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Retail worker quits new job after 1 day because of the major red flags: 'I’m not overreacting am I?'

JR Atkinson

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Company forces employees to seminar called 'Stretching Your Dollar in Tough Times' after denying real raises for 3 years

JR Atkinson

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Remote employee is written up for going to the dentist at 2pm despite notifying their team and covering all tasks: 'It feels so small and so insane at the same time'

JR Atkinson

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Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings

JR Atkinson

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Well-dressed employee constantly gets more work dumped on them, considers dressing poorly to avoid overload: 'I feel like I keep getting projects because I come dressed to work'

JR Atkinson

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Manager texts employee at midnight to cover a shift, threatens their career when they ignore it

JR Atkinson

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Employee refuses to finish his coworker’s work after she missed a deadline and expected him to cover for her: 'I told her she needed to finish what she agreed to do.'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager tells engineer they 'eclipsed all expectations of a new hire' during review, only gives them 2.25% salary increase and 75% of bonus

JR Atkinson

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Corporate employee quiet quits for 3 months, is continually rewarded on a 'job well done': 'Somehow, I’m still employed and I have no idea why'

JR Atkinson

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Pharmacy fires employee, tells remaining employees that they're not allowed to take time off: 'I’m afraid I‘ll lose my job if I ask to take a few days'

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands worker for clocking in from break at 12:01 instead of 12:00: 'How fast do I quit?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is caught working two full-time jobs via his LinkedIn account, is fired on the spot: 'They took a screenshot and sent it to their boss'

JR Atkinson

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Manager tells $14/hr employee that 'your personal life shouldn't interfere with your availability' after they decline a last-minute Saturday shift

JR Atkinson

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25-year-old accountant quits on the spot after their manager calls them 'stupid': 'I lost all the motivation and focus and immediately felt disgusted'

JR Atkinson

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40-year-old woman wears a suit to director-level job interview, HR tells them they didn't like they wore a suit: 'I didn't get the job'

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Company changes PTO policy to 5 days months after hiring worker, forces them to cancel their vacation

JR Atkinson

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