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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.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job seeker steals roommate's portfolio to land a new job, roommate tells their new boss the work was stolen: 'They rescinded her offer within 2 hours.'

Emmy Pratt

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High performing employee gets job offer, weighs up resigning the day he receives $10000 bonus: 'I earned that'

Ally Perry

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Job's strict PTO policy means new employee has to work September through June with no days off: 'Turns out PTO can be theoretical'

JR Atkinson

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Father offered high-paying job with long hours and far commute, but refuses to accept it unless his wife agrees to quit teaching and become a SAHM for their young children, sparking tension when she refuses: 'I don't want them to be raised by a stranger'

Emma Saven

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Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would've created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: 'Why tell me now, as I'm leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?'

Emmy Pratt

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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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28-year-old employee teaches 50-year-old new hire how to use a computer; new hire cries to supervisor when employee doesn't do her job for her: 'The one moment I don’t help her the way she wanted me to, she had a meltdown.'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager discovers that the new hire is an employee from his previous company whom he fired for lying on his resume: 'The higher-ups are aware of the situation and don't seem too concerned about it.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: 'They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.'

Emmy Pratt

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Lana DeGaetano

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Lana DeGaetano

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Lana DeGaetano

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Lana DeGaetano

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Lana DeGaetano

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Lana DeGaetano

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