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overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs, my boss won’t give me a budget, and more

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Overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs. We have an obese employee who has broken several office chairs. We purchased two new ones just for her with a higher weight ability. As a result, she has used other chairs in the office and broken them. She again broke the base of one of them.

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I was laid off and now my manager wants my help, I don’t want my company car, and more

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My role was to open and then manage a new sales office. As part of my very, very generous package, my employer purchased a lovely SUV. I’ve lived and worked in a developing country for three years now as part of a contract with an overseas-based company. All expenses are covered, and I can even have a driver if I want.