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Employees Walk Out On Boss After Being Forced to Work Through the Passing of a Coworker

When a factory worker's colleague was killed by dangerous working conditions, he decided enough was enough.

Employee Calls in Late Every Day for 11 Years to Exploit Boss' Ridiculous System

When creating a lateness policy, make sure the punishment matches the crime. If it doesn't, employees like this will take advantage.

The 12 Worst 'Bad Bosses' of the Week

Of all the bad bosses out there, these are the worst... at least until next week.

'How Is Anyone Making Ends Meet in This Economy?': Overworked and Underpaid Employee Doesn't Know If He Can Cut It Any Longer

Capitalism is breaking everyone's back these days.

Instant Karma: Boss Grills Worker Over Three Minutes, So Worker Makes Sure Boss Doesn't Get His Bonus

Don't mess with the long term employee.

Boss Tells Worker to Accept Reassignment Or Get Out, So Employee Chooses the Latter

You think that's a threat? Turns out it's not that hard.

'They Canceled My Two Weeks': HR Approves Employee's PTO for Mother's Funeral, Then Cancels It

For all the reasons you deserve to get your PTO approved, going to your mother's funeral has to be near the top. Unfortunately, bad bosses don't care.

Boss Wants Employees to Sign a Non-Compete Agreement That Is (Probably) Illegal, or It’s Their Jobs

A Redditor asks for advice after getting a weird, and probably illegal request from their boss asking them to sign a non-compete agreement.

'What Do I Do?': Hypoglycemic Employee Told to Wait Until End of Their Shift To Eat

This pizza shop employee is hypoglycemic, but their boss says they're not allowed to take breaks because they work less than six-hour shifts.

Employee Fired after Using Fake Accent On Phone Call With Client

She was called into the manager's office later that day and was fired.

Long Time Employee Exploits New Management for Their Lateness Policy

We've all shown up late to work, but when a boss creates unfair rules about lateness, it's just not worth it.

Employee Gets Fired For Not Responding to Email Within 24hrs

We all make mistakes at our jobs, but could you even call this a mistake?

'You Don't Need Them': Manager Cuts Employees Hours Because He Bought a Motorcycle

'The Benefit of Being a Salary Employee': Company Asks Employee if He Wants a Promotion, Along With a Pay Cut

"It's only fair to promote you with a pay deduction..."

Employee Denied Time Off For Surgery Because Another Employee Would Be On Vacation

This employee asked for two sick days off for surgery, but because another employee from a different department was going on vacation their sick leave was denied. Like any normal person, they quit.

Company Tells Employees to Use PTO If They Are Unable to Come In Due to Hurricane Idalia

While there is a huge hurricane threatening much of Southeast USA, most companies are closing for the time being to keep their employees and customers safe, but not this employee.

Employee Forced to Come in on Her Day Off, Boss Didn’t Care She Was Already Drunk

It's not good to go to work drunk, but this boss supposedly didn't care when they called in an employee who told them they had been drinking.

'I Proceeded to Grill Them in the Interview About Expectations vs Reality': Prospective Employee Has Choice Words for Company's Hiring Team

Yeah, I think they'll be needing to bump up the salaries. Thanks for wasting everybody's time.

'I Was Offered My Old Job... As a Bribe': Company Tries to Re-Hire Old Employee So They Can't Testify Against Them in Court

"Is it bad for me to be excited about the trial?"

‘He’s Unstable’: Employees Feel Trapped by New Team Member Who Wears a Gun to Work

Most work environments have you interacting with many different people, but this employee feels unsafe because his coworker open carries a gun to work and he's slowly come to the realization that he is unstable and might use his gun for the wrong reasons.

Burger King Gave Him a Bag of Candy For Never Calling in Sick, the Internet Gave Him $400,000

When this man gave 20 years of his life to Burger King without a single sick day taken, they were so proud they gave him a bag of candy and a coffee mug.

15 Stories From People Venting About Their Terrible Jobs

Most of us are just trying to pay bills, buy groceries and have fun, we don't need anything fancy, but for some reason, jobs try to manipulate us into working long hours, and giving up all our free time.

Worker Gets Fired For Taking a $5 Expired Hamburger, But Company Can't Find Anybody to Take Their Shift

Before you decide someone's replaceable, make sure they really are.

Man Shocked to Learn South African McDonald's Employees Have Better Benefits than in the US

It seems once again the US lags far behind the rest of the developed (and even underdeveloped) world in many areas.

"I Quit On Wednesday" - Manager Actually Tries to Order Former Employee Back to Work

An incompetent boss (both with schedules and people skills) tries to coarse an employee to work a few extra days after his last day, even though he is literally moving out of town.