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Remote employee quits, boss forces them to travel across the country and stay 3 months to finish their work: 'No is a complete sentence'

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Employee makes half-joke about asking for 'allowance' when boss calls them family, boss retaliates and buries him under projects: 'It was clearly tongue in cheek'

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Boss promises promotion to employee for 6 months, rug pulls them at the last minute: 'I fee so used also because I worked so hard and delivered way beyond my targets'

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UPDATE: Boss tells employee to 'stick to their contract' after denying them a raise, then complains they're not doing extra: 'I'm about to reply with a screenshot'

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Boss bombards mostly-remote employee with 5 AM screenshot demanding 5 days/week in the office: 'It's an hour drive from home'

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Employee learns all their coworkers were hired at $20/hr when he was hired at $18/hr with more experience, confronts his boss about it: 'I have 7 years experience in related fields'

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Manager says 'there's nothing wrong with walking' to restaurant worker in a blizzard, claims that's no reason to miss work: 'She lives 3 miles away'

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Design job requires employees to clock out to use the bathroom and refuses to heat the office, doesn't understand why they're losing workers: 'Is it too soon to walk out?'

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'My boss stole my gift money': Manager collects money from employee to give to sick coworker, they return having never received anything

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HR hounds woman on maternity leave to complete trainings, boss constantly reminds them not to bother her: 'Your current management just threw you under the bus instead of taking 5 seconds to check the email chain'

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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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Job lies about 6-week out-of-state training process to get employee to onboard, won't cover travel expenses and only gives $20 for food: 'I will most likely have to quit my job over this'

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Boss tells employee they 'lack passion' for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: 'I make $19/hr [...] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies'

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Boss sends pre-8AM, AI-written email asking employees to come in during a blizzard: 'The multi-car pileup in the untreated parking lot entrance was a nice welcome'

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Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they're 'lucky to have a job' making $16/hr: 'Done being grateful for crumbs'

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24-year-old coworker withholds $10/month for employee 'social fund' after fund manager refuses to show where the money is going: 'He’s lashing out because you’re about to end his gravy train'

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