askreddit

AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories.

Advertisement

new cfo causes company to lose out on a $500k deal because she advised the senior compliance officer to cut his staff in half, losing the one person needed to close the deal

‘Make it work, or I’ll find someone who can’: New CFO forces senior compliance officer's hand to fire half his team, company loses $500K because they needed the employee they fired to close the deal

askreddit Opinion opinions funny funny stories ask reddit work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses coworkers workplace-stories

'I was once ordered to rake up pine needles...[at] a camp named "Pinewoods"': 25+ Employees who couldn't believe their boss's ridiculous requests

Advertisement

woman is wrongfully fired from nursing home for being late and reporting unlawful practices at the facility, despite nobody else being written up: infers it's because of whistleblowing

Employee is wrongfully terminated from assisted living facility after reporting them for not following regulations, despite being one of few assistants who actually does their job

karen attempts to commit credit card fraud using her mother's card, employee claps back but the entitled karen tries again the next day

‘Get bent, Janet’: Hotel customer attempts to rent a room with absent mother's credit card, employee flags her but she tries again the next day

opinion ask reddit funny stories dates bad dates askreddit first dates funny dating opinions

'We all do it, but don't TELL them': Woman spends first date listing off her date's personal information, date feels like their "privacy was violated"

Advertisement

boss hilarious employee fired satisfying job malicious compliance revenge work coworkers askreddit lunch petty Office reddit thread Reddit company funny break room employment in the workplace - 36242949

'She was mortified, caught in the act': Employees Share Satisfying Revenge Stories of What Happened to the Office Food Thief

entitled boomer co-worker harasses woman who just got back from maternity leave, says the government and she should not be paying for pregnant women to take extensive time off

‘I'm literally not anyone's enemy because I had a baby’: Woman comes back from maternity leave to a sour boomer co-worker harassing her about taking the time off, HR gets involved

Employee's WFH privileges are revoked without warning, is told by apathetic boss that senior employees with families take WFH priority

‘I should’ve never fallen into the trap’: Entitled boss revokes employee's WFH privileges because it's simply more convenient for her, sparks feud in a 1:1 meeting resulting in tears

Advertisement

'A cook… once served "rare" chicken': 25+ People who were staggeringly under-informed

'A cook… once served "rare" chicken': 25+ People who were staggeringly under-informed

'I very sternly requested that they arrest my mother': 20+ Kids who called 911 for the silliest reasons

'I very sternly requested that they arrest my mother': 20+ Kids who called 911 for the silliest reasons

entitled Male Karen takes to repeatedly lying in order to get his selfish way, despite having been told my front desk employees his requests cannot be fulfilled

‘You're also a liar’: Male Karen refuses to take ‘no’ for an answer, demands to have hotel shuttle driver be his private chauffeur for his shopping excursions

Advertisement

'Talking non-stop about their ex': Top 30+ dating no-no's that are just recipes for disaster

'Talking non-stop about their ex': Top 30+ dating no-no's that are just recipes for disaster

Top 20+ strange jobs people actually had and (mostly) loved: 'Working as a professional sleeper for sleep studies'

Top 20+ strange jobs people actually had and (mostly) loved: 'Working as a professional sleeper for sleep studies'

'On Mondays, I would show up to work on and not do anything': 20+ Workers who couldn't stay professional on the job

'On Mondays, I would show up to work on and not do anything': 20+ Workers who couldn't stay professional on the job

Advertisement

'Did we mention we've got bedbugs?':15+ Homes that people will never visit a second time

'Did we mention we've got bedbugs?': 15+ Homes that people will never visit a second time

retail employee is subjected to chaos when management reverses staff roles, clueless supervisors find out for themselves that their ideas are better on paper than in practice

‘Short staffed? No problem’: Management implements major changes to tourist attraction employee roles, chaos ensues when staff is unaware of standard procedures

Trending Now

16-year-old's estranged father moves back to their small town with new wife and five step-kids, teenager refuses to start a relationship with them: 'Go back to wherever [you] moved from'

16-year-old's estranged father moves back to their small town with new wife and five step-kids, teenager refuses to start a relationship with them: 'Go back to wherever [you] moved from'

20+ Employees who quit their toxic jobs on the spot, surprising their bosses: 'I really needed that job... but I didn't need to be treated that way'

20+ Employees who quit their toxic jobs on the spot, surprising their bosses: 'I really needed that job... but I didn't need to be treated that way'

Entitled neighbor tells homeowners they can't mow their lawn on a Sunday morning: 'Some people want a quiet Sunday'

Entitled neighbor tells homeowners they can't mow their lawn on a Sunday morning: 'Some people want a quiet Sunday'

Coworker refuses to give guy $1 for the office vending machine after guy spent thousands driving them to work for 2 years: 'I’ve probably spent well over $1,500 in gas over the past 2 years for [them]''

Coworker refuses to give guy $1 for the office vending machine after guy spent thousands driving them to work for 2 years: 'I’ve probably spent well over $1,500 in gas over the past 2 years for [them]''

Stepdad forces kids to pay rent and bills while living under his roof, stepkid does to same to him years later after stepdad loses his house: ‘Now he lives under my rules’

Stepdad forces kids to pay rent and bills while living under his roof, stepkid does to same to him years later after stepdad loses his house: ‘Now he lives under my rules’

26-year-old Master's graduate in her first job reports her 27-year-old coworker to HR for not doing her job for her: 'I felt that she was creating an overly hostile work environment that was affecting my productivity'

26-year-old Master's graduate in her first job reports her 27-year-old coworker to HR for not doing her job for her: 'I felt that she was creating an overly hostile work environment that was affecting my productivity'

Advertisement