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These Are the Industries and Professions That Are Struggling More Than You Think

An exhausted daycare business owner rests on the couch after spending 12 hours a day caring for children and cleaning her house so it is suitable for childcare.

Overworked wife refuses to clean house on Friday night so that her lazy husband's friends can come over Saturday morning: 'I run a home-based daycare for 12 hours a day. This requires a lot of cleaning all day long.'

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A young professional interviewing at a competitor of his current company, without the knowledge that the higher-ups at both companies are going to ruin any chance he has of getting the job.

Company Discovers Employee is Interviewing With Competitor, Tells Competitor to Reject Him, and They Oblige, Even Though They Were Going to Offer Him The Job

Receptionist gets told off by boss for talking to employees for too long, so she stops greeting people altogether, forcing boss to admit: ‘[People] are concerned’

Receptionist gets told off by boss for talking to employees for too long, so she stops greeting people altogether, forcing boss to admit: ‘[People] are concerned’

An employee meeting with her manager

Manager asks employee to give the company 3 months' notice before she starts her new job, which starts in 4 weeks: 'I don't feel like I'm obligated to put my next job on hold for them.'

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Employee Uses Company Card to Buy Personal Groceries Without Anyone Noticing, Confesses After Years of Gulit

Employee Uses Company Card to Buy Personal Groceries Without Anyone Noticing, Confesses After Years of Gulit

An employee playing with a basketball at his desk to pass the time, doing something that has nothing to do with his actual job

American employee mimics the European workday by working 1.5 hours less than his company expects: 'I will make sure that 90 minutes is filled with non-work related activities.'

A stressed woman works at her desk after learning that her old boss expects her to stay at her job for an extra week, even though she'll be working at a new company when she's expected to work.

Company Demands Employee Work After Her Last Day on the Job Because She Didn't Give a Full 2 Week Notice

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Business co-owner fires 22-year-old sister from company, prevents husband from paying her until the end of the month: 'She wants to go on vacation'

A stressed man uses laptop at work

Company accuses employee of taking excessive time off on his first day off of the entire year: 'I’ll be using all my time to handle the complex estate my grandmother left behind.'

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HR department demands employee's personal phone, installs location tracking app on it: 'I questioned this'

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Job applicant rejects tech company that offers a job 4 months after interviews, pays half his desired salary: 'I even gave them a discount'

A founding engineer/executive decides to leave his company of 30 years after an incompetent new owner took over the manufacturing plant

Founding engineer of 30 years leaves company after new owner runs the business to the ground after 2 years: 'This arrogant owner treated brilliant engineers like disposable garbage.'

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Company denies leave request sent in 6 months prior, claims they've run out of PTO after draining it for closure days

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A man sits behind a MacBook holding a mug that says “do what you love”

College student applies for graduate job, company demands he complete 40 hour assignment for application: 'I thought I was crushing it'

A greedy CEO, who tells his employees they're his “family” to their face, but refuses to pay them what they deserve.

CEO calls employees 'a family' in a meeting, refuses to give top-performing member of the family a $1.50 raise the same day: 'I'm currently doing the workload of 2 people.'