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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'

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HR fires everyone involved in coworker group chat after new hire leaks it, even sends threats to non-employees

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A hotel chef cooks breakfast after telling her coworker all about her terribly tragic life.

Hotel cook constantly trauma dumps and complains to her 32-year-old coworker, whom she barely knows: 'I'm truly sorry that you've had so much tragedy in your life, but I do not have the tools to help.'

Frustrated employee finally tells his coworker exactly what he thinks of his little “jokes.”

Employee snaps at coworker for texting jokes in the company group chat: 'Josh, shut up and let me do my job.'

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Manager continually calls employee on Teams unannounced, interrupting meetings in progress: 'It’s disrespectful of my time'

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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

Dad tries to get some sleep on the couch after calling in sick with a fever.

Boss reprimands employee for not covering his sick coworker's last-minute shift because he was 2 hours away: 'She didn’t believe I was unavailable to cover, and that I just didn’t want to.'

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Retail employee takes home customer's wallet, gets angry when coworker tells management: 'He planned to return it personally'

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'

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Company adds 'focus hours' to remote work day, railroading schedule and forcing employees to work after hours

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Top-performer stares down her coworker, who is not doing the same level of work as she is.

Toxic employee makes coworkers cry and rolls her eyes during meetings, manager can't fire her because she hits 150% of her targets: 'She says [her coworkers] are too sensitive.'

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Company won't allow remote employee to relocate 1 mile away within their city: 'You’ve been shown the warning signs'

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Employee tenders their resignation, boss refuses to accept it even after 1 month

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Employee doesn't show up for work for 3 weeks straight, all they get is a polite call asking them to return: 'Sounds like a pretty chill place to work'

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Male employee hijacks female coworker's presentation in front of clients despite her doing all the work: 'I almost laughed but didn’t'