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Fully remote childless boss demands hybrid employee RTO full-time, despite having a child she needs to pick up from school early: 'That’s your problem to figure out. Your child doesn’t work for the company, you do.'

Emmy Pratt

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Remote employee making $75K considers rejecting a senior job offer where he'd make $105K: 'It's 5 days in the office, a 45-minute commute, and obviously comes with a lot more responsibility.'

Emmy Pratt

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'It costs me $7,820 a year to come back': Remote worker adds up the total cost of returning to the office 2 days/week, is baffled by the number

JR Atkinson

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Remote job asks employees to video their work-from-home space for social media, employees bristle at invasion of privacy

JR Atkinson

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Remote worker of 3 years still has to field 2pm lunch requests from neighbors, friend who assume they're always free

JR Atkinson

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4 week old kitten found on remote road after not eating for days by patrolman and handed to shelter until rescuer could return to adopt the kitty, patrolman says: ‘When I entered the room, she immediately ran up to me and climbed up my leg.’

Laurent Shinar

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Young dog found caged in remote wilderness cabin by dog loving family on walk who adopted the neglected pupper, helping him regain his strength and spark, dog mom says: ‘’He likes to lick apple but not eat them’

Laurent Shinar

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Employee laid off after 8 years returns company laptop wiped clean, company loses access to critical files: 'He [was] the sole administrator for some of the core systems'

Isabella Penn

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Employee discovers how to avoid the 'hidden tax' of the office and saves $600 each month: 'It's about financial survival'

Remy Millisky

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‘I struggled to keep from smiling on the call': Remote employee offered an 8-month severance package just days before quitting when their company initiates a return-to-office mandate

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Could’ve been a link in my calendar': Remote employee drives 2 hours to the office to attend a 'mandatory' briefing, then pays $12 for parking for a meeting that gets canceled at the last minute

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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

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Entitled mom tells a fellow customer that her kids are more important than their laptop after they refuse to give up a 4-person table to her family of 3, sparks debate: ‘The selfishness of some people!’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Worker complains that influencers ended remote work: 'It's six hours of posing with laptops by a pool in Bali'

JR Atkinson

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Boss unexpectedly revokes flexible hours and demands employees stay until end of day, worker maliciously complies by arriving late and leaving on time: 'I'm still technically listening to his stupid requirement'

Isabella Penn

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Remote employee transforms spare bedroom into home office, in-laws who visit once a year outraged they’ve lost their guest suite: '[We] live in a 2-bedroom apartment'

Isabella Penn

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