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‘I don't know what took ahold of me’: Employee asks coworker about their retirement plans, only to discover he is 36 years old, avoids that coworker until they quit

‘I don't know what took ahold of me’: Employee asks coworker about their retirement plans, only to discover he is 36 years old, avoids that coworker until they quit

Micromanager Writes up Senior Employee for Leaving 3 Minutes Early, Resulting in His Own Humiliating Termination

Micromanager Writes up Senior Employee for Leaving 3 Minutes Early, Resulting in His Own Humiliating Termination

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

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Employee accidentally injures finger while working from home, company claims it's a work-related accident and bans working from home for all employees: 'My colleagues are annoyed with me'

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New hire shows up to his first day at the office, only one employee notices he's not the person they interviewed : 'No one else seems to notice that it's a completely different guy'

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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

Entitled Mom Challenges Staff Over Playground Rules and Threatens to Fire Employee When Her Six-Year-Old Is Denied Entry

Entitled Mom Challenges Staff Over Playground Rules and Threatens to Fire Employee When Her Six-Year-Old Is Denied Entry

Entitled Pregnant Woman Demands Coworkers Pay Hundreds for Additional Gifts Despite Recent Baby Shower, Igniting Office Uproar

Entitled Pregnant Woman Demands Coworkers Pay Hundreds for Additional Gifts Despite Recent Baby Shower, Igniting Office Uproar

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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

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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

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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

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

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Office worker refuses to bake a dessert for coworker's 'grandma shower': 'Ridiculous and not a thing'

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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

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Bride invites 9 out of 10 of her coworkers to her wedding, the 1 coworker calls out his exclusion during department meeting: 'I could see the bride's face visibly change'

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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'

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Mom leaves 9-year-old daughter's friend at school despite promising her dad she'd take her home, dad refuses to drive the daughter anywhere ever again: ‘She had to walk home while it was pouring rain’

Mom leaves 9-year-old daughter's friend at school despite promising her dad she'd take her home, dad refuses to drive the daughter anywhere ever again: ‘She had to walk home while it was pouring rain’

Stay-at-home dad refuses to homeschool his 6-year-old daughter because she's failing 1st grade math, despite his wife's insistence: 'I want her to have a “normal” childhood'

Stay-at-home dad refuses to homeschool his 6-year-old daughter because she's failing 1st grade math, despite his wife's insistence: 'I want her to have a “normal” childhood'

Mom of 4-month-old leaves home for an hour, husband sends her voice note of the baby crying: 'I thought you would text me if something was wrong'

Mom of 4-month-old leaves home for an hour, husband sends her voice note of the baby crying: 'I thought you would text me if something was wrong'

Pregnant 28-year-old daughter tells father she and her partner are moving out of his home after shouldering the cost of all household expenses for months, he tries to guilt her into staying: ‘He didn’t talk to me for days’

Pregnant 28-year-old daughter tells father she and her partner are moving out of his home after shouldering the cost of all household expenses for months, he tries to guilt her into staying: ‘He didn’t talk to me for days’

21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (October 10, 2025)

21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (October 10, 2025)

'I told her if she’s not ready by 7:30, I’ll just leave': 34-year-old aunt becomes chronically late to work after offering to drive her niece to school because her tardy sister doesn't respect her time

'I told her if she’s not ready by 7:30, I’ll just leave': 34-year-old aunt becomes chronically late to work after offering to drive her niece to school because her tardy sister doesn't respect her time

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