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Toxic workplace mandates monthly 8 AM meetings on Sundays, employees search for loopholes: 'Sounds like mandatory pay for your time'

Everyone needs rest, it's a non-negotiable . You need time to sleep, absolutely. That's a given. But you also need time to rest your mind from work. You need days where nobody outside of your family asks anything of you, and you can just spend time doing things you enjoy doing. Perhaps you're into needlepoint, or perhaps you're in a flag football league. Whatever it is, you need unstructured time to feed those parts of yourself. And work isn't allowed to swoop in and take that away from you. Th…
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'The front desk clerk looked horrified and apologized': Woman drives 30 minutes to job interview at hotel chain, is sent away before the interview starts

Interviewing for a job is one of the most nerve-racking experiences we all must go through. Having to sell yourself to a stranger on the spot is not something that most of us are comfortable with. You come with your talking points, ready to run through your work history and share your skills, and you hope that nerves don't overtake you when you get there. Unless you're a psycho, the commute to the interview is most likely an unpleasant experience, full of anticipation and anxiety. So when you f…
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19-year-old worker is forced to work 8 hours without break, works 30 minute lunch unpaid: 'Flip the store sign to closed'

Definitely not allowed
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‘The kitten heels without the cubicles’: The 'office siren’ microtrend and Gen Z’s new vision for the workplace

For a generation entering the adult workforce in a post-pandemic world, the world of in-person office work can feel like a thing of the past. Remote work is at an all-time high, and for many members of Gen Z, the thought of going into an office five days a week—let alone suiting up in business professional attire to do so, sounds as impossible as owning a home. But, a microtrend known as the “office siren” aesthetic reveals that the idea or at least the look of office work lives in our heads “r…
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'Asking someone if you can have their last $3 is insane': Aggravating woman continually asks coworker for money, begs her to buy her Wendy's

That's a big ask
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Cultish company mandates 'emotional bonding sessions' where employees share their personal trauma: 'Most of the team were crying and hugging'

This is a job, not summer camp
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'She's been telling our other coworkers that I'm selfish': Condescending woman belittles coworker for not having children when she declines to cover her shift

Everyone is allowed to make different choices
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Controlling micromanager threatens to write up employee for putting down her purse after she clocks in: 'This literally takes 2 seconds'

Nobody likes a micromanager
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'It's the only time I can see my family': Newlywed asks coworker to give up his 2-week vacation he planned 1 year in advance so she can go on her honeymoon, balks when he says no

Not my PTO
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'Do what we say without question': Backwards workplace refuses to hire long-haired man despite the job being at a call center

It isn't the 1960s anymore, nobody is scandalized by men having long hair
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Food pusher continually offers sweets to coworkers despite being constantly refused, doesn't take no for an answer: 'She just keeps pushing and pushing and it gets really triggering'

Nobody likes a pusher
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Employee is fired for giving $5 tip to its rightful recipient, exposing deceitful manager's tip-stealing scheme: 'My whole heart just sank'

Exposed
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5-year-old daughter appears on dad's work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: 'I don't think I can work here anymore'

That's a little intense
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Controlling boss asks all employees to download location-tracking app 'Life360,' employees are baffled: 'We are not his children'

That's a bit too much
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'Only a grifter would do that': Shady coworker 'borrows' coworker's designer clothes and jewelry, won't return them after 1 year

Who's to blame?
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'You are literally working yourself into an early grave': Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household

It's hard to determine what an ‘equal share’ really means
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