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Job interviewer asks job seeker 'Sell Me a Pen' as the only question in the job interview: 'I know a guy in Tanzania who can forge it into pure gold pens for 60 cents on the dollar.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job-seeker goes through 4 interviews only to learn they were never a real candidate in the first place: 'I was a prop in their internal politics'

JR Atkinson

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Boss texts employee the day before to come in at 10 AM on mother's day despite previously saying 4:30 PM: 'I now have commitments in the morning'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is forced to clock 13 hours shifts with nothing to do, is left more exhausted than a hard day's work

JR Atkinson

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Boss sends menacing email forcing all employees into AI evaluation, threatens terminations: 'Anyone who cannot demonstrate meaningful progress after this exercise will be replaced'

JR Atkinson

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Manager forces convenience store employee to work 14-hour shift after coverage doesn't show up: 'My manager would rather us work 16 hours than close the store'

JR Atkinson

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15-year-old employee is fired after refusing to work a 14 hour shift with no break: 'I couldn't handle working 7am-9pm my first 2 days of having a real job'

JR Atkinson

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29-year-old engineer constantly quiet-quits his job every few months, can't summon energy: 'I can perform competence indefinitely, but I can’t manufacture investment'

JR Atkinson

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Boss sends prank email firing employee on April 31st, a date that does not exist: 'What a terrible joke in this economy lol'

JR Atkinson

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28-year-old hiring manager fires employee on the spot after they were 1 hour late to first training, asks for manager's Snapchat

JR Atkinson

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Company introduces $75 wellness stipend that is so intentionally difficult to use that most employees give up

JR Atkinson

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Company mandates RTO, workers commute 50 minute to wear headphones alone and take virtual meetings with coworkers

JR Atkinson

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Spender girlfriend making $40K tells saver boyfriend making $95K that he should cover her if she runs out of money: 'You've got enough for the both of us, don't you?'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss refuses to approve 1-week vacation request sent in months in advance, claims they can't find coverage

JR Atkinson

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

Emmy Pratt

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

JR Atkinson

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