Boss Mistakenly Admits to Grand Theft Paycheck In Email to Former Employee Requesting Owed Wages

It’s insulting enough to get paid the bare minimum for a job that demands most of your time. But a company that literally steals wages from their employees? That’s just vile. When redditor u/overworked-american asked for owed wages from their former employer, they were shocked when the head of the company not only rejected their …
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Abusive Boss Gets Taste of Her Own Medicine When Worker Quits Without Notice

Horrible bosses are the absolute worst, but many disgruntled employees aren’t necessarily in a position to quit their jobs, leaving them stuck in an indefinite 9-5 nightmare. However, when the opportunity to quit does arise, it can feel like the best day of one’s life. In a r/MaliciousCompliance post, redditor u/Public_Pressure_4516 explains how their cruel …
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Servers Earn More Than Managers Thanks to Big Tips, Boss Responds by Cutting Wages

Tipping is a strange, yet highly normalized custom in American culture. Do you ever stop and wonder about the origins of gratuity in America? The history is pretty damn dark. Nevertheless, tipping workers for their service is deeply embedded into our society and it isn’t going away, unless of course, employers start to pay service …
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Frustrated People Explain How Being Poor is Actually Prohibitively Expensive

Breaking news: Being poor is expensive. The less money you have, the more a person is punished for it, it seems. Redditor u/Paratrooperkid made a post prompting r/antiwork members to explain how being poor is, in fact, expensive so they could relay the best points to their rich friends.The resulting thread is full of relatable …
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Tweet Encouraging People to Discuss Salaries in the Workplace Sparks Debate

Should we discuss our salaries with our coworkers or not? What was once a workplace faux pas is becoming a common topic among colleagues, and a lot of workers have benefited from more transparency. But when @ramblings_and encouraged the workers of Twitter to discuss pay in the workplace, not everyone was on board. Most people …
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Entitled Boss Expects Employees to Stay at Work During Unpaid Lunch Break

Employment is pretty simple. An employer is supposed to compensate a worker for their time. When said worker is off the clock, they can do whatever the hell they want with their time. You either pay someone for their time or you dismiss them from their duties. Demanding that people stay at work while they’re …
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Beyoncé Fans Praise Anti-Work Lyrics From Her Latest Single

If there’s anything you should know about Beyoncé fans, it’s that they are fierce tweeters. As Beyoncé’s single BREAK MY SOUL was released Tuesday, the Bey Hive was up praising their queen on Twitter. The response to the song was generally positive, but the aspect that stood out to fans, in particular, was the song’s …
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Devious Boss Tries to Get Away With Wage Theft, Worker Hits Him With Perfect Response

Some bosses seem to really go out of their way to be complete a-holes. What’s the point of cheating an already underpaid employee out of £20? At that point it’s not just about money—it’s about exploiting your position of power to take advantage of people just because you can, and that’s pretty twisted. One redditor …
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Sexist Boss Denies Raise for Hardworking Female Worker Because ‘Men Need It More’

It seems like some bosses would rather ruin the reputation of their company than throw a bone to their hardworking employees. There’s no shortage of infuriating examples on every disgruntled worker’s favorite subreddit r/antiwork, but u/DLS3141‘s post is something else. When everyone but OP’s wife got a raise at her workplace, her boss used OP’s …
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Employee Promoted Without a Raise, Cleverly Exploits Loophole To Get Pay Bump Another Way

If you get promoted without a wage increase, is it really a promotion? Or is it just extra work? Sure, the promotion might come with a better title, but a cool job title doesn’t exactly pay tomorrow’s bills. When redditor u/InterestedObserver20 was told by their employer that their new promotion didn’t come with a pay …
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