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Manager continuously assigns employee 'urgent' work at 4:55 PM, gets annoyed when they push back: 'It feels more like poor planning than an actual business need'

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'I pulled out the records': Employee records every conversation with coworker to prove she lied to HR about their “condescending” interactions

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When should you go above and beyond at work, and when should you know to stop? When is your extra effort simply being taken advantage of? These workers gathered in a viral thread to share the thing that made them stop putting in the extra effort.

22 Workers shared the thing that made them finally stop caring about "going above and beyond" at work—It is often seen as an important trait, but when should you stop?

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Coworker brings nothing to company potluck, packs several containers with everyone else’s food to take home, then grabs the cookies too, prompting a colleague to call him out: 'He didn’t want to cook after his shift'

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Engineer is forced into a management promotion she repeatedly said she didn't want, boss admits he did it on purpose to advance his own career: 'He joked that he ruined my day'

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An exasperated employee rubs his temples while sitting at his work desk

Employee excels in 7 months as temporary supervisor, stops working when company refuses to recognize position: 'He is making the system follow its own rules'

The manager talks to employees, even though he made the rule that nobody is allowed to talk during this hour at work.

Manager Forces Employees to do a 'Quiet Hour' Where Nobody is Allowed to Speak, Schedules Meetings During The Quiet Hour

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Manager gets fired after employee reports her bad behavior, leading manager to spend her last days making employee’s work life a nightmare: ‘She has dropped all pretenses of being a professional’

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'No personal items on desk', 'ask permisson to use the restroom': Employees share the most ridiculous workplace rules they've ever been forced to follow

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'Firing someone in front of their mother': Employee refuses a meeting with manager after realizing she is getting fired, then decides to invite her mom as "support person"

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Hospital employee gets reprimanded for being a ‘no-call, no-show’ despite clocking in early and working for hours, then gets sent home mid-shift: 'Nobody knew I was there'

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Supermarket Manager Calls 20-Year-Old Employee Demanding He Show Up for His Shift, Except He Never Worked There Having Declined an Earlier Job Offer There After a Chaotic Interview—I Don’t Think I Want That Minimum Wage Paycheck

Managers eat their lunch in the break room, forcing call center employees to eat in the hallway.

Call Center Managers Reserves Break Room for Higher-Ups Only, Forcing Employees to Eat Lunch on a Bench in Front of the Bathrooms

A male business employee smiles and looks to the side while leaning against a glass wall

A Sales Employee Hit Their Bonus Quota for 3 Years Straight—So the Company Decided to Change the Bonus System

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CEO says employee's prototypes are bad, lays her off and then steals her ideas: 'I should have just quit'

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Restaurant Manager Demands 26-Year-Old Employee Get a Doctor’s Note When They Try to Call Out for 1 Day, Doctor Writes Him off for 4 Instead—"Well, you need a doctor's note or it's an unexcused absence"