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Remote employee's 5-year-old daughter appears on video call during 8:30 PM meeting, HR demands he return to office: 'Stop working those preposterous hours'

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Nursing home asks admin workers to help with landscaping at the beginning of each shift, suggest they bring their own rakes: 'Use up all PTO. Find new job.'

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'My mid-year review which should have been completed in July wasn't completed until November': Boss gives $0 bonus to employee after they find a new job, boss claims they 'need improvement'

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'Have we really been reduced to this?': Boss fires worker after he breaks his wrist on his own time, coworkers lament their replaceability

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'For Christmas we got a coupon for a cup of coffee...from the coffee shop in the building. The coffee was already free': Employees share the worst "bonuses" their jobs have ever given them

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'Faking enjoyment costs a dollar an hour extra': Retail manager writes up employee for 'not smiling enough,' workers brainstorm malicious compliance strategies

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Group of 6 dine and dash on a $300 bill, manger holds server responsible: 'Apparently, I should have been more attentive and noticed sooner'

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Job requires a typed reason for any time away from keyboard, employee hilariously and maliciously complies: 'I cannot leave my laptop alone'

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Employee tells boss he needs to take off work to take his sick wife to the emergency room, boss insists he needs him at work: 'I get you may need to take her. But I do need you there today.'

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'They treated me like a child': Store manager takes employees' phones away at the start of each shift, won't let them access it until break

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Chief operating officer calls employee "unprofessional" for not answering the phone during PTO days: 'Is this old school thinking?'

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'It triggers her into speaking tongues': 25+ Distracting Habits Coworkers Annoy Others With

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Worker calls out due to daughter's meltdown, boss replies 'NO' with no further explanation: 'My job offers no benefits [...] and I only make 14/hr'

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Employee requests a raise, boss rejects raise and says he should quit now so they can replace him as quickly as possible: 'It would be most efficient to fill your current role now instead of playing a guessing game'

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'I can't seem to land a job here that offers any PTO': German man moves to America for his wife, is shocked by American work culture

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Boss approves PTO day and then rejects it the day before employee's planned absence: 'Nobody wanted to cover for me so I was expected to come in'

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