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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Brad Dickson

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Company 'owns' employee's LinkedIn for the duration of their job: 'They have full access to my account including posts, comments, reactions, DMs, and all done by them, for their brand, using my name and my face'

JR Atkinson

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Corporate employee leaves anonymous negative review of coworker's book, coworker continually references 'mystery reviewer': 'She'd gotten some really challenging feedback'

Ally Perry

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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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Worker makes a jacket that says 'Sorry, I can't speak Chinese' to wear at work, boss tells them it's offensive

JR Atkinson

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Manager puts employee on a performance improvement plan after they write a date in the wrong format: 'They're just looking for an excuse to fire you'

JR Atkinson

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Manager catches employee working 2 full-time remote jobs at the same time: 'Apparently he took 2 weeks PTO when starting out, and then went right back to work the other job'

JR Atkinson

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Company charges $40 for company gear, forbids workers from wearing it on the job

JR Atkinson

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Job applicant hangs up during third interview after interviewer refuses to disclose salary to him for the third time: 'I need to make sure we're on the same page'

Ally Perry

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Employee builds app to track how many times coworker says 'circling back' in meetings: 'Recently [he said it] 23 times in a 56 minute sync'

JR Atkinson

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20-year-old son ruins dad's car during street racing, dad demands son pay for the car, family calls him heartless: ‘Parents don't treat kids like debtors’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss piles work on new employee, continually setting unrealistic expectations: 'Everything is a priority right now'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks employee to cancel nonrefundable vacation because it coincides with hers: 'I calculated the fees, they are way more than a few hundred dollars'

JR Atkinson

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Small business owner replaces art teams with AI animators: 'Clients preferred the cost savings of AI animators to the human-made animations.'

Emmy Pratt

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'Promoted at 12, laid off by 2 PM': Company leader publicly congratulates worker who has already been fired

Remy Millisky

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