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Boss gives 2-day notice for holiday party, asks employees for $25-30 gift and a homemade appetizer: 'That’s not a party, that’s unpaid homework with a cover charge'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks employee to spend $2.5k on work trip to be reimbursed later, employee resent the upfront cost and doesn't trust they'll get the money back: 'The business is hugely struggling'

JR Atkinson

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Gaming company tacitly refuses to hire employees over 35 years old, lays off workers after a certain age: 'The hiring manager openly told me that the candidate I wanted to hire was too old (she was 46)'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker constantly comments on employees' snack and beverage choices in the break room, cries when she tells her to knock it off: 'Commenting on what others eat isn’t appropriate.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employees debate whether they'd take a $120K remote job over a $240K in office job: 'For $240k a year, I'd come in on the weekend too'

Emmy Pratt

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Hotel manager fires employee for refusing to allow a 16-year-old employee to work 15 hours straight: 'The 16-year-old had been working since 7 AM and from 3 PM to 11 PM the night before.'

Emmy Pratt

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Stingy company only gives employees 5 days of vacation a year for their first 3 years of employment, gives 12 vacation days after 10+ years: 'This has to be the worst employee vacation plan I have ever seen.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: 'They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old employee refuses to cover her 26-year-old coworker's shifts until she repays the $800 she lent her 15 months ago: 'I’ve covered at least 14 of her shifts this past year, and she has never covered for me.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee of 3 years gets promoted after an amazing performance review, only gets a 1.75% raise: 'I’m a father of 3 trying to make ends meet'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager accuses retail employee of "stealing" for taking a full 30-minute lunch break instead of only taking 20 minutes: 'I told her if it’s unpaid, that time is mine.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Say bye-bye’: Pizza place's new management drastically cuts working hours, so disgruntled employee of 9 years gets them shut down, demoted to a B rating, and the incompetent managers fired

Elna McHilderson

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22-year-old employee refuses to respond to work messages after 8 PM because her boss got angry she didn't respond to his message at 11:40 PM: 'He said I should stay on top of communication if I want to grow.'

Emmy Pratt

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'I’m fully booked for the next 3 weeks': Massage therapist cancels a booking with his fiancée's boss to drive his sick partner to the doctor because the boss's petty doctor's note mandates

Jesse Kessenheimer

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21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (November 7, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager lies to boss that her employee quit while she was out sick: 'I explained that I never said that I quit, he said he already terminated my employment status.'

Emmy Pratt

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