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HR manager replaces $40 stipend with strict mileage rules to save money, gets buried in paperwork after employee submits 10-page MapQuest receipts for every 3-mile trip: 'Game on'

Isabella Penn

'I don't work for free': Factory supervisor demands workers arrive an hour early to shift, yet refuses to pay for it, resulting in a rebellion after one employee refuses

Bar Mor Hazut

15 Interview Memes for Job Candidates Who Embellished Their Resumes a Bit Too Much

Ben Weiss

Supermarket stock worker sets a precarious chocolate bar trap, deliberately overloading shelves after a snarky demand from a manager: 'Like a cocoa avalanche waiting to happen'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Manager scolds game developer for deviating from script to find errors, complies and ignores major bug: 'No deviations. Just follow the document as written'

Ben Weiss

Business owner fires employee over minor disagreement, employee's stepson gets payback years later by refusing owner's request to work with him: ‘Do you remember my stepdad?’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘My boss stole my bag and threw it away’: Boss tosses employee’s bag in the dumpster after office hours, HR intervenes and sides with boss

Ben Weiss

'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

Ben Weiss

'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

Boss reprimands employee for showing too much personality in emails, employee complies and gets accused of sounding too cold: 'I thought you didn't want personal touches'

Ben Weiss

Delusional direct report refuses to accept that his manager is in charge of him, manager gets even: 'Adam has openly claimed he doesn’t technically report to me'

Ben Weiss

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

Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

Bar Mor Hazut

'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

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