workplace

32-year-old postal worker tells his coworker to watch his favorite holiday film 'Jingle All the Way,' turns out his coworker was living the scenario in real life: 'I was intending for a lighthearted laugh...'

Elna McHilderson

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Salesman quits underpaid job, finds new use for business cards as he waits 6 hours for exit interview: 'I had nothing to do but wait'

Ally Perry

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Coworkers quits and management refuses to find a replacement, dumps their work onto existing team with no pay bump: 'Adding another person's work to our already tough workload isn't feasible at all'

JR Atkinson

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Retail manager earns only 50 cents more than the employees they manage, despite having 15+ more responsibilities and sales being up 27%: 'Is this exploitative?'

Emmy Pratt

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Company charges employees $25 per person to attend office holiday party: 'I wonder if they are making a profit and where it goes?'

JR Atkinson

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Part-time bookkeeper refuses to train replacement after company director fires her, demands to be taught her job: '[They] have no idea what I do'

Ally Perry

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Boss asks employee to pick up her keys at another office off the clock, refuses to admit it's wage theft: 'No, I am not her personal assistant'

JR Atkinson

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24-year-old handles difficult customer, gets upset when 49-year-old coworker accidentally sends her critical text: 'She should have handled that'

Ally Perry

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Employee resents contributing to office gifts in workplace with high turnover, looks for a way to avoid it: 'I've contributed to over 10 birthdays'

Ally Perry

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'My boss stole my gift money': Manager collects money from employee to give to sick coworker, they return having never received anything

JR Atkinson

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Carpooler demands coworkers clock out early so she can attend son's medical appointment, gets offended when they make alternative travel arrangements: 'No way our managers would let us leave 45 minutes early for someone else’s child'

Ally Perry

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Corporate client makes businessman work 2 months of unpaid overtime, pay large invoice he sends by mistake 1 year later: 'The worst working experience of my life'

Ally Perry

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CEO announces company exceeded revenue goals by 40% and had its most profitable year, refuses to give employees more than a 2% raise: 'That doesn't even cover inflation.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR tries to discipline employee for missing a meeting they weren't invited to, double down when their mistake is revealed: 'What do they want me to do? Telepathically sense meetings?'

JR Atkinson

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Boss adds new job responsibilities that weren't in the job description every week, tells employee she should be grateful when she pushes back: 'I’m watching coworkers burn out left and right from the same creeping scope expansion.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR hounds woman on maternity leave to complete trainings, boss constantly reminds them not to bother her: 'Your current management just threw you under the bus instead of taking 5 seconds to check the email chain'

JR Atkinson

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