Manager fires supermarket employee for refusing to clean other department, faces $40,000 in losses: ‘It’s not what I was hired for’

Should employees be forced to take on work that is outside their job description? There are plenty of people in the workforce who happily accept (or feel like they have no choice but to deal with) extra responsibilities that get heaped on them by their boss. Many would argue that it is just part of …
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Boss constantly schedules 18-year-old high school student for 10 AM weekday shifts: ‘They scheduled me on my Prom night, which I crossed off my availability last month.’

Why do they think that an after-school job is more important than school? If you had a job as a teenager, chances are, you had a boss who couldn’t understand why you cared more about school than the job. Some kids do put their work above everything else in their life, either because they have …
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25-year-old cashier walks out after new manager fires superstar assistant manager of 2+ years: ‘This is an assistant manager that gave her heart and soul to this job.’

Why would she fire someone who has given so much to the company? Have you ever had a coworker who gave their all to the company, but ended up getting little to nothing in return? Growing up, we were all taught that if we worked hard and played by the rules, we would be rewarded. …
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Grocery store customer pays for stranger’s groceries after overhearing her talk about financial struggles, gets criticized by girlfriend for overstepping: ‘You made her feel small’

When you are in a relationship, you expect your partner to keep you in check. Honesty is a crucial part of that partnership, and one should always be honest with their partner and let them know when they are in the wrong. They might have said something out of line to their parents, or even …
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‘Your lunch was probably 6 times her hourly salary’: New Yorker buys $20 curry from remote cashier in the Philippines, sparks debate about customer service work

It’s been close to five years since working from home became a part of the new normal, yet it seems like it keeps finding ways to push the boundaries and stay controversial. Sometimes it seems like the powers that be want nothing more than to force everyone back into the office, and other times they …
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‘Have fun opening coins with those nails’: Manager Schools an Employee Who Is 3 Hours Late to Work Due to Getting Her Nails Done

Oh, to get super sassy at work… We all have that one coworker that just brings out the worst in us. Usually, our pettiness comes from a place of reason. Have you ever had to teach someone a lesson after they proved time and time again that they were lousy workers? This manager got really …
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Bartender Splits Opinion on Twitter With Speedy Cashier Skills

At risk of sounding like a broken record, we all know by now that customer-facing jobs require a whole host of skills that go way beyond smiling in the face of douchebags. Arguably, bartending is up there with one of the most complex; not only do you have to know how to mix drinks and …
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Entitled Boomer Deems Self-Checkout Indecipherable, Tries to Cut Straight to the Cashier, Then Gets Put in Her Place– the Back of the Line

Remember back in the day when everyone was worried about robots taking over the world? Well, in a way, they have started– with cashier jobs!  A lot of Boomers advocated for menial tasks to be taken over by robots because it just made more sense to save money, which is exactly what big retail companies …
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Inane Job Posting Demands Only 20-30 Year Old Female Applicants Over 5’2

It’s no secret that some jobs discriminate based on age and gender. There’s a reason that restaurants typically have teenage girl hostesses and servers and teenage boy dishwashers and busboys. It’s not because one group is uniquely skilled at one of these jobs but because of industry conventions. There are still incredibly legal ways jobs …
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Dastardly Boss Bans Cashiers From Drinking Water On The Job

I never felt less like a human being than when I worked a customer service job. Something about always having to be productive, getting harassed by customers, and not being allowed to sit and catch a break really tears you down. Your needs are not being prioritized at all, and as a result, you’re physically …
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