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'He was not a programmer': Micromanager tries to humiliate his senior programmer by demanding he make changes to a perfect batch of code, employee maliciously complies by creating a series of nonsensical loopholes that go unnoticed for years

Jesse Kessenheimer

Father finds the perfect work/life balance as a remote worker, taking a 2-hour lunch break every day in response to his company's lackluster benefits: 'The happiest moments of my life have been watching [my son] grow up during my lunch hour'

Jesse Kessenheimer

A Server's Sanctuary of 21 Memes We Found Hiding in the Break Room

Jesse Kessenheimer

Job candidate stands up to company after they offer him $80k salary instead of the $90k they posted in job listing, gets told to back down: ‘This is your first job right out of college'

Bar Mor Hazut

Entitled coworker rejects job candidate because she's a fan of Stark Trek: 'She made the mistake of mentioning her hobbies during [the] interview'

Ben Weiss

Management forbids tech support employees from providing customers solutions to their problems, claiming it makes them look bad: ‘We had customers call back for months’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘Fake it til you make it’: Guy cures impostor syndrome after lying on his resume, Googling his way to success, and becoming a coding wizard by accident

Jesse Kessenheimer

10+ Overworked employees who reached breaking points on the job: 'I don't get paid enough for this!'

Ben Weiss

'You're not paid to think': Employee gets boss fired by proving that she was responsible for company losing two major clients after she ignored employee's warnings

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee's time off request gets rejected even though manager already approved it, employee refuses to cancel their vacation, leading to an ultimatum: ‘Either quit or be fired’

Bar Mor Hazut

Minor employee calls out of work due to their dad being in the hospital, manager insists they come in anyway: ‘What part of ‘family emergency’ did you not understand?’

Bar Mor Hazut

Company driver gets reported by coworker for breaking minor rule, gets payback by driving entitled coworker on the longest shift possible: ‘An extra 5 hours where he just had to sit there’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘I gave them 24 hours': Senior programmer gets demoted for ‘performance issues’ after a health crisis, so he diverts all his managerial duties to his boss, ends up demanding a 10% raise and a 4-day workweek after they beg him to come back

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Either reduce my hours [or] pay me more!': Employee working 6 days a week forced to take a 30% pay cut, hands in his resignation and gets job with a top client

Ben Weiss

Manager forces employees to put their phones in a basket and forbids from taking them out until the end of shift, one employee rebels: ‘I’m a grown woman, not a teenager'

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee forced to take the red-eye home, refuses to come to work the next day, leaving boss scrambling: 'I came back to work the following day to a flurry of emails'

Ben Weiss