Have you ever been so good at your job that you get rewarded by having more responsibilities throw onto your plate? The more efficient you are in your job, the more likely you are to be doing the work of several other employees. Naturally, being an invaluable employee would never earn you a well-deserved raise, but in this case, one man figured out a loophole in order to get paid for the amount of work he was doing.

No one wants to go to mandatory company events on your day off, so managers and bosses better make sure that employees who are required to go have a good time. First of all, these company events are usually after a tough work week, they usually involve way too much schmoozing for anyone's good, and they're usually wildly inconvenient in terms of location and time. All that happened with this Redditor , who was also an underpaid employee who primarily decided to attend the event because it meant…

It seems that recruiters are asking way more of job candidates than they should these days. We’re used to the common interview questions that might be difficult to answer: what’s your weakness? What’s a challenging leadership moment you’ve had? Why do you want to work? (just kidding… sort of). However, this recruiter took things just a bit too far when they asked a potential job candidate to move their camera around the whole room. This story was posted to Reddit by u/nuestl , who froze at the…

This boss thought she was getting away with sneaking around, but the entire office already knew her secrets. One basic rules of adult life is to avoid dating those you work with. There are billions of people in the world, so why would you want to date someone who you work with all day? It can lead to awkward power dynamics. Even if the relationship works really well, any cutesy behavior between the couple is sure to make the rest of the workplace uncomfortable. This boss seems like she was “use…

People often wonder if they should quit, dreaming of greener pastures, or in other words, more money, better work conditions, and nicer coworkers. Also, let's not forget the most important thing of all… a good boss. Quitting your job can be easy, or hard, depending on how much you enjoy it. Once upon a time, I was working as a waitress, and let's just say that it wasn't hard at all to let go of rude customers, not great pay, and long nights cleaning bathrooms. But hey, I had some pretty legitim…

There are bosses with empathy, and then there's this dude. U/yodascousinkevin told this surprising story of what happened when they came down with a bout of pneumonia, only to find out their boss just would not leave them alone. We all want to feel unique and special and irreplaceable at our jobs . We want to think that the work we do is exceptional, and that the place just wouldn't run the same without us. In reality, everyone is replaceable. No one told that to the OP's boss, though, who is a…

Taking over for your coworker in a time of crisis is the nightmare to end all nightmares.

Customers do not care about what time the store closes , they just want their food. As the employee, you just have to enforce the rules your bosses tell you. If the store closes at 9PM, you have to shut the doors right then, but some customers will still try to squeeze in the door and do a last minute shopping spree. It always surprised me when I worked retail that customers would act like that. I understand the frustration of really needing a product, and then that store locks the door in your…

Hardworking employees often get the short end of the stick. Because of their efficiency, they're punished with more work and more tasks, but are never fairly compensated for going above-and-beyond. In this case one employee, who had been juggling the tasks of at least 4 other positions, found himself in a bind when he approached his bosses concerning a promotion.

They always say they can't give you a raise but nine times out of ten, the truth is they can. This employee had to jump through hoops in order to get a 0.75-cent hourly raise. Despite finally achieving this small win, he knew that he was worth more, as most employees are. So naturally, he started looking for other work and eventually received a job offer that paid $2 more per hour than his current position. Once he brought this fact to the attention of his manager with the intention of quitting…

The moral of this story is to be nice to everyone because you never know who you'll end up working for. Look, I get it. There are people I work with that I'd rather never see again. But life is arguably pretty long, and you might be surprised at who you'll potentially work with, or rather, beneath. OP had one of those supervisor's who simply despised him. Maybe he reminded her of an ex-boyfriend, or maybe she was jealous. I'm gonna vote on the latter, as OP was extremely good at his job, despit…

These people shared the biggest and funniest ways they've ever messed up at work . Maybe they didn't find it funny at the time, but looking back on your mistakes can be hilarious. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and some are much more serious than others. U/headtotoe asked people to tell about the worst mistakes they've ever made in the workplace. After a little bit of pushing from commenters, the OP shared the mistake that led them to ask the question. They wrote that at their data entry jo…

There's nothing more satisfying than proving to everyone in the office that your manager's pointless rules are... well, pointless.

Malicious compliance is one of those rare, juicy opportunities that don't exactly present themselves very often. But once you get that golden ticket, bets are out you're gonna use it. In this case, OP was one of the few employees in this world that actually liked their job. That is, until his firm merged with another CPA firm, and other managers entered the picture. These managers were the exact opposite of what OP was used to… they were heavy believers in micromanagement (we all know how that…

We've all had managers who spend way too much energy enforcing silly rules that serve absolutely no purpose.

This food delivery guy got the oddest instructions ever — and they weren't even from his actual customer. Working in the food delivery industry can be quite lucrative if you do it right. Some delivery people can make hundreds of dollars per day between their salary and their customers' tips. Food apps like Doordash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats are so popular that it's no wonder delivery folks sometimes use multiple apps at once. If you're working for two or three separate services, you can try and c…