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A female employee smiling and pointing upwards while on a video call

Manager insists on 6-8 hour video calls daily, employee hesitates to go to HR: 'She runs everything she does by me'

One female and four male employees sit and stand around a meeting table with laptops and water glasses on it, conversing with one another

'Being annoying is a fireable offense': Employee fails probation after questioning manager's repeated use of phrase 'circle back' in meeting

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Employee refuses to join a "serious" Teams meeting on his day off after a coworker ambushes him with a last-minute invite, now fears it could cost him his job: 'Did I mess up?'

Two female employees work at desks in an office, one in front of the other

Boss works 10 to 6, insists on making 9 to 5 employee late to check in with work: 'I've missed plans because of it'

A representation of an employee standing and holding an open laptop against a white background

9 to 5 employee declines work call at 10 PM, gets placed on performance improvement plan afterwards: 'I questioned whether there was any urgency'

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A manager reprimanding his employee for leaving work early without telling him in person or asking for permission, even though she was leaving to pick up her feverish son from daycare, which definitely counts as a family emergency, which shouldn't require permission to attend to.

Manager scolds employee for leaving work early to pick up her sick 3-year-old son from daycare: 'He said I could have at least waited until a break.'

A greedy CEO, who tells his employees they're his “family” to their face, but refuses to pay them what they deserve.

CEO calls employees 'a family' in a meeting, refuses to give top-performing member of the family a $1.50 raise the same day: 'I'm currently doing the workload of 2 people.'

A female employee presenting something on a flipboard to several people sitting in a meeting room

Employee spreads rumor about coworker, gets annoyed when they don't flag error in major presentation: 'It wasn't my place'

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Employee looks dumbfounded after her boss asks her if she likes him.

Boss asks employee if she likes him during their 1 on 1 meeting: 'I told him I would grab a bucket of water if he was on fire, but I would not attend his funeral.'

An overly confident young employee strolls into a meeting to ask his boss for a 50% raise.

Gen Z employee demands a 50% raise after 1 year of work, requests meeting with CEO after his manager says no: 'He informed me that he deserves a $41K bump.'

A tired female employee rests her head in her hand while sitting at her desk in her home office

Manager insists remote employee of 21 years attend 90 minute, 6:30 AM meeting three times weekly: 'I am genetically inclined to be a night owl'

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A manager conducts a one on one meeting with her employee, who is secretly recording her every word

Employee records her manager during their 1 on 1 meeting: 'Is this normal now? Is she building a case against me?'

A female employee sitting at a meeting table with a tablet looks towards a female coworker who is talking

Overworked employee puts in 3 month notice at job of 4 years, manager tries to guilt her into staying in the job: 'It is not about finances, just about morals'

A female businesswoman smiles as she flicks through a book she is holding while standing in an office hallway

Corporate employee leaves anonymous negative review of coworker's book, coworker continually references 'mystery reviewer': 'She'd gotten some really challenging feedback'

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A woman holding a mug stands over a woman working at a laptop on a kitchen table

Working from home employee has roommate in same company, gets annoyed when she suggests she'll stop covering for her being late for meetings

Two men stand next to each other in a meeting room, examining two Post-it notes stuck to the window

Employee gets cousin hired in same tech company department, humbles him when he tries too hard to compete: 'Maybe focus on your own KPIs'