‘You need to get me back online’: Remote employee left with no internet at home after assuming company pays for it, then gets fired for blaming tech support

Instant karma is the best kind of karma. Nobody wants to see destiny play out slowly over time… We want karma now. One remote worker called up tech support on a Friday, just as the IT employee was about to head home. The worker was livid that their internet wasn’t working, and they completely flipped…

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40+ Memes That’ll Do Just Nicely

Do you remember the story of Goldilocks and the three bears? I can’t remember quite what the moral is, but something about finding the thing that’s “just right?” Or is it a warning against trespassing on someone else’s property? I may never know. But that feeling of “just right” is an undeniably good one. When…

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‘None of your candidates enjoy it’: Candidate declines one way interview as part of job screening process, leading to dispute with HR

One fed-up candidate who had the privilege of job searching while they still had a job snapped back at an HR representative over text after discovering that a ‘one-way interview’ was part of the screening process. What exactly is a one-way interview? Well, it can vary but it’s usually a brief video recording that job…

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‘That’s not wandering off, that’s sneaking away’: Mom abandons 13-year-old daughter at store for 2 hours, claims she accidentally put her phone on Do Not Disturb

When you’re a kid, getting left behind at the store is one of your worst fears. As a young child of the aughts, I thought that ‘No Child Left Behind’ was designed to ensure that kids wouldn’t get left behind at the grocery store or the shopping mall. Naturally, as kids grow older, that specific…

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‘I’m done with you!’: Truck driver drags micromanager to upper management after complying with her demands to ‘follow company policy’ goes wrong

With great power comes great responsibilities. Sometimes, very ‘rarely’, people in positions of power might get blinded by their power and turn it against you, thereby reducing your chances of success. The account of an irritated truck driver is told in the story that follows. The Original Poster (OP) is employed by a freight transportation…

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‘I put in my 2 weeks. And this is where it got fun’: General manager reprimands employee over ‘neutral’ workplace review

This general manager has his crews filling out customer satisfaction surveys. Yes, you read that right. This fast-food GM decided to rig his customer satisfaction ratings by getting his employees to write them! It’s one of the hallmarks of super-sketchy businesses. Companies that have satisfied customers don’t have to beg their employees to help them…

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