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Management lay off employee, expect him to train coworker taking his place: 'They are putting him in a position to fail'

A woman working from home writes on a notepad while sitting in front of her tablet

Startup fires founding employee, still expects her to do work for no salary: 'They kept another employee who makes less than me'

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Employee finds job listing of both of her roles split up into entry-level jobs, boss refuses to tell her anything

Boyfriend sits on the couch playing video games while his girlfriend works hard, making extra money to pay his rent.

26-year-old girlfriend pays her unemployed boyfriends rent for 4 months, discovers he got a 6-month severance package worth thousands of dollars

HR employee talking to new hire about her termination from the company

Boss schedules an HR meeting with new hire at 3:30 on a Friday: 'Is this a sign I am getting fired?'

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Young female employee considering telling her coworker that he's about to get fired.

22-year-old employee considers telling her new coworker that he's about to get fired: 'Our manager HATES him for very valid reasons.'

A smug boss sits at his desk, hoping that his former employee will come crawling back to him after he laid her off two weeks before Christmas

Boss lays off employee 2 weeks before Christmas, asks her to do unpaid work for him 2 months later 'as a friend': 'The only other employee, his wife, left him and the business.'

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Employee finds out their place of work is closing via Facebook post: 'That’s the notice I got. No discussion in person beforehand. No phone call. No text'

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HR director accidentally forwards list of layoffs, employee reads his own name on the list: 'Years working here. I'm devastated at the lack of integrity and now what do I do?'

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Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: 'If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign'

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'My phone rings, and it's HR asking if I'd come back': Company lays off employee of 8 years one year before her retirement, the rest of her department quits afterwards

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First time homeowner loses his job 15 minutes after closing on his new home: 'I turned off my camera so they wouldn't see me cry'

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Company fires employee who relocated for the job after 3 months of working: 'I uprooted my life to move over here'

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26-Year Employee Gets Laid off Years Before Retirement Because he Can't Uproot to a New State

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Employee receives ultimatum for not meeting 4-shift requirement after manager failed to schedule enough work: 'Commit or leave'

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16-year-old tells dad, who charges her $800 per month for rent, that he's a bad father: 'If I don't pay rent I get kicked out until I do.'

16-year-old tells dad, who charges her $800 per month for rent, that he's a bad father: 'If I don't pay rent I get kicked out until I do.'

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