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Remote job asks employees to video their work-from-home space for social media, employees bristle at invasion of privacy

JR Atkinson

College student applies for graduate job, company demands he complete 40 hour assignment for application: 'I thought I was crushing it'

Ally Perry

Teacher conspires to 'lose' 60 student essays because she doesn't want to grade them: 'I got through 3 of them before I contemplated dumping them all in the trash.'

Emmy Pratt

Manager hesitates to criticize high-performing employee who refuses to document work: 'The rest of the team is stuck'

Ally Perry

CEO berates employee over their facial expression during company meeting

JR Atkinson

Warehouse employee reports safety issue, company changes his job title without telling him: 'I never signed anything, never got a new offer letter, and nobody told me this was a formal change'

Ally Perry

Workplace implements AI-powered cameras to track employee's every move, reprimands them for tiny details

JR Atkinson

Employee gets second job offer with $150k salary, manager wife argues it's a 'lack of integrity' to take it: 'She had to fire someone'

Ally Perry

Woman completes 4 rounds of interviews before learning company already chose internal hire, realizes she was only there to “validate” the promotion: ‘I was never a real candidate. I was a prop in their internal politics.’

Inés Soubrie

27 Small Business Memes for People Who Answered 47 Emails Today and Also Fixed the Printer

Inés Soubrie

Company announces 3 days in office after being fully remote for 4 years, employee spends 3+ hours commuting

JR Atkinson

‘Spending our prime years like monks feels like a waste of life’: Why retiring at 35 isn’t as freeing as the F.I.R.E. movement promises

Emmy Pratt

Call center employee thrown under the bus over a manager's verbal instructions, but they reveal a 14-email paper trail to safeguard themselves: ‘I kept my job; Derek was moved’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Gym employee gets fired by coworker, manager tells him he doesn't know why he was fired: 'We're going in a different direction'

Ally Perry

Job asks for free labor from applicant before they even interview: 'I'm dumbfounded by the audacity'

JR Atkinson

Out-of-work employee secures college teaching job, accidentally gets paid 3x normal salary: 'I was thrilled'

Ally Perry