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'Are they insane?': Employee understandably turns down $2.50 job, employer wants 'to talk'

That's less than subway fare
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'Something out of a dystopian novel’: Evil company surreptitiously takes photos of employees throughout their work day

This is crazy
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'[As] long as you are breathing, you can pivot': Commenters share inspiring stories about changing careers later in life

You can literally do anything
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Server Finds Herself on the Ground in Last Attempt to Salvage Tips From Customers During Shift Gone Wrong

Server Finds Herself on the Ground in Last Attempt to Salvage Tips From Customers During Shift Gone Wrong

Ninety percent of the time, the food industry is demanding and stressful. Even in the wee hours of the night, you depend on an infinite number of associates and suppliers to make ends meet. The story below is of a woman who worked at a privately owned fine dining restaurant. OP reflects on her time in the culinary world. She makes it very clear throughout her story that running a restaurant is never easy. However, on this particular occasion, even OP failed to get a hand on the situation. The s…
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Boss Tells Overworked Contractor to Get a Therapist, It Majorly Backfires

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'They are not hiring and I don't know why': Gen-Z woman with 2 degrees hands out resumes in NYC, gets rejected everywhere

It's tough out there
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‘Stay in that area and keep an eye on them…’: Senior Employee Skillfully Complies With Upper Management to Stop Teen Theft

‘Stay in that area and keep an eye on them…’: Senior Employee Skillfully Complies With Upper Management to Stop Teen Theft

Customer service is never an easy job to work in. A whole different story, though, applies to customer service jobs during the holiday season. A disappointed retail sales associate tells his story below. For a while now, OP has been employed in the field of customer service. He is therefore well-acquainted with the variety of challenges that come with working in the field of customer service, especially retail. However, OP's life isn't getting any easier because of the new craze that's taking t…
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'America really needs to learn to relax': Company implements 'Code Sunshine,' forces employees to be weird customer service robots

Very Stepford Wives vibes
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'There's no price worth putting up with that': The insane work stories that made people quit on the spot

That's it, I've had it!
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'I would rather get no recognition': Worker goes beyond call of duty to save company millions of dollars, is rewarded with a $30 gift card

Guess I'll stay bad at my job
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'She said that I'm a bully': Ignorant woman refuses to spell coworkers name correctly

What's in a name?
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'Basically fired while on medical leave': Boss eliminates employee's position after she got 5 surgeries in 3 months

Not the "Welcome Back" message she'd hoped for
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Toxic Boss Enforces Mandatory Daily Morning Meetings, Forces Workers to Stand

Be glad you don't work here
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‘They cheated him out of $377’: Son quits job at father’s company after being conned out of wages

Not on my watch
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Cruel Hotel Manager Threatens Termination Over Employee's Hair Dye Stains

That last minute dye job had consequences
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The Weird, Unknown Jobs That Actually Pay Really Well

You might not find these on LinkedIn
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