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'Looks like she will be covering that shift after all!': Worker has the perfect comeback for employer who reneged on agreed-upon schedule

Great email fodder
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'This is dystopian': Teacher gets reprimanded for 'liking' Snow Day social media announcement, gets accused of being excited to not work

Way too critical
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'America really needs to learn to relax': Company implements 'Code Sunshine,' forces employees to be weird customer service robots

Very Stepford Wives vibes
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'You’re manifesting my business's failure': Dispiteous boss accuses employee of "manifesting failure" of her business

Get your Tarot cards out and crystals ready cause we're out here trying to manifest the failure of every terrible boss we've ever had. Try or not, in a way, we're all manifesting something… I “manifested” two tacos and a side of sweet, sweet guacamole not thirty minutes ago. But, what I've recently consumed isn't really the point here, we're more concerned about accusations of the manifestation of a businesses failure being thrown around like the Salem witch trials.
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'You learned a valuable lesson': Worker brings in $12 million for her company, boss spits out coffee at her raise request

Take this job and shove it
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'There's no price worth putting up with that': The insane work stories that made people quit on the spot

That's it, I've had it!
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'She said that I'm a bully': Ignorant woman refuses to spell coworkers name correctly

What's in a name?
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'HR isn't your friend': 30+ people share their best professional advice

Free wisdom
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'You have to work FIVE years to be eligible for 1 week of PTO': Company announces absurd PTO policy, denies any vacation time to employees with under 5 years at the company

This is absurd
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‘She had the biggest smile on her face’: Retail worker shares wholesome story in which he sold a sweet and excited old lady an electric scooter

The definition of YOLO.
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'I'm not a high school student': Boss bans cell phones in the workplace, confiscates them before employees clock in

Employees should be trusted
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‘She spoiled everything, so I spoiled right back’: To get back at her entitled co-worker, woman decides to spoil the ending of her favorite book

‘She spoiled everything, so I did too’: To get back at her entitled co-worker, woman decides to spoil the ending of her favorite book

Spoilers ahead...
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'2 years later the business closed for good': Clueless owner fires pinball machine expert, pinball machine sales fall by 35%

He screwed up big time
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'Everything is inappropriate': Creepy boss gives employee flowers after his bullying forces her to quit

This boss needs some HR intervention
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Construction Worker Gets Back at Teammates After They Mess With His Radio

Construction Worker Gets Back at Teammates After They Mess With His Radio

Even while maintaining a calm workplace is one of the most crucial aspects of our daily lives, some people do not always view it as a common objective that must be consistently pursued. The story below is an account of a frustrated employee who discovered a perfect way of exacting revenge on his coworkers for their unwillingness to work together. OP was required to perform physical labor daily while working in an industrial setting. For fun, the on-site staff would rotate through the radio musi…
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'Basically fired while on medical leave': Boss eliminates employee's position after she got 5 surgeries in 3 months

Not the "Welcome Back" message she'd hoped for
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