Older people love to lecture teenagers about their laziness, but I think that couldn’t be further from the truth. Sure, there are always some bad apples who couldn’t care less about working hard at school, work, or extracurricular activities, but I would argue that more is expected of teens now than ever before. They have …
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Boss Plans to Fire Employee After His Father’s Passing Because She ‘Didn’t Know How Responsible He Was’
Family emergencies are one of those things that can really show a company’s true colors. When you’re a diligent hard worker who always shows up on time and rarely calls off, it’s easy to feel like you’ve earned the good graces of the company. After all, you’ve put in so much hard work for them, …
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Boss Plans to Fire Employee After His Father’s Passing Because She ‘Doesn’t Know How Responsible He is’
Family emergencies are one of those things that can really show a company’s true colors. When you’re a diligent hard worker who always shows up on time and rarely calls off, it’s easy to feel like you’ve earned the good graces of the company. After all, you’ve put in so much hard work for them, …
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Boss Slowly Forces Remote Employee to Work in the Office Full Time Despite Being Hired to be Remote
We’re living in an interesting time for working remotely. I’d say 90% of my friends are working hybrid or remote jobs, and only a small handful work five days in the office. I’m lucky that I entered the workforce during this era; the last time I had to be at the same place five days …
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Overworked Junior Employee Quits Without Notice, Leaving Lazy Boss Hung Out to Dry
There comes a point in many low-level employees’ lives when they need to throw in the towel. If you’re inexperienced or don’t have a college degree, it can be easy to put up with a lot of mistreatment for a while because you know that you might not be able to find opportunities elsewhere. Even …
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College-Educated Employee Expects Coworker Clean Up Her Mess On His Own Time
We’ve all known that person who cannot clean up after themselves in any shared space. When I was growing up doing community theatre, there would always be somebody who would leave their stuff around an already messy dressing room. No matter how often we were told to put our costumes and makeup away, somebody would …
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Boss Claims Employees Must Always Answer His Calls, But He Doesn’t Have To Answer Their Calls
In the workplace, as in life, I feel like the rules of communication are pretty universally understood. If you are unavailable to pick up a ringing phone, call the person back when you get the chance. Try to respond to texts and emails as quickly as possible, but don’t kill yourself to respond in mere …
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Fast Food Worker Gets Written Up After Calling Ambulance For Customer Going Into Diabetic Shock
Sometimes, you have to do terrifying things while you’re on the job that were not written in your job description. Especially in a public-facing position, you have a higher chance of having to intervene in an emergency and doing so incredibly fast. You don’t have time to think about the consequences of what will happen …
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Unreasonable Boss Gets Angry at Employee For Monetizing His Hobby
In the non-corporate world, it seems like everybody is monetizing their hobby. You look at friends’ social media, and you see so many people trying to make it as a writer, a performer, or an influencer, all while off the clock from their regular jobs. This phenomenon makes a lot of sense. Very few people …
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Worker Gets Cursed Out And Accused of Using $40K Per Year Job as a ‘Stepping Stone’ After Handing in Their Two Week Notice
Family businesses are wild places to work at. When you’re working at a company where no employees have familial ties to each other, it’s much more normalized to leave in search of better opportunities. Sure, your boss might not be happy that you quit, but it’s a standard expectation for some percentage of employees. In …
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