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Employee with 3 years at company trains new coworker, realizes he's allowed to work from home while he has to stay in the office: 'I feel embarrassingly bitter'

Ally Perry

Gen Xer praises Gen Z employees for their terrible attitudes at work: 'I wish I could've got away with half the stuff they do these days!'

Emmy Pratt

Employer denies $27 parking reimbursement, employee makes them pay henceforth with 1st class train rides, costing 3 times more 'as per travel expense policy'

Brad Dickson

Update: Data engineer asked to lead important meeting, realizes they have no idea what they're doing: 'Up until now, the stakes have been low... That era has ended'

Remy Millisky

Employee tries to take coworker's job by taking over her tasks, coworker complains to manager, who fires both of them: 'We got the same prize'

Bar Mor Hazut

Remote employee is written up for going to the dentist at 2pm despite notifying their team and covering all tasks: 'It feels so small and so insane at the same time'

JR Atkinson

Data center worker chose his conscience over his clock-in time after discovering a sickly stray kitten that sought refuge between the servers: ‘Told my boss to kick rocks and went straight to the vet!’

Ayala Sorotsky

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

Emmy Pratt

Employee quiet quits at his cushy $100K office job for 3.5 years before his managers noticed: 'They say that I'm not making any progress in my career.'

Emmy Pratt

Well-dressed employee constantly gets more work dumped on them, considers dressing poorly to avoid overload: 'I feel like I keep getting projects because I come dressed to work'

JR Atkinson

Manager demands worker send her coworkers home early during the holiday weekend, yells at her for doing so: 'I asked 2 people to leave at 1:30pm. We close at 5:00pm, and from 4:30 to 5:00 we got slammed.'

Emmy Pratt

Top-performing star technician quiet quits and begins "working to rule," weaponizing company policy after being repeatedly passed up for promotion: 'Update: After 6 months, they've finally noticed that the quality of my work has dropped

Brad Dickson

Worker refuses to arrive an hour early to shift despite coworkers' demands, insists on clocking in and out right on time: ‘They complain that I come in late’

Bar Mor Hazut

Manager deletes event planner's spreadsheet, insists on doing it their way, which takes more time; their micromanagement predictably backfires: 'He insisted his way was better. Alright then'

Brad Dickson

Employee is expected to show up 15 minutes before night shift, coworker gets annoyed she doesn't arrive 1 hour early: 'You aren't considered late until after 6'

Ally Perry

Coworker gets friend to cover her shift, sends her birthday party invitation at the same time as the shift: 'Clearly she did not want me there'

Ally Perry