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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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24 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (January 2, 2026)

Lana DeGaetano

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Coworker asks employee if she can smell her baby's head at an office party, employee happily obliges: 'Apparently, infants' heads smell good, and I just found out yesterday!'

Emmy Pratt

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38-year-old mom of 5 keeps her part-time job a secret from her husband, he claims he doesn't care to learn: 'NEWSFLASH! It's not all about you, bro!'

JR Atkinson

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Manager calls out employee for using phone while on lunchbreak in company cafeteria: 'That's not a professional look'

Ally Perry

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Recent college graduate gets job while living with parents, protests when they demand most of his income: 'I'm cutting everything I can'

Ally Perry

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Job-seeker is 'fired' from a job they applied to but never received an offer for, company advertises the position with a $10k drop in salary: 'I forgot about that whole debacle, but it came back to me'

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands employee for not being 'excited enough,' suggest they smile and laugh more: 'I asked what am I doing specifically wrong and they didn't have anything to say'

JR Atkinson

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Food service boss denies loyal employee's request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: 'I'm not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated'

JR Atkinson

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Dad steals $5K from his 19-year-old daughter to pay off his car, daughter closes her bank account because he has stolen from her since she was 14: 'I lived with this for 5 years.'

Emmy Pratt

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