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Employee hands in notice after getting hired for another job, only to be told on their first day the company already hired someone else: ‘I'm not gonna let them get away with this’

Bar Mor Hazut

Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

Bar Mor Hazut

Job seeker lies about having kids so she can leave the office whenever she wants 'like everyone else with kids'

Emmy Pratt

Boss schedules an HR meeting with new hire at 3:30 on a Friday: 'Is this a sign I am getting fired?'

Emmy Pratt

Employee worries quitting after 5 months will look bad on their resume, internet reminds them life’s too short to stay in a job that makes them miserable: 'I don’t think I can keep doing this'

Cata Holmes

Boss lays off employee 2 weeks before Christmas, asks her to do unpaid work for him 2 months later 'as a friend': 'The only other employee, his wife, left him and the business.'

Emmy Pratt

Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Bar Mor Hazut

Job seeker steals roommate's portfolio to land a new job, roommate tells their new boss the work was stolen: 'They rescinded her offer within 2 hours.'

Emmy Pratt

High performing employee gets job offer, weighs up resigning the day he receives $10000 bonus: 'I earned that'

Ally Perry

Job's strict PTO policy means new employee has to work September through June with no days off: 'Turns out PTO can be theoretical'

JR Atkinson

Father offered high-paying job with long hours and far commute, but refuses to accept it unless his wife agrees to quit teaching and become a SAHM for their young children, sparking tension when she refuses: 'I don't want them to be raised by a stranger'

Emma Saven

'I just left my job for them!': Candidate accepts job offer with 50% pay raise and resigns from old job, new company suddenly cancels position due to “restructuring,” leaving them unemployed, prompting them to post harsh reviews online

Emma Saven

22-year-old refuses to surrender her first $2.5k paycheck to her family, against cultural tradition: ‘[I need] to protect my own survival’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would've created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: 'Why tell me now, as I'm leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?'

Emmy Pratt

Excited graduate starts a new job ready to learn and grow, is partnered with a ‘mean girl’ coworker, leaves after only a week: 'I know I would’ve been burnt out'

Elna McHilderson

New employee receives 0 training during first weeks of new job, is left scrambling to figure out what to do: 'Most days we don’t communicate at all'

JR Atkinson