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CEO buys ‘luxury throne’ while HR refuses to buy chair for employee with back problems, employee protests: ‘His chair costs more than my rent’

CEO buys ‘luxury throne’ for his office while HR refuses to buy new chair for employee with back problems, employee protests: ‘His new chair costs more than my monthly rent’

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Boss lectures an employee about taking “personal calls” on their break, then gets burned when the employee start screening their calls: 'I let it go to voicemail'

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'I've been pretending to understand my job for 8 months': Employee admits they have no idea how to do their job as boss demands they lead presentation

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Unqualified employee pretends to do job for 8 months, fears she'll get caught when her boss asks her to lead a meeting: 'I've been surviving entirely on confident nodding.'

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Boss asks employee why she didn't respond to the message he sent at 10 PM on a Tuesday: 'When did we all agree that being available 24/7 was normal?'

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Employee on vacation finds out they're getting fired after boss schedules the wrong meeting: ‘It doesn't take a detective or scientist to figure out’

Employee on vacation finds out they're getting fired after boss schedules the wrong meeting: ‘It doesn't take a detective or scientist to figure out’

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Boss reprimands employee for leaving at 5:10 when his hours are 8:30-5: 'It's the worst work culture I've ever encountered'

Coworker takes credit for employee's project in front of whole department, employee proves he's lying, leading to coworker's removal from project: ‘I started keeping receipts’

Coworker takes credit for employee's project in front of whole department, employee proves he's lying, leading to coworker's removal from project: ‘I started keeping receipts’

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Job fires beloved 70-year-old boss who has been at the company for 50 years without giving any severance: 'They gave people who worked here for 2 years severance in December, but not him.'

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Computer store boss ignores $110k debt, gambles at the casino and ignores employee concerns: 'The creditors are lining up to seize the equipment'

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Printing company demands manager increases morale while mandating 12-hour days, gets annoyed when he hosts paper plane competition: 'You did what?'

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Company spends $263,000 a year on engineering team’s daily meeting instead of letting them work: ‘Decisions made during standup: zero’

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Job applicant meets hiring manager who was his firing manager 2 years ago, and manages to get job offer nonetheless: ‘Walked into a final round interview and the hiring manager was the person who fired me two years ago’

Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’, employee shuns forced socialization in the workplace: ‘[I] keep my personal life private’

Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’ and employee pushes back on forced socialization in the workplace: ‘I prefer to keep my personal life private’

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Parking garage sends employee home for wearing his military-issued pants and boots in the snow: 'They said dress warm today, so that's exactly what I did.'

Boss tries to pin stock discrepancy on team, only to be proven wrong by employee who documented everything: ‘He did not bring it up again’

Boss tries to pin stock discrepancy on team, only to be proven wrong by employee who documented everything: ‘He did not bring it up again’