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Texas towing company tows a resident's vehicle out of his assigned parking spot claiming that his parking pass was backwards, then demand $420 in cash payment: 'I thought it was stolen'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson18d ago

This tenant woke up one morning to find that his car was missing from his assigned spot. He thought that it might have been stolen.

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Friends tell 26-year-old who has never had a job and lives at home with his low-income parents that it's morally wrong for him not to seek employment: 'I have anxiety.'

FAIL Blogby Emmy Pratt19d ago

Am I the bad guy for still not having a job at 26? I'm still unemployed at 26. I have never worked a day in my life. I've gone to a few interviews and sent one or two applications, not many.

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Golf ball manufacturing company loses millions after ignoring technician’s warning and refusing to spend $500K to replace faulty equipment: ‘[They] drained the entire production budget for 2 years as I sat smiling. I left shortly after'

FAIL Blogby Etai Eshet19d ago

- Equipment too expensive? Wait a few years and pay double instead.Smiling golf ball technician Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.

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MI Employee, a woman in her 40s, learns her new boss has tried to have her fired, when that fails he restructures 15% of her salary into an impossible bonus and begins giving her direct report her own tasks: 'My boss had gone to our CEO to have me fired'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson19d ago

A Michigan employee in her 40s alleges that her new manager tried unsuccessfully to have her fired.

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Employee tells current boss about the opportunity they have been offered with another department, boss jealously insists salary cap for department transfers is 12%, employee gets offered a 28% pay increase leading their boss to consider them a traitor

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson20d ago

I'll never understand managers who are utterly determined to keep their subordinates in their place.

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Business owner shames customer for not tipping on $500 microblading service: 'I have always been taught you don’t tip the owner of a business.'

FAIL Blogby Emmy Pratt20d ago

I understand the common cultural sentiment that tipping has gone too far. I don't think we need to abolish the system altogether because, under a tipping system, waiters and bartenders can actually...

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Biker that went grocery shopping with his bike found that the bike rack had been removed to discourage bikers from shopping there: ‘So I shopped using my trailer as a shopping cart, took it through the checkout, and then rolled out’

FAIL Blogby María Cetra21d ago

Biker that went grocery shopping with his bike found that the bike rack had been removed to discourage bikers from shopping there: ‘So I shopped using my trailer as a shopping cart, took it through...

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Marketing director gets exposed after blaming employee for his own AI-generated newsletter, forgets the paper trail is in the same email thread: ‘Don’t touch the copy'

FAIL Blogby Cata Holmes21d ago

Marketing director gets exposed after blaming employee for his own AI-generated newsletter, forgets the paper trail is in the same email thread: ‘Don’t touch the copy' I'd never understand those...

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Recruiter rejects 2nd best job applicant because he thinks his workplace has less structure than she'd like, helps her get a job at a better fit company

FAIL Blogby Emmy Pratt21d ago

Recruiter rejects 2nd best job applicant because he thinks his workplace has less structure than she'd like, helps her get a job at a better fit company The rejection was actually a blessing in...

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Fired employees confess the biggest lies HR told them during their termination meetings: 'It isn't personal'

FAIL Blogby Cata Holmes22d ago

Nothing says "you're fired" like one last corporate lie… Getting fired is no fun. Even if it was something you expected or not, walking into a normal workday and realizing it might be your last can...

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

FAIL Blogby JR Atkinson22d ago

I work in tech. For the past 3 years, I've been fully remote. My performance reviews have been great, I've been promoted once, and I've led two major projects that shipped on time.

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Two brothers demand to know what happened to the missing $700,000 from their grandmother's estate when their uncle contacts them on social media and offers them $10,000 instead of $100,000

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson22d ago

After this man's grandmother passed away, court-filed documents valued her estate at around $742,000 after liabilities.

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Job seeker shocked when employer offers $30,000 below advertized rate 3-month interview process, then rescinds the job offer after following their simple organizational question: 'The second I asked a basic professional question, they panicked'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson23d ago

Without a doubt, these long, drawn-out interview processes are unnecessary. Just complete filler.

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First-year teacher lands last-minute job as an NYC elementary school gym teacher one month before the new semester, instantly regrets it: ‘I'm responsible for 2 classes in the gym at once, including 2 special education classes together…’

FAIL Blogby Elna McHilderson24d ago

It is not an easy job market out there currently. Everyone is desperate for a job and is taking whatever they can get.

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Manager lets team stop work at 5:30, upper management lowers their bonuses because they don't work until 8: 'Another department was showing more passion'

FAIL Blogby Ally Perry24d ago

A manager was happy to have changed the culture of their team through making numerous tweaks to how they worked day-to-day.

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26-year-old nanny and teacher considers whether or not to tell the family she has been working with for over 10 years why she is leaving, or whether to quietly distance herself from the problematic household: 'I couldn’t handle the way they acted anymore'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson24d ago

This nanny shared her experience working for this family during summers and breaks. Starting at 17 as a high schooler, and then when she was home from college while she was studying for her...

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‘Excellent is just a trap’: Boss refuses to promote top-performing employee because they're too valuable in their current role, and gives the position to a coworker who barely hits quota

FAIL Blogby Cata Holmes25d ago

‘Excellent is just a trap’: Boss refuses to promote top-performing employee because they're too valuable in their current role, and gives the position to a coworker who barely hits quota When being...

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Texas tenant contacts property manager to dispute $3,200 security deposit deductions and is told they owe an additional amount totalling $10,000 for landscaping charges over brown grass: 'They’re taking my entire deposit and I owe $6,500 on top of that'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson25d ago

Like trying to keep grass green in the Texas sun… Now, I'm no landscaping expert, but you'd have to imagine a brown lawn is more than to be expected in the middle of a Texas summer… and after a...

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"Is everyone short-staffed?": Workers everywhere wonder how and why seemingly every workplace is operating at a near-permanent reduction in staffing levels

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson26d ago

The Future of Work I'm sure it is coming, one day in the distant future. And while, on the one hand, businesses remain optimistic about no longer having to pay pesky employees.

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‘A nepo baby is trying to destroy my career’: Manager confronts CFO's son for refusing to do his job, but higher-ups warn that being too harsh on him could get the manager fired

FAIL Blogby Cata Holmes26d ago

‘A nepo baby is trying to destroy my career’: Manager confronts CFO's son for refusing to do his job, but higher-ups warn that being too harsh on him could get the manager fired What would you do...

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