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HR tells employee she needs to work 2 more months following resignation despite working 3-month notice period: 'I stayed out of goodwill'

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Printing company demands manager increases morale while mandating 12-hour days, gets annoyed when he hosts paper plane competition: 'You did what?'

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Micromanaging Warehouse Supervisor tells employee to start "documenting everything," they comply and use their paperwork to save themselves from being scapegoated: 'I started writing down every single thing'

Job candidate critiques another candidate during a group-style interview: ‘I was completely derailed for the next 20 minutes’

Job candidate critiques another candidate during a group-style interview: ‘I was completely derailed for the next 20 minutes’

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Boss micromanages employee's office supply use, keeps track of every paper clip: 'Grown adults feel like children asking permission to use stationery'

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Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’, employee shuns forced socialization in the workplace: ‘[I] keep my personal life private’

Coworker reports employee to HR for ‘being too quiet’ and employee pushes back on forced socialization in the workplace: ‘I prefer to keep my personal life private’

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Freelance employee quits after being overworked and underpaid for 8 months, 4 years later he sees they're still using his Dropbox, so he deletes everything: ‘[Everything] they've been relying on for years will be gone.'

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Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

Hotel guest demands full refund after informing front desk she is cutting her stay short, employee refuses when she fails to check out in time: ‘Ma'am, that's not how hotels work’

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Employee gets underpaid by $250, quits when boss refuses to reimburse him: 'If the law allowed me to pay you less, I would'

The best relatable work memes this week

'Either you want me to attend meetings or get my actual work done': The best relatable work memes this week

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27 Pawdorable Pics of Dogs Running Like You Run Away from your Work

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20 Hissterical Memes of Meownager Cats Overseeing Your Workday From Your Keyboard

Passenger discovers airline employee stole their AirPods by using “Find My”, airline refuses to help, passenger takes matters into their own hands: ‘I blast the wearer’s ears out’

Passenger discovers airline employee stole their AirPods by using “Find My”, airline refuses to help, passenger takes matters into their own hands: ‘I blast the wearer’s ears out’

A chart of the colors that are permitted and forbidden for warehouse employees to wear on the job

Warehouse forbids employees from wearing any colors that aren't gray, black, white, blue, red or tan: 'I'm not sure they even know their basic colors'

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Dad shows up to 22-year-old's retail shift, demands manager move him from closing shifts: 'He knows how tiring night shifts can be'

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Job's strict PTO policy means new employee has to work September through June with no days off: 'Turns out PTO can be theoretical'