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PhD student, fed up with her caffeinated coworker Anne, plans to take back her coffee maker when she graduates, leaving Anne to brew alone: ‘She stopped making coffee at her home because she knows she can make it at work. I am her source of caffeine’

Etai Eshet

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'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee loses days of PTO for taking an hour for lunch: 'I finally decided to treat myself and go to lunch one day...I received an email that I will be losing 2 days of PTO.'

Christiana Maimone

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Envious coworker is upset that his supervisor gets remote work privileges, then proceeds to bad-mouth the supervisor to their shared client while under the influence: ‘Coworker was promptly fired’

Lana DeGaetano

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Salaried employee takes a 1hr 18 minute lunch, is docked 2 days of PTO in retaliation: 'There is no specific lunch break time'

JR Atkinson

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'I'm just doing my job': Front desk receptionist detains the CEO in the lobby for security approval after a company-wide email puts them on blast for the new 'NO EXCEPTIONS' policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

Ben Weiss

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Boss pressures employee to postpone PTO due to upcoming project deadline, employee refuses, citing HR policy: 'Managers are responsible for planning around employee availability'

Ben Weiss

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18-year-old retail employee gets scolded for being 6 minutes late to work, then takes their manager's demands literally as payback: ‘If you can’t be here on time, don't come in at all—so I didn't'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Non-tech manager gets power hunger with IT department, ends up eating his own tail when employees maliciously comply and anger company's VP: ‘[He] thought it was a Fortune 500.’

Elna McHilderson

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18-year-old barista refuses to speak after her manager says she's not paid to talk to her coworkers: 'I went completely silent. No greetings. No “excuse me.” Just silent working robot mode.'

Emmy Pratt

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Top employee of 10 years finally reaches her wits end, quits and leaves with just a ‘good luck’ from the company: ‘10 years and [that's] all my boss could muster??’

Elna McHilderson

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Hardworking lawyer shows up to work hours before everyone else and still gets fired: 'The three hours early riser put in before the sun was up did not count, because no one was there to see them.'

Christiana Maimone

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‘The most corporate sounding story ever!': New management expects IT employee to be multiple places at once, maliciously complies, takes a 3-week vacation, and quits, company folds

Elna McHilderson

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Boss fires new employee for pointing out labor law violations, not offering 30-minute lunch: 'In less than 40 min, I was completely removed from the schedule'

JR Atkinson

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Employee works 75 hour weeks with unpaid overtime, boss complains about them being inefficient: 'Without me overextending myself, the problems quickly grew'

Ally Perry

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