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Company forces employees to seminar called 'Stretching Your Dollar in Tough Times' after denying real raises for 3 years

JR Atkinson

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'

Bar Mor Hazut

Remote employee is written up for going to the dentist at 2pm despite notifying their team and covering all tasks: 'It feels so small and so insane at the same time'

JR Atkinson

Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings

JR Atkinson

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

Emmy Pratt

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

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee quiet quits at his cushy $100K office job for 3.5 years before his managers noticed: 'They say that I'm not making any progress in my career.'

Emmy Pratt

Well-dressed employee constantly gets more work dumped on them, considers dressing poorly to avoid overload: 'I feel like I keep getting projects because I come dressed to work'

JR Atkinson

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

Brad Dickson

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’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'

Brad Dickson

Employer rejects unpaid internship applicant for lacking experience, despite the internship being designed for inexperienced students: 'I can tell they were disappointed that I didn't have any real-world experience.'

Emmy Pratt

Manager texts employee at midnight to cover a shift, threatens their career when they ignore it

JR Atkinson

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?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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.'

Emmy Pratt

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?’

Bar Mor Hazut