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A smug boss sits at his desk, hoping that his former employee will come crawling back to him after he laid her off two weeks before Christmas

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.'

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Employee gets called up for jury duty, boss forbids them from taking a week of unpaid leave: 'You have 2-3 days max'

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Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: 'A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor'

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Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: 'He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.'

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Coworker demands employee come in unpaid on his day off to check freezer temperature: 'Yea, I ain't doing that'

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'It would be very uncomfortable to work here if you don't attend': Boss forces teachers to share beds during 'mandatory' unpaid work retreat, two strong teachers refuse to attend

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Employee leaves at 2 PM daily to pick up kids from school, manager complains they only work 5 hours a day: 'There wasn't much indication of willingness to change'

Employee leaves at 2 PM daily to pick up kids from school, manager complains they only work 5 hours a day: 'There wasn't much indication of willingness to change'

Boss demands lowest-paid employee spend $100 on lunch for customer, she worries she won't get paid back: 'Is it not etiquette to pick up the check?'

Boss demands lowest-paid employee spend $100 on lunch for customer, she worries she won't get paid back: 'Is it not etiquette to pick up the check?'

Employee doing the work of 2 people asks company for a $40K raise: 'It would cost the company $120K to hire another employee to do my previous job.'

Employee doing the work of 2 people asks company for a $40K raise: 'It would cost the company $120K to hire another employee to do my previous job.'

Employee takes 3 weeks of PTO, returns to work feeling as burnt out as he did before the vacation: 'My motivation for work is basically gone.'

Employee takes 3 weeks of PTO, returns to work feeling as burnt out as he did before the vacation: 'My motivation for work is basically gone.'

19-year-old refuses to see her 10-year-old sister because she kept destroying her stuff: 'She keeps screaming at me that I'm mean and the worst big sister ever.'

19-year-old refuses to see her 10-year-old sister because she kept destroying her stuff: 'She keeps screaming at me that I'm mean and the worst big sister ever.'

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