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Boss asks employee to spend $2.5k on work trip to be reimbursed later, employee resent the upfront cost and doesn't trust they'll get the money back: 'The business is hugely struggling'

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Company demands 5 days in office after years of remote, employee has a secret escape plan: 'The only thing that's changed is their desire for control'

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Company bans employees from working from home on Fridays because the office felt empty: 'I’m commuting an hour each way again purely for vibes.'

Emmy Pratt

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New employee receives 0 training during first weeks of new job, is left scrambling to figure out what to do: 'Most days we don’t communicate at all'

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Company gets rid of incentive to work on holidays and weekends, act 'surprised and disappointed' when nobody signs up to work holidays: 'You only get as much loyalty as you're willing to pay for'

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Gaming company tacitly refuses to hire employees over 35 years old, lays off workers after a certain age: 'The hiring manager openly told me that the candidate I wanted to hire was too old (she was 46)'

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Company hosts 'mandatory' party on New Year's Eve, expects employees to drop everything: 'A company party on New Year’s Eve isn’t generous it’s intrusive'

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Employee drives 2 hours into office to find that nobody else is there, coworkers didn't tell them not to come in: 'Even the newer staff knew not to come in, but nobody is answering'

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71-year-old manager refuses to retire, leaving 36-year-old employee of 5 years with no room to get a promotion: 'What am I supposed to do? Just wait until I’m 40 for my first promotion?'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: 'I muted both, marked them as read, and didn't reply'

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Workplace writes up employees for every time they call out of a shift, no matter how far in advance: 'In an industry that's hemorrhaging workforce, these threats seem pretty silly'

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Coworkers refuse to tell employee making $20/hr how much they make, are afraid it will embarrass them: 'Then they give me this like disgusted look like, "oh..."'

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Company sends out reminder to 'complete available tasks' during Christmas vacation: 'We appreciate that this is a busy time; any assistance that you can provide is valued'

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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'

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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'

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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'

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