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'Asynchronous' boss continually pings employee all day, gets offended when they take more than 5 seconds to respond

JR Atkinson

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Company mandates 'anonymous' survey, turns their answers into a public loyalty test: 'The room was silent'

JR Atkinson

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HR sends out automated email warning employee their 'engagement score' has dropped 7 points, fails to realize he was working on a deep-work project

JR Atkinson

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Company throws team lunch to celebrate record profits, give employees $12 sandwich voucher while CEO gets $4.2 million bonus

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New York servers take $600 in tips, manager demands they give 20% to the kitchen staff: 'I get paid $7 an hour'

Ally Perry

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Boss scolds employee during performance review for doing the bare minimum, while also claiming that she meets all of her goals: 'If they want to see bare minimum they’ll for sure see it starting now.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss writes up warehouse worker for taking 2 bathroom breaks in 1 shift: 'Both under 5 minutes'

JR Atkinson

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Café boss forces customers to pay 75 cents for tap water, then nixes the policy when an employee makes him explain it to customers: 'My boss handles all questions about the water policy.'

Emmy Pratt

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Company lays off entire department in one fell swoop with no notice: 'We were basically scapegoated'

JR Atkinson

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CEO berates employee over their facial expression during company meeting

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Warehouse employee reports safety issue, company changes his job title without telling him: 'I never signed anything, never got a new offer letter, and nobody told me this was a formal change'

Ally Perry

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Workplace implements AI-powered cameras to track employee's every move, reprimands them for tiny details

JR Atkinson

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Job asks for free labor from applicant before they even interview: 'I'm dumbfounded by the audacity'

JR Atkinson

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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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