bad bosses

'Being likable is actually more important than being good': Beleaguered workers share their hard-won advice about employment

JR Atkinson

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'It's time to pay me': Shifty boss offers stellar employee lump sum instead of a raise, keeps delaying the payment

JR Atkinson

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'Time to work 3% less hard': Company announces record-breaking profits, cuts employee's 401ks in the same meeting

JR Atkinson

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Employee sends in one-month noice, toxic boss makes them fire innocent coworker before they leave: 'So happy you were able to escape'

JR Atkinson

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Employee closes up shop after coworker doesn't show up, gets reprimanded by HR for not covering their shift: 'Trying to suppress laughter at the idea I might work an unplanned double-shift'

JR Atkinson

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Cafe worker bakes cookies to share with coworkers, boss takes them and sells them to customers: 'That any boss would be that cheap, lame and petty, [...] I'd be looking for the exit'

JR Atkinson

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'I'm not coming back': Toxic boss cancels employee's shift last minute despite employee's 1.5-hour commute

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands employee for coming in 15 minutes late after working 12 hours the day before, maliciously complies to a strict 9-5 schedule: 'Mind you my boss works 10-3 every'

Emmy Pratt

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'My manager is now literally stalking me': Boss sends worker to knock on colleague's door after they didn't reply to an email

JR Atkinson

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'I really hate that it has come to this': Incompetent boss berates ex-employee for keeping company while he was on a European vacation

JR Atkinson

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Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’

JR Atkinson

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'Isn't it obvious?': Toxic boss mysteriously stalks ex-employee on LinkedIn after abruptly firing them 3 months in

JR Atkinson

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'We can't let our dog outside if we're not on break': Boss demands work-from-home employees text him every time they leave their desks, inspires malicious compliance solutions

Emmy Pratt

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'You should be working 12 hour days': Tech CEO tells employees they aren't working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday

Emmy Pratt

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'She stood there in her underwear for 40 minutes': Casino fires employees during trial period to avoid paying their health insurance, mother-daughter team respond with malicious compliance

Ally Perry

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'The other staff are also in school': Boss schedules 15-year-old worker during school hours, makes the teen find a cover

Emmy Pratt

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