bad bosses

20+ CEOs who ran companies into the ground with their terrible workplace decisions: 'He fired the guy who owned almost all the patents'

Remy Millisky

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Apathetic boss calls employee ‘overdramatic’ for taking a PTO day after they put down their sick family cat, employee reports boss to HR: ‘The way my boss handled this was just unacceptable’

Lana DeGaetano

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'[I was] wildly conspicuously overdressed': Employee wears formalwear to a casual office after a micromanager complains about his dress code-compliant clothing, ends up getting his boss demoted by the CEO

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Restaurant employee is ostracized after speaking up about the manager's newborn baby being in the kitchen during working hours: ‘Holy OSHA violation’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Your job is only to count. Count, count, count, and count!': Food packing employee reprimanded by manager for pointing out damaged fruit, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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'She knows I'm jobless': Former employee gets rejected from ex-boss, then asked to donate to company fundraising event

Ben Weiss

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‘Two-faced’ manager diminishes employee's accomplishments in front of other colleagues but flips a switch in private, sparking employee's concerns: ‘Her behavior is frustrating and feels calculated’

Lana DeGaetano

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Fast food employees get micromanaging shift supervisor fired by working as slowly as possible: 'We were fed up with her'

Ben Weiss

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Healthcare professional faints on the job and gets sent home by boss, only to be scolded for calling out sick the next day: ‘[This] is not an acceptable practice’

Lana DeGaetano

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Conniving boss cancels employee's doctor's appointment without their consent, so they file a formal complaint and kickstart a HIPAA violation investigation: ‘I did not authorize these changes”

Lana DeGaetano

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'The customer was upset but I told them my manger said so': Boss refuses to put anything in writing, employee follows verbal orders exactly and it blows up in his face

Isabella Penn

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‘The final straw’: Employee resigns after her micromanaging, narcissistic boss denies her PTO request and provides no bereavement when her loved one passes

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Things got personal and intense’: Employee informs boss they're seeking other career opportunities, boss retaliates by stripping them of their responsibilities

Lana DeGaetano

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Hotel owner forces his lead landscaper to train his incompetent nephew to take over his job, nepotism leads to a property fire that burns the place down: 'The nephew seemed more concerned with playing Pokemon than working'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

Ben Weiss

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Retaliatory boss fires colleague before they could file a claim against her, employee fears they're next on the chopping block: ‘I am next on her list’

Lana DeGaetano

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