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'Pay for 20 hours of work, get 20 hours of work': Client insists that software contractor cut their hours, refuses to listen when told that the project will be delayed

Remy Millisky

'In the first week alone, the local facility lost 3 jobs': Longtime electrical engineer loses vacation privileges, HR absentmindedly agrees to his drastic new schedule changes

Remy Millisky

‘Explain it to me like I’m five': Tech support employee attempts to assist CEO with internet problems remotely, resulting in a dispute about how IT breaks information down for employees

Bar Mor Hazut

'Thanks, but no thanks': Long-standing employee resigns after being refused a reasonable raise, then the company insults him with ‘too little, too late’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Guy tests unlimited PTO policy by disappearing until he gets fired: 'Let's see how unlimited it really is'

Ben Weiss

18-year-old employee tells boss to approve their leave or accept their resignation: 'How do I tell my boss that she either has to approve my 4 months' notice or accept my 2 weeks' resignation?'

Brad Dickson

Husband Buys Wife Expensive Bag from Entitled Employee Who Ignored Her, Wife Returns It So Worker Doesn't Get Commission: 'He's now upset I returned his gift'

Isabella Penn

'Being likable is actually more important than being good': Beleaguered workers share their hard-won advice about employment

JR Atkinson

'He kept sending bills for it': Boss refuses to let bridge keeper take his coffee breaks

Remy Millisky

Office worker refuses to bake a dessert for coworker's 'grandma shower': 'Ridiculous and not a thing'

JR Atkinson

Boss refuses to let employee do their job while she's on leave, company hires someone externally who has no idea what to do and boss ends up with a mountain of unfinished work: 'You are not capable of doing my job'

Brad Dickson

'I cannot stop laughing': Employee gets a 5% raise after watching movies on their work laptop, management monitoring their activity thinks they're working OT for free

Jesse Kessenheimer

'The manager... started yelling at me for using soap': 20+ People who got so fed up with their job that they quit on the spot

Remy Millisky

‘They didn't pay a dime': Lunch lady serves 18,400+ meals to school children over the summer for free, reigniting her passion for an under-appreciated career choice

Jesse Kessenheimer

Star employees quit after getting denied $100/month raises, their loss costs the company over $300,000: 'You tripled their customers and they denied you a tiny raise'

Ben Weiss

Management's plan backfires after they reshuffle employees' duties and they follow instructions to the letter: 'For the rest of the day we ran management crazy. Everything in the procedures was adhered to'

Brad Dickson