bad bosses

Boss demands more collaboration between employees while scheduling 6 hours of back-to-back meetings every day: 'When exactly is the "collaboration" supposed to happen?'

Emmy Pratt

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Job-seeker goes through 4 interviews only to learn they were never a real candidate in the first place: 'I was a prop in their internal politics'

JR Atkinson

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Boss texts employee the day before to come in at 10 AM on mother's day despite previously saying 4:30 PM: 'I now have commitments in the morning'

JR Atkinson

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Boss cheers and claps after employee puts her 2-week notice in: 'She has been one of the worst, if not the worst, bosses I have ever worked for.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss sends menacing email forcing all employees into AI evaluation, threatens terminations: 'Anyone who cannot demonstrate meaningful progress after this exercise will be replaced'

JR Atkinson

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Manager forces convenience store employee to work 14-hour shift after coverage doesn't show up: 'My manager would rather us work 16 hours than close the store'

JR Atkinson

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15-year-old employee is fired after refusing to work a 14 hour shift with no break: 'I couldn't handle working 7am-9pm my first 2 days of having a real job'

JR Atkinson

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29-year-old engineer constantly quiet-quits his job every few months, can't summon energy: 'I can perform competence indefinitely, but I can’t manufacture investment'

JR Atkinson

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Boss fires employee after he told the payroll lady that he didn't get paid for his 1st day of work: 'I'm sorry Jan chewed you out for not doing your job, but did you have to take mine?'

Emmy Pratt

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Company introduces $75 wellness stipend that is so intentionally difficult to use that most employees give up

JR Atkinson

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70-year-old boss screams at 26-year-old employee over non-issues every day 'I want to quit today. Like take my lunch and not come back.'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager demands convenience store employee works 14 hour shifts when coworkers don't show up: 'My manager is asleep by 6 PM'

Ally Perry

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Manager continually calls employee on Teams unannounced, interrupting meetings in progress: 'It’s disrespectful of my time'

JR Atkinson

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Boss continually calls employee outside of work hours, schedules 30 minute meetings after the workday is over: 'I’ve received calls from him at 1am before'

JR Atkinson

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Boss withholds commission paycheck from sales employees because the business is struggling, blames missed paycheck on employees work ethic: 'We've got to do better, we got to get more.'

Emmy Pratt

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Company adds 'focus hours' to remote work day, railroading schedule and forcing employees to work after hours

JR Atkinson

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