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Employee gets cousin hired in same tech company department, humbles him when he tries too hard to compete: 'Maybe focus on your own KPIs'

An older woman sitting in an armchair smiles as she calls somebody on her cellphone

Boyfriend's mom calls 28-year-old's workplace, asks manager for a reference: 'His mom has always been a lot'

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Coworker pressures colleague to us AI tool to write simple 2-sentence email, colleague pushes back: 'It would take about ten seconds to write myself'

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Boss asks remote employee to drive over 3 hours to the office with less than 24 hours warning: 'I said no, then he basically begged me'

A young confident employee wearing a sweater stands in the hallway at the office after asking for a lofty raise

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.'

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Man considers leaving 6-figure front desk job because he doesn't 'fit in' with wealthy environment: 'I just feel like I’m faking it all day'

A tired employee rubs his forehead with his hand while sitting at a computer and being surrounded by multiple screens

Employee works 60 hour weeks only for promotion to go to director's brother-in-law, fears getting fired when he reduces hours down to 40: 'I increased productivity by 3x'

A coffee shop worker smiles as she hands a customer a paper bag over the counter

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?'

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A burnt out employee sitting at the desk after coming back from three weeks of vacation

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.'

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A mom looks at her laptop and holds her cellphone while a young child sits beside her

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'

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Company refuses to give a temp employee a raise, despite promoting him to a role that requires the workload of a full-time employee: 'I'm making minimum wage.'

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Employee leaves job of 5 years with no fanfare, regrets spending years in a toxic environment: 'I left like a ghost'

A man sitting on a couch puts his hands on the shoulders of a woman sat in front of him with a laptop on her lap

Wife finds dream job listing, husband considers applying because he's more qualified than her: 'We would not be competing'

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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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Manager hesitates when HR orders termination of older employee who clocks in and out from home: 'I know she knows it's wrong'

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28-year-old cuts off financial support to his parents after 3 years of paying and putting his own life on hold: ‘I’ve been living paycheck to paycheck just to keep up with helping them’

28-year-old cuts off financial support to his parents after 3 years of paying and putting his own life on hold: ‘I’ve been living paycheck to paycheck just to keep up with helping them’

Part time employee working from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM refuses to come in early to help her coworkers: 'When I say early, I mean like 3 AM.'

Part time employee working from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM refuses to come in early to help her coworkers: 'When I say early, I mean like 3 AM.'

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Retail worker quits new job after 1 day because of the major red flags: 'I’m not overreacting am I?'

Retail worker quits new job after 1 day because of the major red flags: 'I’m not overreacting am I?'

Employee repeatedly steals booked work room, protests when coworker reports her behavior: 'Laptop open, headphones on, fully settled'

Employee repeatedly steals booked work room, protests when coworker reports her behavior: 'Laptop open, headphones on, fully settled'

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

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