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Company demands employee fix coworker’s mistakes after he does a bad job, but refuses to pay for the extra work, employee responds: ‘I don't have to take on his workload for free’

Giuliana Tiscioni

Dad brings his toddler son to his office to drop off his work laptop after he got laid off.

Company forbids laid-off employee from entering the office to return his work laptop because he brought his 2-year-old son with him: ' There was no one at home to take care of him.'

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An older employee, who got fired for refusing to learn the new technology, because he thought he was irreplaceable.

64-year-old baby boomer loses job after refusing to learn new software that his company gave him 3 months to learn: 'He’s telling people he’s retiring early.'

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A company decided to pass on a new rule: no more meetings before noon, though some were skeptical, it worked out: ‘Turns out a lot of "quick syncs" existed because they were easy to schedule, not because they were needed.’

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Store vendor refuses to follow company’s standards, leading manager to retaliate against her, giving her nothing to do and starting a whole investigation into her behavior: ‘Vendor left crying’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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19-year-old employee is found using work equipment and a public social media account to bash her boss, company, and paycheck, now her boss needs to fire her: 'Hopefully, she’ll learn from her mistakes.'

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Boss enforces "clean desk policy," throws away everything on employees' desks after 6:00 PM: '[My] colleague had a framed photo of her kids taken three times in the same week'

Boss demands employee stop sitting on the floor of their private office to relieve their back pain, claiming it's against company policy, employee demands proof: ‘Show me the rulebook’

Boss demands employee stop sitting on the floor of their private office to relieve their back pain, claiming it's against company policy, employee demands proof: ‘Show me the rulebook’

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Employee gets double the mileage reimbursement from his company just by simply following their own handbook: ‘Be the pain that causes the change you want to see in the world.'

Employee gets double the mileage reimbursement from his company just by simply following their own handbook: ‘Be the pain that causes the change you want to see in the world.'

Elna McHilderson

'You did what?': Employee breaks laptop on purpose after IT team refuses her request for new equipment, company ends up changing their entire policy

'You did what?': Employee breaks laptop on purpose after IT team refuses her request for new equipment, company ends up changing their entire policy

‘You can’t delete my emails': IT employee informs coworkers he cannot retrieve old emails due to company's mail retention policy, they turn to upper management

‘You can’t delete my emails': IT employee informs coworkers he cannot retrieve old emails due to company's mail retention policy, they turn to upper management

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'My hours were suddenly gone': Upper management revoke fast food worker's hours despite being in violation of company policy; worker demands reinstatement

'My hours were suddenly gone': Upper management revoke fast food worker's hours despite being in violation of company policy; worker demands reinstatement

‘I kept track of everything’: Retail employee keeps track of times manager submits to Karens' requests, then tells upper management

‘I kept track of everything’: Retail employee keeps track of times manager submits to Karens' requests, then tells upper management

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'Everyone laughed... he was very angry': Employee maliciously complies with company's 'black footwear' policy by showing up to work in rubber diving flippers

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I checked the HR manual; I realized quickly Karen was lying’: Karen manager served malicious compliance on a plate by hungry employee

‘I checked the HR manual; I realized quickly Karen was lying’: Karen manager served malicious compliance on a plate by hungry employee

"You there! Stop right there." : 2 Karens throw fit of rage after failed attempt to leave store without paying on account of watchful employee

"You! Stop right there." : 2 Karens throw fit of rage after failed attempt to leave store without paying on account of watchful employee