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16-year-old lifeguard gets fired for having bad breath, despite brushing and flossing twice a day

Emmy Pratt

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Employee considers quitting during week 1 of new job making 3x their previous salary because of disorganization: 'Is this a joke?'

JR Atkinson

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Manager flips out on employee after they talk about their 'side project' with their coworkers

JR Atkinson

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Remote worker of 3 years still has to field 2pm lunch requests from neighbors, friend who assume they're always free

JR Atkinson

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Movie theater manager demands workers have availability 24/7, sees school as only valid conflict: 'I DO NOT accept you not being able to work a day because you want the day off to rest'

JR Atkinson

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Work investigates employee for leaving the country during sick leave because of their email timestamps: 'You're 100% going to get fired'

JR Atkinson

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Janitor quits their job on the spot after boss halved their hours without telling them: 'I am stunned than no one talked to you'

JR Atkinson

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Manager interrupts with a message every time employee is on a call: 'It took me a while to realize it was intentional'

JR Atkinson

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Mom gets 17-year-old daughter fired from her first job: 'She realized I would have more freedom with a job, and she couldn’t let me have it.'

Emmy Pratt

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Company 'owns' employee's LinkedIn for the duration of their job: 'They have full access to my account including posts, comments, reactions, DMs, and all done by them, for their brand, using my name and my face'

JR Atkinson

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Annoying coworker continually pushes colleague to strive for higher position, it backfires: 'This place will fall apart without me'

JR Atkinson

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Manager puts employee on a performance improvement plan after they write a date in the wrong format: 'They're just looking for an excuse to fire you'

JR Atkinson

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Company charges $40 for company gear, forbids workers from wearing it on the job

JR Atkinson

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Employee builds app to track how many times coworker says 'circling back' in meetings: 'Recently [he said it] 23 times in a 56 minute sync'

JR Atkinson

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Manager catches employee working 2 full-time remote jobs at the same time: 'Apparently he took 2 weeks PTO when starting out, and then went right back to work the other job'

JR Atkinson

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Boss instructs employee to clock out whenever he's not actively working: 'My goal is for you to have zero down time.'

Emmy Pratt

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