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Job-seeker is 'fired' from a job they applied to but never received an offer for, company advertises the position with a $10k drop in salary: 'I forgot about that whole debacle, but it came back to me'

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands employee for not being 'excited enough,' suggest they smile and laugh more: 'I asked what am I doing specifically wrong and they didn't have anything to say'

JR Atkinson

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Food service boss denies loyal employee's request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: 'I'm not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated'

JR Atkinson

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'This is a cautionary tale': Worker quits after being refused a promotion despite doing the work of 3 people, they hire 3 people to fill their role

JR Atkinson

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Coworker constantly chastises colleague for minor mistakes, abandons night shift 2 hours in after blowing up: 'You better stop talking before it gets much worse, I don't even care if we have to call the police'

JR Atkinson

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Coworkers quits and management refuses to find a replacement, dumps their work onto existing team with no pay bump: 'Adding another person's work to our already tough workload isn't feasible at all'

JR Atkinson

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Retail manager earns only 50 cents more than the employees they manage, despite having 15+ more responsibilities and sales being up 27%: 'Is this exploitative?'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss asks employee to pick up her keys at another office off the clock, refuses to admit it's wage theft: 'No, I am not her personal assistant'

JR Atkinson

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CEO announces company exceeded revenue goals by 40% and had its most profitable year, refuses to give employees more than a 2% raise: 'That doesn't even cover inflation.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR tries to discipline employee for missing a meeting they weren't invited to, double down when their mistake is revealed: 'What do they want me to do? Telepathically sense meetings?'

JR Atkinson

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HR hounds woman on maternity leave to complete trainings, boss constantly reminds them not to bother her: 'Your current management just threw you under the bus instead of taking 5 seconds to check the email chain'

JR Atkinson

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Job lies about 6-week out-of-state training process to get employee to onboard, won't cover travel expenses and only gives $20 for food: 'I will most likely have to quit my job over this'

JR Atkinson

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Boss tells employee they 'lack passion' for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: 'I make $19/hr [...] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies'

JR Atkinson

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Boss sends pre-8AM, AI-written email asking employees to come in during a blizzard: 'The multi-car pileup in the untreated parking lot entrance was a nice welcome'

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they're 'lucky to have a job' making $16/hr: 'Done being grateful for crumbs'

JR Atkinson

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72-year-old claims his 35 to 45-year-old kids don't work as hard as he did, despite him receiving $1500 a month since he was 18 years old from a trust fund: 'They want everything handed to them without effort.'

Emmy Pratt

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