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Top-performing star technician quiet quits and begins "working to rule," weaponizing company policy after being repeatedly passed up for promotion: 'Update: After 6 months, they've finally noticed that the quality of my work has dropped

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Employee gets written up for going to his 2:00pm dentist appointment during working hours

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Boston-based employee's remote status revoked, forced to come into a WeWork twice a week with no one from his company on site: 'No one from my team is within 500 miles!'

A female employee and her reflection working on a laptop in a meeting room

Employee repeatedly steals booked work room, protests when coworker reports her behavior: 'Laptop open, headphones on, fully settled'

Employee tries to take coworker's job by taking over her tasks, coworker complains to manager, who fires both of them: 'We got the same prize'

Employee tries to take coworker's job by taking over her tasks, coworker complains to manager, who fires both of them: 'We got the same prize'

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A man working from home looks at his laptop while talking on his cell phone

Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: 'I literally just sit there'

‘Pack up today’: Manager refuses to accept employee's 2 weeks' notice, ends their employment on the spot instead, leaving the employee baffled

‘Pack up today’: Manager refuses to accept employee's 2 weeks' notice, ends their employment on the spot instead, leaving the employee baffled

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Manager deletes event planner's spreadsheet, insists on doing it their way, which takes more time; their micromanagement predictably backfires: 'He insisted his way was better. Alright then'

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Employee refuses to finish his coworker’s work after she missed a deadline and expected him to cover for her: 'I told her she needed to finish what she agreed to do.'

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Employee attends funeral of husband's grandma who she knew for 35 years, manager claims she doesn't count for bereavement leave: 'She encouraged me to go to the funeral'

A male supermarket employee stocks bakery shelves

Manager fires supermarket employee for refusing to clean other department, faces $40,000 in losses: 'It's not what I was hired for'

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A young woman wearing glasses sits at her laptop at night, surrounded by piles of papers

Employee is expected to show up 15 minutes before night shift, coworker gets annoyed she doesn't arrive 1 hour early: 'You aren't considered late until after 6'

Worker refuses to arrive an hour early to shift despite coworkers' demands, insists on clocking in and out right on time: ‘They complain’

Worker refuses to arrive an hour early to shift despite coworkers' demands, insists on clocking in and out right on time: ‘They complain that I come in late’

Employee ignores coworker's reminder of approaching project, then blames coworker when she submits project with missing data: ‘Why didn't you remind me again?’

Employee ignores coworker's reminder of approaching project, then blames coworker when she submits project with missing data: ‘Why didn't you remind me again?’

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19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

An employee is writing in her coworker's notebook while she's away from her desk.

Employee snoops through and writes in her coworker's notebook, gets offended when she asks her to stop: 'She said I was overreacting because it was just a notebook and not anything sensitive.'