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Longtime employee spies on colleague, accuses him of slacking for leaving 2 minutes early: 'I get my quota done by 2'

Ally Perry

Controlling mom shows up crying at her 24-year-old daughter’s job after 23 missed calls, accusing her in front of coworkers and boss: ‘She was crying in the lobby, telling the receptionist that her daughter abandons her’

Etai Eshet

Company demands 5 days in office after years of remote, employee has a secret escape plan: 'The only thing that's changed is their desire for control'

JR Atkinson

Corporate employee leaves office at 2 PM before vacation, gets annoyed when colleague emails her asking if she's working from home: ' She doesn’t have much work to do'

Ally Perry

Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would've created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: 'Why tell me now, as I'm leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?'

Emmy Pratt

'I'm the one who ended my own interview': Recruiter lowballs job candidate and demeans their resume over zoom, so candidate wishes them ‘good luck’ and abruptly ends the call

Elna McHilderson

29-year-old gets job in another state, gets offended when recently promoted girlfriend refuses to move with him: 'It would set my career back years'

Ally Perry

Retail employee tells off their manager, Gary, pointing out his failure to handle his own tasks when he starts micromanaging theirs: ‘Slow clap for the hero in aisle 7'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Company fires hardworking employee to save $25,000, that arrogance ends up costing them $110,000: 'In my opinion, that's the best money they've ever spent.'

Elna McHilderson

Excited graduate starts a new job ready to learn and grow, is partnered with a ‘mean girl’ coworker, leaves after only a week: 'I know I would’ve been burnt out'

Elna McHilderson

Promising job candidate gets a lowball offer, rejects it and leaves arrogant hiring manager aghast in front of his boss: ‘Never sell yourself short’

Elna McHilderson

Manager contacts employee's personal phone number while she's on her honeymoon, she feels her boundaries have been violated: 'I'm not trying to escalate. I just want boundaries respected'

JR Atkinson

Employee turns tables on cruel coworker, faces HR meeting after he gets offended: 'He is just disrespectful and a bad person'

Ally Perry

Job seeker applies to job advertised at $70k, salary changes to $28 an hour when she gets interviewed: 'What benefit is it to them?'

Ally Perry

25 Circling Back Memes to Help You Respond to Those Emails You Said You'd 'Circle Back to' After the New Year

Elna McHilderson

Mom demands 25-year-old daughter drive her to work after they start working in the same place, daughter refuses, claiming she needs space: ‘I'm living, breathing, and working with my mother’

Bar Mor Hazut