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It's always amusing when bosses act surprised when their employees call then out on their nonsense.

In this instance, we have an employee at an engineering job who was already earning significantly less than the average worker at his level. Still, he was relatively new to the workforce and needed the experience, so he stayed at the company. At the end of each year, he received a standard raise that tended to reflect the rising cost of living in his area and then some.

This year, however, the company decided to manipulate their standard cost of living increase and keep the author's salary at what was technically minimum wage. That was the final straw for this guy, who proceeded to march right into his boss's office to confront him on his lack of an expected raise.

Every office has its quirks. Whether it's the flickering light that no one bothers to fix, the mystery Tupperware in the fridge, the one coworker who microwaves fish. But in this newly renovated workspace, the real battleground wasn't the thermostat… it was the shared snack cabinet.

The setup included granola bars, instant noodles, and whatever bulk treasures the manager grabbed from Costco every Monday. It wasn't luxurious, but it kept morale alive (or at least stable) during the 2 p.m. slump. Except lately, the snacks were vanishing by Wednesday, leaving everyone confused and vaguely betrayed.

Enter Ben.

When that one critical person quits at their job, it can set into motion a whole chain of other employees quitting.

You'll meet plenty of coworkers throughout your life, and sometimes you meet people who are just A+ workers, dedicated to their job and very good at all of their tasks. They're a bright light — when times get stressful, they can handle it. When customers flip out, they can not only calm them down, but they have that customer leaving with a smile. You think that this person can do anything… until they decide they've had enough. 

Many employees leave their jobs because they're super fed up with management decisions, lack of raises, or they just can't handle negative interactions with customers and clients anymore. But if one employee is feeling that way, there's a good chance that other workers have a similar feeling. That can cause entire workplaces to walk out all at once! It's rare, but when it happens, it can be catastrophic for the higher-ups at the company. They're suddenly scrambling not just to complete their managerial duties, but also to hire new staffers, train them, and do all of the work left behind by the employees who left. Who knows — if enough workers leave, even those managers might call it quits!

The return to office (RTO) epidemic has begun. As companies revel in the idea of returning to in-person work, they forget the reality. Romanticizing the socialization in the break room, the ideation in the conference area, and the banter in the elevator, managers seem to forget the more irritating nuances of in-person office life. 

When this company forced its workers to come back to the office a minimum of 4-5 days per week, they were shocked when the once-empty office space became a boisterous marketplace of chatting, socializing, and mirth. Uh-oh, did management's romanticized dream of returning to the office backfire? When the empty office was suddenly filled with a myriad of lives and personalities of their colorful employees, not only did productivity tank, but the noise level went through the roof, apparently disrupting the boss's meetings and throwing a wrench in their production line. 

Alas, it may have seemed like a good idea to come back to the office, but these employees reminded their managers of the greatest pitfalls of office work, one annoyingly loud cubicle gossip session at a time. 

This stepmother refused to let her 18-year-old stepdaughter call all the shots.

When you're joining a pre-exisiting family unit as a new member, it can be hard to fit in while asserting your own autonomy. Any stepparent inherently understands this struggle. That being said, there comes a point when you have to stand up for yourself when you're disrespected.

Sure, it can take time for people to get used to your presence, and that requires work and effort from both parties to allow everyone to feel like they have a seat at the table and that they can express themselves to their fullest within the family unit. In this case, years of adjustment had passed, and this 18-year-old stepdaughter was still giving her stepmother a hard time.

However, the straw that broke the camel's back really came when the stepdaughter extended that level of disrespect to her 10-year-old stepsister. It's one thing to be unkind to a 39-year-old woman. It's quite another to be unnecessarily out of order with someone who is just barely double digits.

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Bosses do a lot of things that we, the employees, are not always happy with. As hard as you may try, you will never find a boss you 100% agree with. They will delegate tasks to you that you do not want to do, they will make decisions that you think are mistakes, and they will say things you do not want to hear. That is all a part of being a boss, unfortunately.

However, even bosses have lines that should never be crossed, and if they are crossed, something must be done about it.

The boss in the story below thought it was a good idea to use software that clones people's voices on her employee. She used an existing recording of the employee, cloned the voice, and then used a text-to-speech software to fake a recording of the employee saying positive things about their job.

Now, that is an action the boss did that is definitely out of line…