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The boss is taking pictures with her employee's personal camera without permission.

Boss steals employee's personal camera from his locker to take pictures for a company event: 'Our manager gave her my locker code.'

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Company mandates RTO, workers commute 50 minute to wear headphones alone and take virtual meetings with coworkers

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An older female employee sits in front of a computer screen at a desk, taking notes in a notebook

Boss insists employee train wife after she moves to part-time hours, ignores the fact she's not fit for the job

Employee looks dumbfounded after her boss asks her if she likes him.

Boss asks employee if she likes him during their 1 on 1 meeting: 'I told him I would grab a bucket of water if he was on fire, but I would not attend his funeral.'

Employee looks annoyed while listening to his coworkers talking about how they spend their money.

Employee complains about how his coworkers spend their money: 'He complained to our bosses about me going to concerts. We got told that we couldn’t brag about any extra expenses.'

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The boss hosts a mandatory virtual happy hour that all of his employees hate with a fiery passion.

Boss mandates a virtual Happy Hour with remote employees every Friday at 4 PM: 'It is not even remotely optional.'

A young businesswoman smiles, holding a laptop under one arm and putting her hand in her pocket with the other, as her colleagues sit behind her out of focus

Coworkers spend 6 weeks competing for management position, company hires external candidate instead: 'We're trying to recalibrate'

An employee standing at a front desk, thinking about something as she uses a tablet

Front desk intern declines to extend 10 month contract, manager complains as 6 interns quit before her: 'We are throwing away a great opportunity'

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A woman sitting at a desk with a laptop raises her hand in the air while talking on her cell phone, a child drawing on the coffee table behind her

Employee blames consistent lateness on childcare, gets upset when they get fired for their timekeeping: 'They rolled in at 10:15 AM because of a morning emergency'

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Boss continually calls employee outside of work hours, schedules 30 minute meetings after the workday is over: 'I’ve received calls from him at 1am before'

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Worker feels guilty for not checking Slack at work, snaps out of it and realizes they've been conditioned

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A crying employee leaves her office with her stuff after being laid off.

Company lays off hardworking employee of 12 years after boss explicitly told her she was safe from layoffs: 'No warning. No acknowledgment of 12 years.'

Male and female businesspeople sit at opposite ends of a couch shaking hands, a laptop on the coffee table in front of them

Job seeker ghosts hiring manager for role that pays $30k more, she becomes his boss 3 years later: 'I am no longer interested in working here'

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Employee is painted as a workplace 'villain' after criticizing boss' plan, boss retaliates by demanding higher KPI

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A young man works his first day at his new job at the gas station.

Gas station boss only schedules 2 brand new employees for a shift, throws a fit when they have to close down the station for 30 minutes due to an error they couldn't fix: 'It was just me and her, no manager, no experienced employee in sight'

A woman answers a phone call from her husband's boss in the middle of the night, afraid that something horrible has happened to him.

Boss calls employee's wife at 5:50 AM over a broken machine, employee demands he apologize to his wife: 'This was unacceptable behavior.'