employee

Advertisement

‘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

‘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

3 brave gym employees document every misdoing of their toxic manager and reports it to HR, actually works and gets her fired: ‘Night crew had a victory dance."

3 brave gym employees document every misdoing of their toxic manager and reports it to HR, actually works and gets her fired: ‘Night crew had a victory dance."

Elna McHilderson

Advertisement

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 40994309

Employee told he is going to lose all of his leave by the end of the year, takes it all at once, leaving projects struggling to be completed: 'Use all your PTO before December 31 or lose it? Alright, don't mind if I do, even if the project burns...'

fire drill work worker working employee clocked in workplace manager managers revenge petty deserved funny lol payback salary payday boss company

'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

Jesse Kessenheimer

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

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

Advertisement

ceo security receptionist front-desk employee employees boss bosses manager managers job company funny lol policy malicious compliance reddit

'I'm just doing my job': Front desk receptionist detains the CEO in the lobby for security approval after a company-wide email puts them on blast for the new 'NO EXCEPTIONS' policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'

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'

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance teenagers work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 40980997

18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

Advertisement

Guy gets fired on the spot for not giving in to owner's spoiled daughter, his replacement steals money and boss beg's for old employee back: 'I politely declined.'

Guy gets fired on the spot for not giving in to owner's spoiled daughter, his replacement steals money and boss beg's for old employee back: 'I politely declined.'

Elna McHilderson

retail employee employees cashier register manager managers work working worker employment drama late clock-in clocked-in crazy story funny lol payback deserved boss bosses

18-year-old retail employee gets scolded for being 6 minutes late to work, then takes their manager's demands literally as payback: ‘If you can’t be here on time, don't come in at all—so I didn't'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

Advertisement

'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

workplace discussion in the workplace workplace-stories jobs malicious compliance workplace malicious compliance employee wfh return to rto working from home

Boss questions employee's work ethic when they work from home for one day despite working their previously agreed upon WFH days from the office: 'You want me to honor my in-office-days? Okay, but you'll be forced to honor my WFH-days'

workplace discussion employment issues antiwork workplace-stories jobs employee employment-discussion job work employees overworked-employees workplace Horrible Bosses employment in the workplace Workplace - 40980485

Employee 4 months into their new job loses 2 days of PTO over an 18 minute lunch break disagreement: '[Boss] told me I took time off on company time and there would be discipline to follow'

Advertisement

Top employee of 10 years finally reaches her wits end, quits and leaves with just a ‘good luck’ from the company: ‘10 years and [that's] all my boss could muster??’

Top employee of 10 years finally reaches her wits end, quits and leaves with just a ‘good luck’ from the company: ‘10 years and [that's] all my boss could muster??’

Elna McHilderson

employee hr job new hire work coworkers lunch Office human resources kitchen workplace microwave karma entitled people Entitled People - 40913413

New hire reserves office microwave for 30 minutes every day for dietary reasons, ends up getting banned by HR from using it after unplugging it to keep others out: 'But... the microwave was free'

Trending Now

HR accidentally sends entire company the results of employees' engagement survey, leading all employees to read through the unfiltered feedback: ‘There were very pointed remarks about management’

HR accidentally sends entire company the results of employees' engagement survey, leading all employees to read through the unfiltered feedback: ‘There were very pointed remarks about management’

21 Cooking Fails for Optimistic Home Chefs Learning to Trust the Process (June 10th, 2026)

21 Cooking Fails for Optimistic Home Chefs Learning to Trust the Process (June 10th, 2026)

First-time homeowner refuses to let her sister's family of 6 move in, discovers they assigned themselves bedrooms in the house she bought after years of saving without asking her

First-time homeowner refuses to let her sister's family of 6 move in, discovers they assigned themselves bedrooms in the house she bought after years of saving without asking her

The hidden risks of over-performing in your role... Star employee does the bare minimum, then quits, when a manager's new system unfairly alters his bonus payout making his wage unlivable: '[That] bonus put me above $20 per hour'

The hidden risks of over-performing in your role... Star employee does the bare minimum, then quits, when a manager's new system unfairly alters his bonus payout making his wage unlivable: '[That] bonus put me above $20 per hour'

Employee is forced to talk to customer service bot instead of a person and ends up developing another bot to run up the company’s AI bill: 'Maybe they'll provide customer service now, instead of foisting the responsibility on a chatbot.'

Employee is forced to talk to customer service bot instead of a person and ends up developing another bot to run up the company’s AI bill: 'Maybe they'll provide customer service now, instead of foisting the responsibility on a chatbot.'

Employee quits after making his manager $1.8 million in commissions and only gets a $30 cinema gift card in return, new employer has his back: 'My new company isn't run by garbage people.'

Employee quits after making his manager $1.8 million in commissions and only gets a $30 cinema gift card in return, new employer has his back: 'My new company isn't run by garbage people.'

Advertisement