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Annoying coworker continually pushes colleague to strive for higher position, it backfires: 'This place will fall apart without me'

JR Atkinson

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Bar Mor Hazut

Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Brad Dickson

Manager puts employee on a performance improvement plan after they write a date in the wrong format: 'They're just looking for an excuse to fire you'

JR Atkinson

Company charges $40 for company gear, forbids workers from wearing it on the job

JR Atkinson

Employee builds app to track how many times coworker says 'circling back' in meetings: 'Recently [he said it] 23 times in a 56 minute sync'

JR Atkinson

‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

Bar Mor Hazut

Manager catches employee working 2 full-time remote jobs at the same time: 'Apparently he took 2 weeks PTO when starting out, and then went right back to work the other job'

JR Atkinson

Boss instructs employee to clock out whenever he's not actively working: 'My goal is for you to have zero down time.'

Emmy Pratt

Employee is let go after 11 years with no severance: 'Why is this underhandedness tolerated?'

JR Atkinson

Boss piles work on new employee, continually setting unrealistic expectations: 'Everything is a priority right now'

JR Atkinson

‘You're not going to win this fight’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee leaves $52K job after 3 weeks for a $75K job, enrages manager, who tries to offer her $60K to stay

Emmy Pratt

'You're the one who crossed that line, not me': Interviewee exposes a free labor scheme after 8 interviews, revoking access to an extensive take-home project when the recruiter ghosts him

Jesse Kessenheimer

Fast food worker finds out about their first shift 30 minutes after it starts, manager berates them for not knowing: 'Well, I'm simply not in town today'

JR Atkinson

Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

Bar Mor Hazut