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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

A businessman, seen from behind, drinks from a mug and works at his laptop with a view of the city skyline

Employee starts 8 hour finance shift at 7 AM, boss reprimands him for his 'schedule and visibility': 'Most people come in around nine and leave around six'

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Employee eats cake during her lunch break at work.

Coworkers berate employee for leaving the office for her 30 minute lunch break: 'The way people have reacted, you'd think I started leaving for a three hour lunch.'

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

A woman holding a cup of coffee in an office hallway

Coworker constantly expects employee to cover for her lateness, manager starts getting suspicious: 'I panicked'

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

A male employee looks over his shoulder and smiles while working on his laptop

Manager hesitates to criticize high-performing employee who refuses to document work: 'The rest of the team is stuck'

A man wearing a hard hat looks behind him and smiles while sitting in a forklift in a warehouse

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'

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

An older employee takes a meeting on her laptop at home with a glass of wine by her side

60-year-old employee defies 33-year-old manager in refusal to return to office 2 days a week: 'She argues everyone is overwhelmed'

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Grocery store boss piles work on 19-year-old employee, drags them in the group chat when they can't finish everything

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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'

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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'

An employee looks at a piece of paper while sitting at a table with her laptop beside her

Employee hands in notice, manager demands she write 100 page technical manual in her last 10 days: 'I have spent seven years building these processes'

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A man wearing glasses sits at a large computer screen, working from home

Job seeker accepts 'fully remote' job, gets told they have to be in the office 3 days a week during their induction: 'This team has been hybrid for a while now'

Two women lean over a desk and look at a laptop together, surrounded by boxes and racks of clothes

Employee sticks with small business from the beginning, boss considers firing her for not evolving: 'She's not bad, but she's slow'