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A male employee looks over his shoulder and smiles while working on his laptop

Manager hesitates to criticize high-performing employee who refuses to document work: 'The rest of the team is stuck'

Coworkers secretly gossip about their boss while their boss is out of the room

Manager walks in on direct reports whispering and gossiping about her: 'They tensed up, looked guilty, and immediately changed the subject.'

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CEO berates employee over their facial expression during company meeting

A man wearing a hard hat looks behind him and smiles while sitting in a forklift in a warehouse

Warehouse employee reports safety issue, company changes his job title without telling him: 'I never signed anything, never got a new offer letter, and nobody told me this was a formal change'

A woman and a man sit in front of a laptop as the woman explains something

Employee gets second job offer with $150k salary, manager wife argues it's a 'lack of integrity' to take it: 'She had to fire someone'

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A man stands with crossed arms in front of pull-up bars at the gym

Gym employee gets fired by coworker, manager tells him he doesn't know why he was fired: 'We're going in a different direction'

A college teacher standing a podium looks to the side with blurred students seated in front of him

Out-of-work employee secures college teaching job, accidentally gets paid 3x normal salary: 'I was thrilled'

An older employee takes a meeting on her laptop at home with a glass of wine by her side

60-year-old employee defies 33-year-old manager in refusal to return to office 2 days a week: 'She argues everyone is overwhelmed'

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Coworkers laugh and smile as they sit around a table eating lunch

Coworkers invite other coworker to Friday lunch, disinvite him when he won't stop complaining: 'People stopped enjoying the lunches'

A male server holding a tablet speaks to a couple sitting at a table

Restaurant employee forgets to request time off for proposal, gets annoyed when coworkers won't swap shifts with him: 'He ended up proposing in the parking lot'

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Job-seeker goes through 4 interviews only to learn they were never a real candidate in the first place: 'I was a prop in their internal politics'

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Boss texts employee the day before to come in at 10 AM on mother's day despite previously saying 4:30 PM: 'I now have commitments in the morning'

A group of HR professionals interviews a candidate after AI tells them she is worth interviewing.

HR department admits they receive 2000 job applications for one position, and don't look at any of them: 'AI sorts through them, and then they just go based off intuition.'

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Employee is forced to clock 13 hours shifts with nothing to do, is left more exhausted than a hard day's work

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A male employee holding a takeout drink cup points out something on a laptop screen to a coworker

Management lay off employee, expect him to train coworker taking his place: 'They are putting him in a position to fail'

An employee looks at a piece of paper while sitting at a table with her laptop beside her

Employee hands in notice, manager demands she write 100 page technical manual in her last 10 days: 'I have spent seven years building these processes'