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[We put it] right between two of the bases in the baseball field': Engineer told to blindly obey boss's orders, obliges, obstructing client's baseball infield

Brad Dickson

'I'm firing you on the spot': Employees demand raises after seven years with the same pay, boss responds by firing all of them

Ben Weiss

The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (August 21, 2023)

Ally Perry

'Now I want to quit even more': Boss ignores employee's PTO request for family emergency but makes her perform other tasks

Ben Weiss

'Early is on time, on time is late': Boss accuses employee of being the 'queen of tardiness,' employee stands her ground

Ben Weiss

'More money for me and my cats': Overworked and underpaid employee triumphantly throws in the towel, finding a higher paying job and leaving his exploitative boss in a lurch

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Job wrote me up... [So] I wrote back': Employee works position he's untrained for with assurance his "best" will do, claps back when he gets written up anyways

Elna McHilderson

'This was a massive waste of my time': Cashier forced to get a doctor's note so she can drink water during her shift, doctor writes savage takedown of management

Ben Weiss

'I made a spreadsheet that tells me when to stop working': Hotshot employee vows supreme mediocrity as payback after getting punished for going above-and-beyond

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Under special talents was, "Owns own gorilla suit"': 35+ Hiring managers who couldn't stop laughing at interviewee's resumes

Remy Millisky

'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm': HR makes a mistake with new employee's contract, employee refuses to let them change it

Ben Weiss

'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

Ben Weiss

'This guy generates $1M+ in sales': High-performing salesman requests a replacement for a $15 computer part; boss refuses until it's ‘completely broken’, salesman retaliates by smashing his equipment

Jesse Kessenheimer

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

Ben Weiss

'[Coworker] hasn't told him that he's leaving': Employee debates telling boss that coworker has found a new job

Remy Millisky

'Don't believe I have the flu?': Night shift worker forced to come into work despite illness, maliciously complies and gets sick in front of boss

Ben Weiss