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Recruiter Tells Job Applicant They're 'Too Expensive' When They Request $100k Salary, Relist the Job With a $100-120k Salary Range

Ally Perry

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Boss scolds hardworking employee for leaving work 1 minute before the workday ends, even though she comes in early every day

Emmy Pratt

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Millennial manager bemoans Gen Z job applicants who can't use computers or read clocks: 'So many struggled'

Ally Perry

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'Asynchronous' boss continually pings employee all day, gets offended when they take more than 5 seconds to respond

JR Atkinson

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HR department demands employee's personal phone, installs location tracking app on it: 'I questioned this'

Ally Perry

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Work memes that reward hardworking workers with a chuckle: 'Here's a coffee and $5M dollars'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Factory employee endures demanding manager for 2 years, writes exposé email to company and walks out 2 weeks before new job: ' She has a spreadsheet of all of the mistakes employees have made'

Ally Perry

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Employee leaves job for a startup in August, returns to his old job after realizing the startup owners were inept and clueless: 'They wanted me to handle everything for the income of only 1 person.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss leaves every day at 2pm because of her 'kids,' despite not allowing colleagues to do the same

JR Atkinson

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Manager asks employee with a 101-degree fever to come into work, demands a doctor's note if he misses more than 2 days of work: 'The age of "get well soon" has officially ended.'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old brings his mom to a job interview, lets her answer questions for him: 'I'd ask him how he dealt with a tight deadline, and she'd jump in about how organized he is at home.'

Emmy Pratt

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Coworker continually mispronounces coworker Xavier's name, refuses to learn the correct pronounciation

JR Atkinson

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Employee starts new job, company demands she uses PTO for Memorial Day: 'I can't use PTO until 90 days of employment'

Ally Perry

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Company mandates 'anonymous' survey, turns their answers into a public loyalty test: 'The room was silent'

JR Atkinson

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Dad criticizes stay-at-home mom of an 8-month-old and a 2-year-old for not greeting him with a kiss when he comes home from work: 'The 1950s called. They want their man back.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR sends out automated email warning employee their 'engagement score' has dropped 7 points, fails to realize he was working on a deep-work project

JR Atkinson

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