Stepping Up to the Task
Submitter Simon came up with this fix when the fence blew down while his parents were out of town.
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UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities
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36-year-old employee frustrated at the lack of upward mobility after being stuck in the same job for 5 years due to aging bosses' refusal to retire: 'My manager is 71. Been in his role for 19 years.'
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Healthcare worker catches virus on the job, refuses to work 2 extra weeks after being fired under strict attendance policy: 'Finally I just told her if I wasn’t fired then I quit!'
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Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’
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Handshake deal between boss and employee for a bonus in exchange for doing the boss's work goes sideways when the boss suddenly leaves and the new boss refuses to uphold it: 'I was successfully fulfilling my role and extra work'
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