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Job candidate finds a California company falsely listing him as a “Senior Advisor” in its sales materials, using his photo, résumé, and a quote he never gave without permission

Etai Eshet

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Startup boss demotes new employee in front of their coworkers with no warning: 'I haven't even been here for 2 months, but this is all getting to be a bit too much'

JR Atkinson

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Startup offers job interviews in exchange for applicants getting tattoos, exchanges a sky dive for LinkedIn posts: 'Humiliation ritual'

Ally Perry

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Employee leaves job for a startup in August, returns to his old job after realizing the startup owners were inept and clueless: 'They wanted me to handle everything for the income of only 1 person.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee sticks with small business from the beginning, boss considers firing her for not evolving: 'She's not bad, but she's slow'

Ally Perry

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Tech startup doomed to fail after 4 employees concoct plan to quit together before the end of the quarter: 'It feels good to know [our CEO] has no idea'

Ben Weiss

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Startup fires founding employee, still expects her to do work for no salary: 'They kept another employee who makes less than me'

Ally Perry

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23 Startup Memes for Creators Crafting Their Own Come-Up Story

Cata Holmes

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'I haven't seen sunlight the past 11 months': Boss demands software engineer work from 9:30 AM 'until the work is done' every day

Emmy Pratt

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Employee leaves corporate job to accept dream startup role, wants to leave after 3 months: 'I feel like I'm wasting time'

Ally Perry

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Tech startup boss praises team of employees for working on the floor: 'You need people who look at a floor and see opportunity'

Remy Millisky

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Entrepreneur loses $60k over a handshake deal with his best friend and business partner: 'Lost the money. Lost the friend.'

Ben Weiss

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22-year-old Ivy League graduates lie about dropping out of college to start their tech startup: 'They’re bragging about how they didn’t need college to succeed and influencing younger kids to drop out of school.'

Emmy Pratt

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'Your life should be the company's mission': 22-year-old rejects job from tech startup because he wants work-life balance, founder can't understand why a 22-year-old would want work-life balance

Emmy Pratt

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Overworked startup employee gets ghosted by boss for weeks and then suddenly fired and blamed for the business's failures: 'They're using you as a scapegoat'

Ben Weiss

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Startup bro tries to sabotage academic researcher’s lecture, researcher gets even by jumping on board with his competitor: ‘Now he’s going out of business’

Ben Weiss

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