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Manager aproves employee's PTO, insists that he be on line anyway, and gives the employee the cold shoulder when he sets the boundary: 'That's how it works here'

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Employee gets written warning from HR, demand he tells disorganized manager whenever he spends 30 minutes away from his desk: 'It seems extremely micromanagerial'

Ally Perry

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Small business employee struggles with new AI-obsessed manager, considers quitting when job gets too confusing: ‘He does not want to spend the money on compliant software, so I’m at a loss’

Melissa Knudson

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New employee refuses to listen to friend’s warnings about their toxic company, only to be proven wrong on their first day of work: ‘I told you so’

Melissa Knudson

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Company refuses to give employees raises, claims anyone's raise will come out of someone else's paycheck: ‘What’s the point of growing in the job?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hardware store employees leave customers mid-sale to comply with boss's strict lunch break schedule, until HR gets involved: ‘He had gotten in trouble’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Coworker shuts down employee's idea in front of external partner, then presents it to the team as her own after realizing it works: ‘I was the one pushing for the change’

Cata Holmes

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Manager forgot to schedule employee for 2 weeks, tries to write them up for his own mistake, but the employee refuses to sign: ‘What was I supposed to improve?’

Cata Holmes

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Boss schedules ‘urgent’ calls during employees' unpaid lunch breaks, employee decide to stop joining after realizing they can wait: ‘It started wearing on me’

Cata Holmes

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Employee accepts new job with 40% pay raise, company rescinds offer when former employer sends non-compete clause with forged signature: 'My former boss destroyed my livelihood'

Ally Perry

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Traveling employee had an arrangement for the money he gets for the trip, if any funds were not spent, they have to give it back: ‘I get the standard letter through internal mail saying that my expenses are out by 29 pennies’

María Cetra

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Boss spends 6 months persecuting employees, flips out when one calls him out with anonymous letter: 'He threw a massive fit'

Ally Perry

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Boss forgets she approved employee's project and publicly calls them out, employee fights to prove boss is wrong: ‘I have the approval in writing’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company decides to implement ChatGPT for client work until one employee discovers dozens of unchecked AI mistakes: ‘[Now] staff members have to complete mandatory retraining’

Cata Holmes

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18-year-old gets scolded by neighbor after she offers him a job on her farm, and he refuses due to his tight schedule: ‘This is going to affect my work and my sanity’

Melissa Knudson

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Dad wins 15,000 tickets at an arcade, arcade refuses to give him 4000 of the tickets he won: 'The arcade is one of my favorite places to go with my son.'

Emmy Pratt

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