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Design job requires employees to clock out to use the bathroom and refuses to heat the office, doesn't understand why they're losing workers: 'Is it too soon to walk out?'

JR Atkinson

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Job passes over long term employee for internal job 3 times despite having perfect reviews and stats: 'Time for an external job promotion'

JR Atkinson

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IT worker is blamed for coworker showing up late, says it's their fault for leaving on time: 'They’ve basically gotten used to arriving late, and the person ending the shift is stuck covering past their scheduled time'

JR Atkinson

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Snowed-in employee calls off at 5 AM, boss tries to send ride share to pick them up anyway: 'The roads are so bad here'

JR Atkinson

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Company fires employee for not immediately reporting overpayment on a paycheck despite the fact they were on a cruise: 'He said its not about the money but about integrity'

JR Atkinson

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Employee overhears millionaire bosses dreaming about becoming vegetable vendors, giving up their lifestyles: 'I think the “Corporate Dream” is a scam'

JR Atkinson

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'My emails become unnoticed by the manager': Manager claims employee isn't doing enough work because their work gets lost under coworker's mountains of updates

JR Atkinson

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Woman refuses to sign a no-pay NDA sent by a now-elected official Ex, she had a brief 3-month campaign romance with years ago: ‘I was 22 at the time and he was 24, I figured I’d never have to see him again’

Etai Eshet

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Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn't provide severance: 'I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services'

JR Atkinson

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Company only allows PTO on 'sick days,' forcing employees to lie about their time off: 'That’s basically no PTO with extra steps'

JR Atkinson

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Company demands 5 days in office after years of remote, employee has a secret escape plan: 'The only thing that's changed is their desire for control'

JR Atkinson

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HR director accidentally forwards list of layoffs, employee reads his own name on the list: 'Years working here. I'm devastated at the lack of integrity and now what do I do?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee drives 2 hours into office to find that nobody else is there, coworkers didn't tell them not to come in: 'Even the newer staff knew not to come in, but nobody is answering'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker constantly chastises colleague for minor mistakes, abandons night shift 2 hours in after blowing up: 'You better stop talking before it gets much worse, I don't even care if we have to call the police'

JR Atkinson

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28-year-old employee teaches 50-year-old new hire how to use a computer; new hire cries to supervisor when employee doesn't do her job for her: 'The one moment I don’t help her the way she wanted me to, she had a meltdown.'

Emmy Pratt

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Coworker constantly comments on employees' snack and beverage choices in the break room, cries when she tells her to knock it off: 'Commenting on what others eat isn’t appropriate.'

Emmy Pratt

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