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A male office worker holding a takeout coffee stands in an open plan workspace, with a woman sat a table behind him

Employee doesn't reveal to coworkers that he speaks Spanish, they get upset when they realize he's fluent: 'The look on her face was genuinely something'

An entitled employee holds a giant piece of cake that his coworker made for the whole office

Entitled employee eats more than half of the homemade cake his coworker brought for the office: 'When someone brings food in for the office, it's generally meant for the whole office, not just one person.'

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Close-up of a control panel on a switched-off space heater

Older employee uses space heater at work, refuses to turn it off as she is the first to leave the office: 'She burns the building down'

A woman holding a mug stands over a woman working at a laptop on a kitchen table

Working from home employee has roommate in same company, gets annoyed when she suggests she'll stop covering for her being late for meetings

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Employee buys a new fridge for the office after unknown coworker keeps stealing her lunch: 'I put a little lock on it just for extra peace of mind.'

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A woman sat next to a latte on a low table in a cafe

Manager takes toddler to cafe, stumbles upon employee in the middle of a job interview: 'Her face dropped as she saw me'

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Company refuses to raise employee's salary after 2 years despite junior colleague earning 20% more

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'I’m not going to wake up at 8am just to make sure someone doesn’t need their shift covered that day': Coworker sets boundaries with colleagues, they call her out for not covering on her day off

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Employee is 9 days into new job when she feels like she's being conned, boss is completely absent: 'After hours requests, weekend requests, 10pm requests, 5am requests'

A standing woman dressed in black takes a call on her cell phone while holding her laptop

Boss gets fired by assistant, gets offended when she asks for a recommendation letter 6 months later: 'She cursed me out'

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Coworkers snoop through colleague's private social media just to screenshot and send to manager: 'She sent them a selfie I took at home and put on my Instagram story'

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An employee works on his computer on a Friday while his coworker stays at home

Employee refuses to cover for coworker who has constantly called out of work on Fridays over the past 8 months: 'I didn't think it was fair for the same people to keep absorbing the impact of recurring absences.'

Two men stand next to each other in a meeting room, examining two Post-it notes stuck to the window

Employee gets cousin hired in same tech company department, humbles him when he tries too hard to compete: 'Maybe focus on your own KPIs'

A manager leading an in-person meeting in an office

Manager accuses employee of skipping a meeting because she didn't remember that he was there: 'Apparently not contributing made me invisible in that meeting.'

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Coworker pressures colleague to us AI tool to write simple 2-sentence email, colleague pushes back: 'It would take about ten seconds to write myself'

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Pushover boss refuses to fire toxic employee even as they acknowledge their failure: 'It seems like poor performance and bad behavior are actually being rewarded here'