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Ex-boss offers $250 gift card to the employee he fired in exchange for potential job candidates: 'I actually like my friends and would never recommend they try for employment at this company'

Ben Weiss

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'I haven't been late in 15 years': Company tries to fire software engineer just before he gets his pension, employee finds "very interesting" reason for them to let him stay

Remy Millisky

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Employee's hours get cut, then boss calls him to come in early, employee stands his ground: 'If they wanted me in early, they shouldn’t have cut my hours!'

Ben Weiss

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‘I would not recommend hiring him’: Job seeker asks sister-in-law to be a reference when applying to the company she works at, SIL badmouths him and ruins his chances

Lana DeGaetano

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Coworker throws employee ‘under the bus’ and blames her for a mistake on a project they had equal part in, employee refuses to assist her on her next individual project: ‘She panicked’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss accuses burned-out worker of sabotaging the company, still wants them to work their two week's notice when they quit: 'My boss asked me [if] I was sabotaging the company'

Brad Dickson

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Bookkeepers refuse to continue working 18-hour-shifts, call out sick and ghost employer so there's no one to fill their role: '[They] refused to let me switch schedules after scheduling me to close at 11 PM and open at 5 AM'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quits toxic job, watches as former company breaks down without them: 'Kiss your business goodbye'

Remy Millisky

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'I transferred $500k to the wrong vendor': 25 Expensive mistakes that people will never live down

Remy Millisky

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Supervisor mistakes employee's medically necessary dental crowns for 'grillz,' writes them up for violating dress code: 'I'm not sure how to navigate this level of stupidity'

JR Atkinson

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‘My boss, his boss, and the HR Director took turns screaming at me’: 3 power-tripping executives try to intimidate employee into quitting because they're unable to fire them immediately, employee refuses

Lana DeGaetano

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CEO brags about dropping $15k twice a year on family vacations to employees living paycheck to paycheck: 'He enjoys taking his kids on separate cruises'

Ben Weiss

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‘Didn’t even talk to my boss, HR and I had a 1 minute discussion and was sent off’: Company fires employee for mildly positive survey response

Etai Eshet

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Nonstop talker employee turns coworker’s workdays into daily struggle with endless interruptions, repetitive questions: ‘They just stand up and stare at me until I take my headphones off to hear them’

Etai Eshet

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'Many people are living a miserable life that they can't stand': Coworkers call out coworker for preferring plans with fiancé of 7 years to happy hour after work

JR Atkinson

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35-year-old woman cries to bosses over 24-year-old coworker’s private birthday party, turning personal celebration into work-related office-wide scene: ‘I sent my FRIENDS a private message idk how much more sensitive I can be’

Etai Eshet

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