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Employee begs for 3rd shift in interview process, is given all 1st shift while giving newbie 3rd: 'I already have a commute 45 min to an hour and in that rush hour it takes me almost 2 hours to get there'

JR Atkinson

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Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn't provide severance: 'I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services'

JR Atkinson

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More experienced employees constantly ask coworker for help, get annoyed when she calls them out on it: 'When I need help, they don't want to help'

Ally Perry

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New employee clocks in and out on time, faces judgment for not adding another hour to their workday: 'The rest of the team comes in around 8 AM and stays until 6:30 PM or later'

Ally Perry

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Corporate employee leaves office at 2 PM before vacation, gets annoyed when colleague emails her asking if she's working from home: ' She doesn’t have much work to do'

Ally Perry

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Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would've created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: 'Why tell me now, as I'm leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?'

Emmy Pratt

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29-year-old gets job in another state, gets offended when recently promoted girlfriend refuses to move with him: 'It would set my career back years'

Ally Perry

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Job seeker applies to job advertised at $70k, salary changes to $28 an hour when she gets interviewed: 'What benefit is it to them?'

Ally Perry

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New employee receives 0 training during first weeks of new job, is left scrambling to figure out what to do: 'Most days we don’t communicate at all'

JR Atkinson

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Boss fires 22-year-old employee for being overweight after only 6 weeks of working: 'Has my size inhibited my ability to do my job? No. Absolutely not.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job interviewer asks 29-year-old female applicant if she has children despite the fact that asking that is illegal: 'I have been asked if I have kids every single job interview.'

Emmy Pratt

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Remote job scolds employees for taking a 4-minute bathroom break, records employees' screens when their mouse doesn't move for 60 seconds: 'I am human, not a robot.'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager expects employee making $75K to take over her late coworker's job, refuses to give her a raise despite the role being worth a $100K salary: 'I’m starting to feel deeply resentful.'

Emmy Pratt

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Ivy League student claims he got a job at NASA making $600K after graduation, friend questions his honesty: 'The highest paid position I've seen posted at NASA was $225K.'

Emmy Pratt

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Office worker asks work from home boyfriend to contribute to chores during the workday, gets annoyed when he waits until after work: 'It's still getting done'

Ally Perry

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Lana DeGaetano

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