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Office manager gets fired and replaced by new hire for 1/4 of their salary, learns his $2,500 bonus is conditional on training his replacement: 'I received nothing when I started!'

Ben Weiss

Intern with memory issues outsmarts toxic manager after she asks him to memorize and recite every detail of client interactions, turns tables by presenting every unnecessary detail of his day, forcing HR to intervene: 'They agreed it wasn’t sustainable'

Emma Saven

Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

Isabella Penn

Manager conspires to get 19-year-old Boba Shop employee fired, she files a complaint after not receiving her final paycheck: 'I got the whole place shut down'

Ben Weiss

Woman discovers resort waitress was adding extra meals to family's dinner bills to feed her kids, husband confronts her and quietly accepts cash repayment, but his wife reports it, causing waitress to be fired: 'I feel terrible'

Emma Saven

‘[She’s] behaving like the parent of adult employees': Dieting coworker drivers entire staff to the brink, gets forced into earlier retirement with no party

Elna McHilderson

58-year-old essential employee gets laid off 1 year before retiring, entire team quits out of loyalty, HR begs them to come back for double their original pay: 'I'll come back for 13 weeks'

Brad Dickson

15+ Fired employees who were excited to leave their jobs: 'She quit that day [and] joined the competitor'

Remy Millisky

'The last guard got fired for refusing': Security guard files report against management and leaves mid-shift, after being denied a radio and ordered to stand in unsafe position, only to be falsely accused of “abandoning post” by management when he refuses

Emma Saven

'My phone rings, and it's HR asking if I'd come back': Company lays off employee of 8 years one year before her retirement, the rest of her department quits afterwards

Ally Perry

‘Laughing through his anger’: Restaurant host gets written up for ‘abandoning’ post to aid with a car crash, convinces manager to fire him, celebrates

Elna McHilderson

15+ Employers who fired workers who really deserved it: 'I got to fire an entire company'

Remy Millisky

Doctor refuses to rehire sister at family practice after $40k billing mistake, parents insist she stays: 'We had to write off the balances for all the patients we saw'

Isabella Penn

Jobless man pretends to be employed for a year straight, girlfriend weighs breakup after putting the pieces together: 'I don't actually care if he works right now, but I feel like he's hiding the truth'

Ely Bulnes

‘The joke was on him’: Manager gets himself fired after threatening to fire an integral employee if he didn't pass a test, he passes and immediately quits

Elna McHilderson

New HR Lady cancels beloved company traditions and starts firing people publicly, ends up getting fired the same way 'All other employees [were] watching and some of them [were] clapping'

Ben Weiss