEO just jumped ship to let the rest of us drown'

Brad Dickson

Company throws anniversary celebration for 5-year veteran worker, then tells him they're giving the promotion he's been promised for 2 years to an external hire: 'The person they hired has less industry experience than me'

Brad Dickson

33-year-old brother-in-law refuses to share his $20K Lotto winnings with his financially irresponsible sister and her husband after they demand a cut: 'He proceeded to waste $520 on scratch-offs'

Brad Dickson

22-year-old nanny quits on the spot and walks out when the mother of the 2 kids demands she take an over 50% pay cut, says she's greedy: 'She would only pay $50 for the entire day'

Brad Dickson

Call center employee avoids being blamed by their manager, Derek, after carefully documenting their manager's conflicting requests and creating a paper trail

Brad Dickson

15+ Smart employees who quit on the spot: 'Best decision I ever made'

Remy Millisky

Employer denies $27 parking reimbursement, employee makes them pay henceforth with 1st class train rides, costing 3 times more 'as per travel expense policy'

Brad Dickson

Manager ignores grocery store worker's availability with Friday night text message, says their personal life shouldn't interfere with work : 'I make $14 an hour stocking shelves'

Brad Dickson

Top-performing star technician quiet quits and begins "working to rule," weaponizing company policy after being repeatedly passed up for promotion: 'Update: After 6 months, they've finally noticed that the quality of my work has dropped

Brad Dickson