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Work schedules mandatory 'fun meeting' during unpaid lunch: 'I think morale actually dropped more after that'

JR Atkinson

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'A string of cheese was still hanging from my mouth to the plate': 18+ Servers share their most unhinged, jaw-dropping workplace stories

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'The "intern" turned out to be someone with 5 years experience making $10k more than me': Manager forces employee to train new 'intern,' only to fire them and replace them with the intern weeks later

JR Atkinson

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Colleague micromanages their office's bagel orders and singles out the employee who is in charge of placing said orders: 'There are bigger things to focus on in an AEC firm'

Lana DeGaetano

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Husband refuses to do chores around the house while he is working from home, wife calls him selfish for putting the onus on her despite her long commute: 'I wasn't going to be treated like her housekeeper'

Ely Bulnes

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‘I'm essentially working for free’: Coworkers push part-time bank employee to stay after their scheduled hours, even though their boss does not pay them overtime for the labor

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss gets angry at employee making $45K working 40 hours a week for getting a 2nd job on the weekends: 'He actually said I should be using my weekends to think about how to add more value to the team'

Emmy Pratt

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‘My promotion was earned, not gifted’: Coworker Mark demands a cut of a colleague’s promotion bonus, claiming he deserves it for training him, but the colleague refuses

Etai Eshet

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'Door 1/4 way open = It better be urgent and very brief': The strangest 'unwritten rules' from workplaces across the globe

JR Atkinson

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Star employee gets unjustly fired, negotiates one full year of compensation then starts working for top competitor: 'We have to fire you because you are too expensive'

Ben Weiss

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Employees get even with unkind shift leader "Linda" by tossing her double cheeseburger order: 'WHO THREW AWAY THE DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER?'

Ben Weiss

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Employee quits stable job for better position elsewhere, then gets fired on day four with no justified explanation: '[They] told me I wasn't the right fit!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee with the flu is written up for not coming into work: 'I reminded him of the policy. His response? Well, we still need people to show dedication'

JR Atkinson

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‘It took her from $60,000 to $110,000’: Underpaid office manager leaves a small firm, lands a new $110k job with real benefits, while old boss melts down, admits he underpaid her for years, and still loses her

Etai Eshet

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Woman orders pulled pork sandwich at Togo's, waitress charges her 10% tip secretly without telling her, gets herself fired when woman complains to manager: 'Purposely putting in the tip wrong is theft'

Briana Viser

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Woman in Walmart mistakes a shopper in a navy uniform for staff, orders him to stock the freeze, and leaves red-faced when she gets told he doesn’t work there: ‘She actually pushes her cart into me and says “Stop being lazy, it’s your job”’

Etai Eshet

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