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'She told me I wouldn't be paid': 15+ Employees who quit toxic jobs on day 1

Remy Millisky

Hardware store employee refuses to cash his paychecks for 'religious reasons,' company threatens to take legal action: 'I'm wondering how he pays his bills'

JR Atkinson

Employee threatens to walk out mid-shift when 2 coworkers keep disappearing in break room for 10 minutes or more: 'Zane and Marissa keep doing it like they're invincible'

JR Atkinson

‘No one is going to play this mean girls game with you, no one likes a mean girl’: New hire Alexa targets younger coworker Carrie’s crush and gossips behind her back, uniting whole department against her

Etai Eshet

20+ employees share the clueless things their bosses have said to them: 'It’s not mandatory, it’s compulsory!'

Brad Dickson

Company keeps delaying giving an offer to prospective employee, chews them out when they accept another offer: 'I had 5 clients lined up for you and now I have to go apologize to them. [..] You are a terrible person!'

JR Atkinson

'Let’s stick to what’s actually in your job description, alright?': Boss tells employee to focus on his main duties, employee maliciously complies and stops answering the phones

Ben Weiss

Entitled coworker keeps taking employee's mug without permission, employee gets even by lining the rim with cat food: 'Smells like victory!'

Ben Weiss

31-year-old software developer presents terrible code, brushes off female coworker when she attempts to help him fix it at boss's orders: "Your self-taught background is showing"

Ely Bulnes

Teacher told to "work contracted hours" when he's been helping kids in the gym after school, he stops forcing the district to hire someone: ‘I was told to work my contractual hours, I’m only paid until 2:22. I did this for fun, and it was unofficial’

Brad Dickson

25-year-old woman quits giving chronically late coworker rides to work after they both get written up for tardiness: "She started treating it like a service"

Ely Bulnes

'[He] asked HR to prove it': 15-year employee in his late 50s saves himself from getting fired when company doesn't want to pay his pension

Remy Millisky

24 Wacky Mid-Week Animal Memes to Whisk-er Away Your Work Worries

Laurent Shinar

‘I brought the company to a standstill to make a point': Manufacturing comes to a halt when an engineer weaponizes a software flaw he had been trying to fix for months, ends up getting updates fast-tracked by the VP himself

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boss berates employee for taking 'too much initiative,' tells them to do less or they'll be punished: 'I was shocked. I thought I was helping the team.'

JR Atkinson

Employee quiet quits for 6 months until neglectful boss notices and fires her: 'I honestly can't believe it took them this long to notice'

Ben Weiss