bad bosses

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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'You want me to resign? Well, good luck without me!': Disrespected engineer refuses to take on project during vacation, hands in resignation the day he comes back to work

Ben Weiss

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'Instead of giving the employees raises, we got oranges': 20+ CEOs who infuriated their employees with their business decisions

Remy Millisky

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'They’re paying that person nearly 30% more than me': Overworked employee discovers new hire with half the responsibility is getting paid more

Ben Weiss

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‘Play stupid games, win stupid prizes’: Longtime employee puts arrogant middle manager in an uncomfortable position during a Father's Day-themed team icebreaker, exposing manager's sideways leadership skills

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee refuses to continue working in-office on their designated WFH days after their boss scorns them for taking an approved remote work day: ‘[She said] I should think well about my work ethics in the future’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘My boss stole my bag and threw it away’: Boss tosses employee’s bag in the dumpster after office hours, HR intervenes and sides with boss

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

Ben Weiss

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Boss reprimands employee for showing too much personality in emails, employee complies and gets accused of sounding too cold: 'I thought you didn't want personal touches'

Ben Weiss

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