bad bosses

Boss threatens to fire new employee for refusing to use their personal phone for work: 'HR is on the phone for you'

JR Atkinson

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Boss fires employee after finding out they're interviewing at other places and pays severance, doesn't realize they're already taking a new job

JR Atkinson

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Boss ambushes employee with a PIP, employee retaliates by resigning the next day

JR Atkinson

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Manager schedules mandatory teambuilding dinner at 7 PM, gets offended when asked if is paid: 'Not everything has to be transactional'

Ally Perry

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Employee is laid off with 7 months severance days before they were going to quit: 'You hit the jackpot'

JR Atkinson

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Manager insists on 6-8 hour video calls daily, employee hesitates to go to HR: 'She runs everything she does by me'

Ally Perry

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Employee accidentally joins boss's private HR call about them: 'Am I going to get fired?'

JR Atkinson

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23-year-old employee is continually excluded from work events: 'They all just ignored you'

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Employee loses new job after 4 days when they complain about their PTO policy: 'They were unwilling to meet me halfway'

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Employee is laid off with no severance, then asked to complete a work project for free: 'I had asked for 6 weeks of severance, but they refused'

JR Atkinson

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Bosses accidentally include employee on email thread about her: 'They keep referring to me as “the girl”'

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Company Demands Job Applicant Create Communications Plan, Protest When He Requests $100/Hour Consulting Fee

Ally Perry

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Manager sends home fast food employee for going to the bathroom: 'Clock out and go home'

Ally Perry

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Manager continuously assigns employee 'urgent' work at 4:55 PM, gets annoyed when they push back: 'It feels more like poor planning than an actual business need'

Ally Perry

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Workplace replaces lunch break with mandatory 'lunch and learn' where employees present on their work

JR Atkinson

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The unnecessary workplace rules that nobody actually follows: 'She hides in the bathroom, so she can be on her phone'

JR Atkinson

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