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'I’m not going to wake up at 8am just to make sure someone doesn’t need their shift covered that day': Coworker sets boundaries with colleagues, they call her out for not covering on her day off

JR Atkinson

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Manager uses work from home option weekly, prevents employees from doing the same: 'The other departments use it no problem'

Ally Perry

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Employee is 9 days into new job when she feels like she's being conned, boss is completely absent: 'After hours requests, weekend requests, 10pm requests, 5am requests'

JR Atkinson

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Coworkers snoop through colleague's private social media just to screenshot and send to manager: 'She sent them a selfie I took at home and put on my Instagram story'

JR Atkinson

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Laid off job seeker with expecting wife applies for 4500 jobs in a year, moves back in with family to avoid debt: 'I just don't know anymore'

Ally Perry

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Boss makes assistant cry because she ordered steak and dessert during a business lunch with a client: 'The client and I both ordered burgers and fries. The client and I both said no to dessert.'

Emmy Pratt

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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'

Ally Perry

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

Ally Perry

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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'

JR Atkinson

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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'

JR Atkinson

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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'

JR Atkinson

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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'

Ally Perry

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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?'

Ally Perry

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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'

Ally Perry

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Remote employee quits, boss forces them to travel across the country and stay 3 months to finish their work: 'No is a complete sentence'

JR Atkinson

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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.'

Emmy Pratt

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