bad bosses

Restaurant rewards nepo-hire for working one 13-hour shift, ignores employee who does it every day: 'Once I took an extra day off and was immediately labeled as "Mr. Lazy"'

JR Atkinson

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'Shared rooms, meals 'light', and none of it counts as work hours': 27-year-old tech employee refuses to go on mandatory team retreat, manager excludes him from work project afterwards

Ally Perry

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Former employers claims ex-employee owes them 20 PTO hours despite previously claiming they'd cover it: 'He can come and get it'

JR Atkinson

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'Isn't it courtesy?': Manager demands resigning employee give more than 3 weeks notice, she decides to give 0

Ally Perry

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Employee is reprimanded for refusing to join coworker's 'mandatory' €25 birthday pool: 'There are 22 people in the group. That's potentially hundreds every few months'

JR Atkinson

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Employee loses over $2k in wages after boss knowingly implements an illegal practice, they fold when he calls them out: 'We'll no longer be paid for any set-up/clean-up time'

JR Atkinson

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'I am not comfortable sharing a room with somebody that one, I hardly know and two, I supervise': School district forces employees to share a hotel room for conference

JR Atkinson

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Boss tracks employees' bathroom breaks, employees maliciously comply, breaking down communication, and costing the company $50k: 'It's honestly beautiful to watch'

JR Atkinson

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Boss denies employee of 4 years raise and tells them to be 'grateful' they have a job at all: 'Meanwhile, he brags about his new car and vacations'

JR Atkinson

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Boss writes up employee for not working through lunch break despite automatically clocking them out every time: 'Going back 8 months, they've stolen roughly 60 hours of my time, almost $900'

JR Atkinson

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Boss tried to turns assistant into his kids' after-school babysitter for no extra pay: 'He thought I would “see it as helping the team”'

JR Atkinson

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Boss calls employee ugly in front of his entire team: 'Everyone went silent and I just sat there not knowing what to say.'

Emmy Pratt

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Workplace asks employees to work overtime for free, they all call in sick the next day: 'Manager is freaking out in the group chat about "lack of commitment"'

JR Atkinson

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Undervalued employee resigns during meeting with big clients, leaving execs red-faced: 'I had an offer from a competitor in my pocket'

JR Atkinson

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Employee finds out coworker makes $6/hr more than them despite same job and similar background: 'I feel like I've been underpaid for years without knowing it'

JR Atkinson

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Boss gets upset at retail employee for using their whole 1hr lunch break: 'He will also try and guilt trip me into getting back to work'

JR Atkinson

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