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Employee discovers coworker is booking fake meetings with himself for quiet work time, debates telling boss: ‘I can't decide if this is genius or insane’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager allows employee to take work laptop home for maternity leave, and his boss demands it be returned during 9-month-long leave even though no one will use it: ‘It isn’t her fault this situation happened - if anything, it’s mine’

Etai Eshet

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Coworker bails on her friend, lies to cancel their plans together and gets annoyed when the friend refuses to cover her shift so she can go out: 'I also don't feel obligated to rearrange my schedule'

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Fast food employee calls in sick 5 times in their first 4 months, manager calls them out: 'He was trying to guilt trip me for following health codes'

JR Atkinson

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HR continually reports employee's perfume even after they stopped wearing it: 'I’ve washed my clothes, washed my hair and made sure to wear no scent'

JR Atkinson

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18-year-old factory trainee does not know what Microsoft Windows is, thinks his computer doesn’t have an operating system: 'It’s just a MacBook'

Etai Eshet

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Manager threatens to take away 2 week's pay and bonus if employee doesn't disclose the company they're leaving to work for: 'Does she really have the right to withhold money?'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker does the job of 4-5 people, colleagues worry she's making them look bad: 'I'm genuinely concerned. she's going to burn herself out'

JR Atkinson

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California employer drains employee’s bank account, leaving it -$3200 for 2 weeks after accidentally overpaying him, then withdrawing way more than the overpayment without warning

Etai Eshet

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'If you clock in at 8:01 instead of 8:00, they deduct 15 minutes': Company rounds every minute in their favor, effectively stealing hours of time from their employees

JR Atkinson

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Golf ball manufacturing company loses millions after ignoring technician’s warning and refusing to spend $500K to replace faulty equipment: ‘[They] drained the entire production budget for 2 years as I sat smiling. I left shortly after'

Etai Eshet

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Employee refuses to cancel paid weekend trip to cover coworker's shift after her babysitter cancels, only for manager to pressure him because she has kids: ‘My plans [are] less important’

Cata Holmes

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‘Man it feels good. I never liked her’: IT worker quits on spot after HR consultant becomes de facto boss, demands he comb through 200 hours of CCTV footage from 28 cameras to spy on coworkers and deliver dozens of clips in 2 days

Etai Eshet

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Coworker who bought supplies for the coffee machine that another employee bought and left in the office for free started to charge $1.50 per coffee without asking: 'Eventually, I unplugged the machine and took it home'

María Cetra

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

JR Atkinson

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'Noises include various buzzer noises instead of yes or no': Office employee expresses bafflement at 'funny noises' made by Gen Z coworkers

Ally Perry

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