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Job application requires a polygraph test for $24K per year position where employees work 9 months on and 3 months off: 'They don't even pretend to care about employee well-being'

So ridiculous
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'You should be working 12 hour days': Tech CEO tells employees they aren't working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday

No, you shouldn't
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'Absolutely report her and her business': Shady birthday party company requires 8 weeks of free labor from teenage employees

Yeah, I don't think so
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'I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace

Employee in their natural habitat
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'It was really stressful and inconvenient for me to find coverage': Manager asks employee to pay $100 to coworker who covered her shift

That's not how this should work
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Billion-dollar company asks $19.95/hour wage workers to donate to colleague: 'I don't make enough to save my coworkers from disaster'

Isn't that your job?
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Micromanager boss reprimands employee for arriving '2-3 minutes' late from lunch: 'Companies pay people good money to babysit adults'

Nobody likes a backseat driver
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Company rewards loyal employee's 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: 'Wow now you can afford that hot tub'

That's less than a gumball
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'They are just making up excuses to be lazy': Restaurant delays paychecks for extreme weather, employee has biting response

Not a valid excuse
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'They stopped paying for your lunch': Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s

We've got to fight for our time
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'So...6% pay rise for everyone?': Company mandates 42.5 hour work week, does not offer overtime

So not cool
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'She wanted buy a soul with a certificate': Unpaid intern stands up to toxic boss forcing her to work weekends

The perils of interning
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Employee is rewarded with a granola bar and dollar store headphones for bringing in $85,000: 'Genuinely ready quit!'

Gee, thanks.
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Bully throws his coworkers book into a full mop bucket, blames her for ignoring him: 'I should've known the risks [of] bringing a book to work'

What risks?
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'It's not your job to cover shifts': Manager expects employee to work off the clock, employee threatens to quit

That is simply not my job
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'The other staff are also in school': Boss schedules 15-year-old worker during school hours, makes the teen find a cover

That's not right
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