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'Teaching 7 classes a semester on 3 different campuses and making less than $30k/year': Workers share experiences in the workplace that radicalized them

I could never
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Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do 'literally nothing,' while some claim it's a dream job: 'Use the facilities, use the benefits'

Dream job or nightmare job?
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Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: 'Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing'

Don't take it to the group text!
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'Block her number and move on': Boutique owner gifts employee jumpsuit from her store, demands it back when employee injures herself

A gift’s a gift
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'Are you gonna have fun on your little bouncy castle?': Adults debate whether or not taking your birthday off work is an 'ick'

But it's my birthday...
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'You must be kidding!': Boss Emails Entire Company Employee’s Salary Details, Including Expected ‘Raise’

'You must be kidding!': Boss Emails Entire Company Employee’s Salary Details, Including Expected ‘Raise’

For reasons that are still unknown, salary has proven to be one of the most private and sensitive bits of information in the business world for years, if not decades. What would you do, then, if your pay increase was unintentionally disclosed to the entire company? Would you be happy to brag about your raise, or would you attempt to keep it to yourself given how hard you worked to get here? The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. When the original poster (OP) first started worki…
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‘No children in the home younger than 16’: Job posting advertises crazy, Orwellian work-from-home stipulations

Yeah, I’m not gonna do that
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'You should be working 12 hour days': Tech CEO tells employees they aren't working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday

No, you shouldn't
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'Your kid needs a bath like yesterday': Workers share things they aren't allowed to tell customers at their job

Some things are best left unsaid
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'Absolutely report her and her business': Shady birthday party company requires 8 weeks of free labor from teenage employees

Yeah, I don't think so
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'I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace

Employee in their natural habitat
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'It was really stressful and inconvenient for me to find coverage': Manager asks employee to pay $100 to coworker who covered her shift

That's not how this should work
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Billion-dollar company asks $19.95/hour wage workers to donate to colleague: 'I don't make enough to save my coworkers from disaster'

Isn't that your job?
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Company rewards loyal employee's 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: 'Wow now you can afford that hot tub'

That's less than a gumball
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'That sounds like a you problem...': Hotel Cancels Guest’s Reservation After They Don’t Confirm Booking, Guest Demands to Be Checked In Anyway

'That sounds like a you problem...': Hotel Cancels Guest’s Reservation After They Don’t Confirm Booking, Guest Demands to Be Checked In Anyway

Working in the hospitality industry can be challenging. There are a lot of factors to take into account, in addition to the long hours, entitled guests, and constant barrage of unreasonable requests. The story that follows is an account of a frustrated front desk clerk. A woman approached the Original Poster (OP) while she was working the night shift. She stormed into the hotel and insisted on being checked in right away. But not long after she arrived, OP recognized that the woman in front of…
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'They are just making up excuses to be lazy': Restaurant delays paychecks for extreme weather, employee has biting response

Not a valid excuse
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