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'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

Experienced employee discovers younger coworkers are getting paid 70% more than him, decides to disengage from the job completely instead of looking for a new one: ‘I don't see a point anymore’

Experienced employee discovers younger coworkers are getting paid 70% more than him, decides to disengage from the job completely instead of looking for a new one: ‘I don't see a point anymore’

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Employees refuse to throw retiring coworker's goodbye party, despite working together for over 20 years, coworker leaves company feeling disgraced: ‘I cried on my way home from work'

Employees refuse to throw retiring coworker's goodbye party, despite working together for over 20 years, coworker leaves company feeling disgraced: ‘I cried on my way home from work'

Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Boss refuses to pay new hire for training period, leading employee to accuse boss of going against the law, only to get fired on the spot: ‘She told me to hand in my uniform’

Boss refuses to pay new hire for training period, leading employee to accuse boss of going against the law, only to get fired on the spot: ‘She told me to hand in my uniform’

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Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings

Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings'

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'My new favorite customer': Contractor in awe after a determined homeowner pays $35 to put a stop-payment on a $1 check to get back at his home insurance company

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee automates task, making everyone’s jobs easier, boss takes credit for her work: ‘You probably didn’t even know how to turn on your computer when we found you’

Employee automates task, making everyone’s jobs easier, boss takes credit for her work: ‘You probably didn’t even know how to turn on your computer when we found you’

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'He apologized to me and the lost his job': Tyrannical manager gets fired after heroic customers catch him publicly humiliating a 16-year-old retail employee

Jesse Kessenheimer

20 unprofessional answers no one should give in a job interview: 'I am very good with people because I am myself a person'

20 unprofessional answers no one should give in a job interview: 'I am very good with people because I am myself a person'

10+ employees who got their incompetent bosses fired: 'A week later, I got a new title and a 35% raise'

10+ employees who got their incompetent bosses fired: 'A week later, I got a new title and a 35% raise'

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'Over $150 every time': Server rings up fake to-go orders every night at closing so she can eat luxuriously for free, gets caught red-handed and then fired on the spot

Jesse Kessenheimer

'My boss kept cutting my hours more and more': Sandwich shop employee discovers he's been training the new hire to replace him, cue malicious compliance

'My boss kept cutting my hours more and more': Sandwich shop employee discovers he's been training the new hire to replace him, cue malicious compliance

Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

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Company holiday party flushes out family drama when step-kids catch their MIL in a lie when she uses a ‘family emergency’ to bail on future NYE plans: ‘I don’t think [we've] ever laughed so hard'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee grows tired of unknown coworker stealing their lunch, so they cleverly replace it with disguised dog food, forcing coworker to stop: ‘Sure enough, the theft stopped within a week’

Employee grows tired of unknown coworker stealing their lunch, so they cleverly replace it with disguised dog food, forcing coworker to stop: ‘Sure enough, the theft stopped within a week’

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Employee discovers that her boss is looking to replace her, files a report with HR: ‘My boss was fired’

Employee discovers that her boss is looking to replace her, files a report with HR: ‘My boss was fired’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

'That's a 40 hour donation': Job candidate rejects job offer with fiery email after learning they need to work an unpaid "one-week trial"

'That's a 40 hour donation': Job candidate rejects job offer with fiery email after learning they need to work an unpaid "one-week trial"

'I MUST be there in person for 9 hours': Boss compels employee to go into the office despite 95% of meetings being online

'I MUST be there in person for 9 hours': Boss compels employee to go into the office despite 95% of meetings being online

Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

Company gets rid of bonus incentives to work on holidays, then reprimands employees for not volunteering to work: ‘You only get as much loyalty as you pay for’

Company gets rid of bonus incentives to work on holidays, then reprimands employees for not volunteering to work: ‘You only get as much loyalty as you pay for’

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