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Company lays off employee, wants to throw a farewell party for them: 'Genuinely don’t know how to feel or react to this'

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Employee travels 1700 miles for new job, is laid off after 1 month for not having enough experience in an entry-level position: 'How are young people supposed to make it in this world?'

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Vegan coworker breaks down while training in the meat department: 'The rest of the day, things felt incredibly awkward'

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Remote work dashboard flags any gap of 10 mins or more as 'slacking': 'A bathroom break counts, and so does reading a policy update'

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Prospective employee is rejected because they didn't agree to the job before seeing the final offer: 'The wanted me to give up on all negotiating'

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Coworkers constantly exclude colleague from work lunches, they wonder how to bring it up: 'It would mean a lot to be included'

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Coworker constantly takes credit for colleague's work, colleague starts leaving easter eggs in their notes: 'I embedded a completely fake bullet point right in the middle'

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Coworker brings their dog to work, lets them use the bathroom inside the office: 'The dog doesn't like going to the bathroom outside'

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Newark Airport self-checkout demands 18% tip even though no employee is working: 'He had to click out of it'

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20+ of The Most Ridiculous Workplace Rules Employees Have Had to Follow

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Employee is fired via group chat in front of coworkers as a fear tactic: 'He just put her on blast in front of the whole company'

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Employee is written up as 'no call no show' even though they were not notified of the shift change: 'I don’t think my personal phone should be a job requirement'

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Boss continually pings employee during the weekends without offering overtime: 'My weekends feel like they don’t belong to me anymore'

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Company charges $18 for 'free' employee appreciation lunch without warning: 'I just find it ridiculous that a company can turn a thank you into something you owe them for'

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Burned out tech employee moves to small company for $22k less salary, works even more hours as a result: 'It is absolute chaos'

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Boss denies employee a promotion, forces them to do the work anyway: 'I've been dragged in again and again to provide fixes, guidance and steer for the new member of staff'

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