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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'

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Boss sends menacing email forcing all employees into AI evaluation, threatens terminations: 'Anyone who cannot demonstrate meaningful progress after this exercise will be replaced'

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Manager forces convenience store employee to work 14-hour shift after coverage doesn't show up: 'My manager would rather us work 16 hours than close the store'

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15-year-old employee is fired after refusing to work a 14 hour shift with no break: 'I couldn't handle working 7am-9pm my first 2 days of having a real job'

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29-year-old engineer constantly quiet-quits his job every few months, can't summon energy: 'I can perform competence indefinitely, but I can’t manufacture investment'

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IT support drinks Diet Coke at customer service desk, manager demands they hide it in a mug: 'She told me children might see the can and be tempted'

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28-year-old hiring manager fires employee on the spot after they were 1 hour late to first training, asks for manager's Snapchat

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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

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

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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.'

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.'

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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'