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19-year-old worker is forced to work 8 hours without break, works 30 minute lunch unpaid: 'Flip the store sign to closed'

JR Atkinson

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Cultish company mandates 'emotional bonding sessions' where employees share their personal trauma: 'Most of the team were crying and hugging'

JR Atkinson

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'She's been telling our other coworkers that I'm selfish': Condescending woman belittles coworker for not having children when she declines to cover her shift

JR Atkinson

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Controlling micromanager threatens to write up employee for putting down her purse after she clocks in: 'This literally takes 2 seconds'

JR Atkinson

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'It's the only time I can see my family': Newlywed asks coworker to give up his 2-week vacation he planned 1 year in advance so she can go on her honeymoon, balks when he says no

JR Atkinson

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'Do what we say without question': Backwards workplace refuses to hire long-haired man despite the job being at a call center

JR Atkinson

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Employee is fired for giving $5 tip to its rightful recipient, exposing deceitful manager's tip-stealing scheme: 'My whole heart just sank'

JR Atkinson

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5-year-old daughter appears on dad's work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: 'I don't think I can work here anymore'

JR Atkinson

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Controlling boss asks all employees to download location-tracking app 'Life360,' employees are baffled: 'We are not his children'

JR Atkinson

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'Only a grifter would do that': Shady coworker 'borrows' coworker's designer clothes and jewelry, won't return them after 1 year

JR Atkinson

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'You are literally working yourself into an early grave': Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household

JR Atkinson

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'That's a trick': New employee is reprimanded for showing up with coffee, despite arriving on time and ready to work

JR Atkinson

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'It's giving MLM/pyramid scheme': Shady job recruiter puts 10+ applicants in a public group chat, exposing everyone's phone number

JR Atkinson

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'Being likable is actually more important than being good': Beleaguered workers share their hard-won advice about employment

JR Atkinson

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'It's time to pay me': Shifty boss offers stellar employee lump sum instead of a raise, keeps delaying the payment

JR Atkinson

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Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: 'That's what people who are quitting do'

Emmy Ward

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