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The boss tells the employee that she both did the bare minimum and exceeded expectations.

Boss scolds employee during performance review for doing the bare minimum, while also claiming that she meets all of her goals: 'If they want to see bare minimum they’ll for sure see it starting now.'

A young businesswoman smiles, holding a laptop under one arm and putting her hand in her pocket with the other, as her colleagues sit behind her out of focus

Coworkers spend 6 weeks competing for management position, company hires external candidate instead: 'We're trying to recalibrate'

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A teacher teaches her class moments after getting passed up for a promotion.

School principal tells teacher she didn't get a promotion in the school hallway: 'In front of the students, whispering, as other classes walked by. I then had to continue to teach for the rest of the day.'

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Employee rejects promotion that paid him 35% less than what he's making now: 'More responsibility, higher expectations as higher management, but significantly less pay overall.'

A young female employee works at her laptop after getting denied the promotion that she deserves.

Employee refuses to help her new boss, whom she has trained, with something she's taught her how to do 3 times already: 'I'm sure you can figure that out. It's above my pay grade.'

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Coworkers spend 2 years telling employee he should leave his fiancée because she'll take his money: 'These people don’t even know me'

A frustrated employee works at his desk, while his micromanaging manager micromanages his coworker

Company replaces kind, respectful manager with a micromanaging AI-obsessed manager: 'I was planning to be at this company long term, but I'm already looking for new work.'

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36-year-old software engineer turns down $15k pay bump to continue coding, manager thinks they've lost their mind

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Coworkers compete for the same management position, one instantly freezes the other out: 'She’s been ice cold and goes out of her way to avoid interacting with me'

A tired employee rubs his forehead with his hand while sitting at a computer and being surrounded by multiple screens

Employee works 60 hour weeks only for promotion to go to director's brother-in-law, fears getting fired when he reduces hours down to 40: 'I increased productivity by 3x'

A man sitting on a couch puts his hands on the shoulders of a woman sat in front of him with a laptop on her lap

Wife finds dream job listing, husband considers applying because he's more qualified than her: 'We would not be competing'

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Employee giving presentation in conference room an hour after she was told to start said presentation

Boss asks employee at 8 AM to make a presentation for the whole company at 9 AM: 'He is the same guy that passed me over for a promotion.'

Young handsome recruiter in light modern office conducting a job interview

Manager promotes all his employees except his top performer, who loses all motivation: 'He is hands down the best recruiter I've worked with among his peers.'

Man with glasses and long hair in office where he's being pressured to sign a card he doesn't want to sign

Employee refuses to sign a group card congratulating his mean coworker on his promotion: 'He’s the type who’ll smile to your face and then nitpick you in front of everyone like it’s a sport.'

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Worker turns down promotion of 30% more work with only 5% more pay, boss calls them 'unambitious': 'Am I wrong for not wanting to sacrifice my entire life?'

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Tech coworkers are up for promotion at the same time, male colleague insists he'll quit if female colleague gets promotion: 'He demands praise for completing the most basic tasks'