‘Not happening, I’m going home’: Senior employee quits, leaving company in the dust after manager writes him up for not working on day off

One dude named Steve was a hardworking employee who went above and beyond for his company. He ended up working there a long time… 10 years, in fact. After so much time, Steve was the most senior employee outside of management, and also the best at what he did. What happened? What always happens. A …
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Management takes away employee’s sick day if they’re 1 minute late for 4 shifts; ‘Is this legal?’

I am not someone who is cool when people are late all the time. My time on this earth is valuable, and I don’t appreciate having to wait for 20 minutes outside of a restaurant in the cold because my friend’s «train» was «late.» At the same time, I’m not a wholly unreasonable person. I …
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‘Add another zero’: Manager offers ex-employee $50 to work a shift, claims to be desperate for staff

One of my best friends has a mantra in her office: «You don’t work at the hospital.» It’s easy to get swept up in the hubbub of your job and feel like it is the most essential thing in the world, but for most of us, that’s not true. Ensuring that Craig, his wife, and …
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Manager Secretly Records 1-On-1 With Employee, Accidently Sends It to Him

It’s no secret we’ve been living in more of a surveillance state than ever before. I often think about how nearly every college class I took during the 2020-2021 school year was recorded and put online for the students who didn’t attend Zoom class that day. Every word the professor spoke, every discussion we had, …
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Manager Secretly Records 1-On-1 With Employee, Accidentally Sends It to Him

It’s no secret we’ve been living in more of a surveillance state than ever before. I often think about how nearly every college class I took during the 2020-2021 school year was recorded and put online for the students who didn’t attend Zoom class that day. Every word the professor spoke, every discussion we had, …
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Part-Time Job Demands Employee Be ‘On Call’ From 9-6

Having a part-time job can really take it out of you. Full-time jobs might technically take up more of your time, but they’re usually much more predictable. If you’re working from 9-5 for five days every week, you don’t have that added stress of waiting for a schedule to come out or begging your coworkers …
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‘Multiple managers viewed my LinkedIn profile’: Worker sets LinkedIn status to ‘open to work’ after HR puts them on a performance improvement plan

LinkedIn is one social media site you must be careful while using. Casually applying to different jobs is all fun and games until you go from barely using it to being on it every night from 7-10. If you start doing that and you’re connected with all of your current employers, good luck, Charlie. The …
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‘Suggest a solution’: Manager forces employee to manage herself after scheduling her on her day off

There’s nothing worse than a manager who can’t manage. It’s in their title to make sure all the people working below them are doing what they’re supposed to do, and they can’t even swing that! I’m sure we’ve all been under the guidance of a manager who throws up their hands in frustration whenever they …
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‘Should I be concerned?’: Worker confronts HR representative after their manager bans employees from discussing pay

There are some things that coworkers shouldn’t ask each other about. It’s usually a good rule of thumb not to discuss politics, religion, or s*x too thoroughly with the people you have to spend 40 hours a week with. Heck, I don’t even want to know the in-depth political compass of someone I only spend …
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Toxic Management Puts Employee on a «Wall of Shame» For Calling Out After Her Dog Died

It can be hard to get sympathy in the workplace after a pet dies. I experienced this firsthand when I worked at, of all places, a dog bakery. After an entire summer of covering my coworker’s shifts anytime they wanted to go to a concert or go on vacation, I begged for somebody to take …
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