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Receptionist in her 50s gets fired and replaced by AI system she trained: 'She literally trained the thing that replaced her'

Remy Millisky

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New micromanager enforces strict office hours, employees comply leaving West Coast clients scrambling: 'Management said we had to work 8am - 5pm (ET). So we did!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee suggests all staff gather their financial contributions before purchasing a joint farewell gift for their boss, so no one is expected to contribute an amount they're not comfortable with: ‘Maybe my coworkers think I’m being cheap or stingy’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She goes through my calendar hoping she [can] find things to “manage”’: Manager insists employee fakes their productivity for the sake of seeming ‘professional’, but employee hypothesizes that their manager isn't as productive as she seems

Lana DeGaetano

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Man asks 22-year-old coworker to switch vacation she booked months in advance because his fishing trip is 'once in a lifetime': 'I already booked flights'

JR Atkinson

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Boss berates employee in front of entire team after they miss a detail in a report, then blames employee for project's delay, pushing employee to quit: ‘No one should be treated like that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I quit on the spot’: Boss refuses to listen to employee's suggestion on how to cut costs for the company, employee resigns, only for boss to keep trying to reach out

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker saves company $500k, is rewarded with a $25 gift card: 'Probably got taxed on it too'

JR Atkinson

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Employee gets even with stingy boss after he refuses to allow employees to ask for replacement pens if they lost theirs: 'You had to turn in [your] old out-of-ink pen to get another'

Ben Weiss

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Hiring manager tells new hire her first day of work is Monday, September 22nd, fires her when she doesn't show up on Tuesday, September 2nd: 'Your employment has been terminated due to not reporting to work on the first day'

Emmy Pratt

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‘She was "jealous of my motherhood"’: Coworker becomes ‘obsessed’ with colleague's pregnancy and sneakily attempts to make an ultrasound appointment to find out the gender of her baby, despite the colleague repeatedly declining her ‘help’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Everyone is replaceable': Boss refuses to give hardworking employee a raise, claiming he can find someone else to do the job if needed, employee quits and proves boss wrong

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘The bank's call center manager personally called me’: Bank freezes man’s account for over a month due to clerk’s error, ignores his calls, so he floods their social media with complaints and they come running

Etai Eshet

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Entitled customer berates 17-year-old cashier when she takes too long during checkout, bystander stands up for the teen: ‘You don’t have the right to treat her like that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New boss refuses to acknowledge engineering contractor's resignation or even discuss renewing their contract, tries to dictate their own bizarre notice terms: 'I've just decided your last day will be 2 months from now'

Brad Dickson

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UPDATE: Over-employed worker gets fired from 3 jobs at the same time: 'After a year, I finally got caught'

Remy Millisky

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