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A female employee uses a laptop in a semi-open plan workspace

Employee requests $10k raise in line with colleagues, gets reprimanded by HR for finishing work early instead: 'I'm working Sunday at 10 PM'

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

A woman working from home writes on a notepad while sitting in front of her tablet

Startup fires founding employee, still expects her to do work for no salary: 'They kept another employee who makes less than me'

A teacher instructing a class of kids (oops, I mean scholars) on scientific matters.

School district employee criticizes teacher for calling her 2nd grade students 'kids': 'Are you teaching kids, or are you teaching scholars?'

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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.'

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.'

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Remote employee bans guests from sleeping in their home office for 7 days when they decided to extend their stay without asking: ‘[My] office is not a luxury, it’s how I do my job’

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Company fires the best manager for standing up for his team, asks his team to give the company honest feedback: 'They stress honesty and open communication, but those things got their top employee fired.'

Two coworkers share a pizza and laugh together during a peaceful lunch break without any bitter individuals present.

60-year-old employee excludes coworker from eating with her at lunch, gets angry when coworker makes friends and eats with new hire: 'Too old to be acting like this.'

A male employee looks miserable as he works on a laptop in an office

Employee with 3 years at company trains new coworker, realizes he's allowed to work from home while he has to stay in the office: 'I feel embarrassingly bitter'

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A Gen Z employee pouts at her desk, unconcerned with what her boss thinks about her attitude.

Gen Xer praises Gen Z employees for their terrible attitudes at work: 'I wish I could've got away with half the stuff they do these days!'

A female employee and her reflection working on a laptop in a meeting room

Employee repeatedly steals booked work room, protests when coworker reports her behavior: 'Laptop open, headphones on, fully settled'

A man working from home looks at his laptop while talking on his cell phone

Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: 'I literally just sit there'

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A young mom works at her part-time job while her kids are at school.

Part time employee working from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM refuses to come in early to help her coworkers: 'When I say early, I mean like 3 AM.'

Employees from different companies work side by side in a coworking space.

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'