bad bosses

Hotel boss forces housekeeping employees to wear uncomfortable, hazardous work uniforms in the heat of the summer, but refuses to wear one himself: 'He refuses to listen to us’

Lana DeGaetano

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Incompetent CEO blames an employee for their screw up, so the employee pulls the receipts exonerating themselves from fault; CEO goes on "sabbatical": 'Funny how that works'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss goes against painter's advice, orders painter to use corrosive paint, now costs a fortune to fix: 'When I say it's not going to work, it won't!'

Ben Weiss

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18-year-old call center worker reprimanded for deviating from the script, maliciously complies to prove her point: 'You told me to stick to the script!'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I handed in my notice and my boss suddenly stopped talking to me': 20+ Workplaces that were full of drama

Remy Millisky

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Entitled boss asks for underpaid employees to be "team players" and voluntarily take pay deductions for the company's benefit: 'You could deduct anywhere from to 10 to 5,000 a paycheck!'

Ben Weiss

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Grocery store assistant manager gets his boss fired after catching him stealing $200 from the children's hospital donation collection box; gets promoted: ‘I pulled the footage’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee loses days of PTO for taking an hour for lunch: 'I finally decided to treat myself and go to lunch one day...I received an email that I will be losing 2 days of PTO.'

Christiana Maimone

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'I did what I was instructed to do': Boss shuts down employee who was trying to explain a discrepancy in reporting, employee maliciously complies to prove his point

Ben Weiss

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‘Severely underpaid’ employee is refused a raise despite above-average performance reviews, so they call out their boss land new job with a 60% pay increase

Lana DeGaetano

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Entire team of employees quit after VP undermines their work, manager caught in the middle: 'It was the last straw for my team'

Ben Weiss

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‘You can thank your insubordination for this!’: Boss responds to mass quitting by enforcing that employees give three months’ notice, employees rebel

Ben Weiss

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25-year-old employee gets written up by supervisor for not coming into work during his approved time off: ‘It’s not your job to make sure that your supervisor does her job’

Ben Weiss

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Boss gives hardworking employee a mere 2% raise, expects employee to take on several coworkers' task loads in return but they refuse: ‘Why are you hiring people who are not working?’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss pressures 20-year-old student worker to stay late, immediately backfires: ‘[That’s] why there’s a high turnover rate’

Ben Weiss

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