Shameless Boss Attempts to ‘Charge’ Employee for Quitting

The worst kind of manager thinks they can do literally anything they want, like refuse to pay an employee as punishment. Unfortunately for these types of horrible bosses, there are labor laws that prevent this specific flavor of exploitation. Even if your employee quits their job on the spot, leaving you with an absolute catastrophe …
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Genius HR Karen Calls Coworker ‘Dumb Blonde’ in Front of Her Boss

I have never been discriminated against on the ground of being blonde. A blessed bottle of bleach touched my scalp for the first time when I was twenty, and I’ve been addicted ever since. Being blonde has gotten me nothing but compliments and a couple of wild assumptions that it’s natural, which is absurd considering …
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Crooked Boss Pays Wife $60k Annually With Company Money

Every workplace has its little secrets. No employee, including the CEO, can possibly know all the little nuggets of drama that are floating through any given office at all times. Some secrets are harder to keep than others, like if two employees are having a secret relationship. That kind of drama is at least a …
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Boss Accuses Employee of ‘Quiet Quitting’ Because He Works a Mere 40 Hours a Week

«Quiet quitting» is one of those phrases that wiggled into our vernacular seemingly overnight. By some accounts, quiet quitting is when employees slack off at their jobs while quietly waiting to get fired. Workers don’t quiet quit because they’re lazy. They do it to fight burnout when they have to immediately go from one job …
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Employee Terminated For Refusing to Work When He Wasn’t Scheduled

One of the best parts about being a salaried employee is that you don’t get called in for random shifts on the weekend. At least I don’t, but y’all stay safe out there. There’s nothing worse than preparing for a nice long day of doing nothing, and receiving a doomed call from your manager asking …
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Restaurant Management Threatens To Write Up Waitstaff That Aren’t Mentioned in 5-Star Reviews

Businesses fundamentally don’t understand how the average person approaches online reviews. Unless you are a «Local Guide» on Google Reviews, you are probably not going to leave a review for a service unless it’s a 1-star or a 5-star experience. That doesn’t leave a lot of nuance for business owners when analyzing their reviews; It’s …
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‘They said I could consider myself fired’: Retail Employee Faces Unfair Termination, Costs Store $30000 Through Malicious Compliance

Losing a job is a life event that can bring up a varied tapestry of emotions. Many are distraught, and left hoping they can meet their bills next month; others are relieved they don’t have to put up with doing something boring around people they hate.  It isn’t the kind of thing that we’d admit …
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Manager Rejects Qualified Candidate, Asks Him to Help The Unqualified Person They Hired

Everybody knows that the hiring process is not always fair. Sometimes, the most qualified candidate will get passed up for someone who doesn’t exactly fit the bill, and the company has to deal with the consequences of that choice. Recruiters will often put up job postings on different websites and interview incredibly qualified candidates for …
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CEO Asks Employees To Donate Their PTO To Loyal 17-Year Employee

I’ve never understood the concept of company higher-ups asking their employees to donate their paid time off to another employee. It feels like one of those things that would only be done as a last resort, and often, that’s not the case. CEOs can easily make exceptions and give extra time off to employees, especially …
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Horrible Manager Calls All Staff Meeting, Doesn’t Show Up, Claims it Was a Test of Loyalty

I don’t know if y’all have noticed, but as an adult, you have to go to a lot of meetings. It’s very rare that you will contribute to this meeting meaningfully, nor will you learn any important information from it. And yet, the meeting sucks up a chunk of your time that you could’ve spent …
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