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HR department demands employee's personal phone, installs location tracking app on it: 'I questioned this'

A warehouse worker holding a clipboard talks to her supervisor as they both wear hard hats

Factory employee endures demanding manager for 2 years, writes exposé email to company and walks out 2 weeks before new job: ' She has a spreadsheet of all of the mistakes employees have made'

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Boss leaves every day at 2pm because of her 'kids,' despite not allowing colleagues to do the same

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Employee starts new job, company demands she uses PTO for Memorial Day: 'I can't use PTO until 90 days of employment'

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Job applicant rejects tech company that offers a job 4 months after interviews, pays half his desired salary: 'I even gave them a discount'

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Lazy employee demands coworker cancel customer policy, faces clapback in response: 'I've had enough'

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Company throws team lunch to celebrate record profits, give employees $12 sandwich voucher while CEO gets $4.2 million bonus

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Employee starts 8 hour finance shift at 7 AM, boss reprimands him for his 'schedule and visibility': 'Most people come in around nine and leave around six'

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Company denies leave request sent in 6 months prior, claims they've run out of PTO after draining it for closure days

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Full-time hospitality employee demands part-time colleague covers shift so she can be with 2-year-old, gets annoyed when she refuses: 'I'm so worried my daughter is alone'

Employee eats cake during her lunch break at work.

Coworkers berate employee for leaving the office for her 30 minute lunch break: 'The way people have reacted, you'd think I started leaving for a three hour lunch.'

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Boss writes up warehouse worker for taking 2 bathroom breaks in 1 shift: 'Both under 5 minutes'

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Coworker constantly expects employee to cover for her lateness, manager starts getting suspicious: 'I panicked'

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College student applies for graduate job, company demands he complete 40 hour assignment for application: 'I thought I was crushing it'

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Company lays off entire department in one fell swoop with no notice: 'We were basically scapegoated'

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