employment

Burned-out employee frustrated over company’s new $50k “wellness pods” purchase, after company refuses to hire new staff to lighten their employees' heavy workload, instead demanding they take a nap and get back to work: 'They sell it like it’s a benefit'

Emma Saven

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Retail worker accused by their boss of stealing for simply taking their lunch break: 'I told her if it’s unpaid, that time is mine'

Brad Dickson

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'I decided to test something': Qualified job candidate gets rejected, changes email and reapplies, ends up getting an offer

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets fired for "performance issues" two weeks after her wedding despite skyrocketing sales and glowing review: 'Your employer is pretty heartless'

Ben Weiss

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Company forces veteran employees to reapply for their roles at lower pay after a "restructure": 'Same job, same responsibilities. But [...] the posted salary is $8k less than what we're currently making'

Brad Dickson

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Boss writes employee up to HR for not following instructions, employee proves that boss contradicts himself constantly: 'Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done'

Ben Weiss

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Junior ops worker refuses to fast-track coworker’s boyfriend's resume, so coworker secretly logs into their computer to do it anyway, when the worker reports the breach, tension is sparked in the workplace: 'Her boyfriend was removed'

Emma Saven

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Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Ben Weiss

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'I told her if it's that important, pay me overtime': Marketing employee refuses to work unpaid overtime, boss tries to guilt-trip him with the “we’re family” approach, he stands up to her, but is abruptly fired days later by HR for "cultural fit issues"

Emma Saven

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Employee confronts boss after discovering that he has been stealing from employee's 401k account for over a year: '[I'm] contacting a lawyer!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets even with petty coworkers after they keep misspelling their name: 'It’s been effective at making sure they don’t do it again'

Ben Weiss

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'I was now the person holding a bag of sugar and a pile of IOUs': Office worker quits organizing monthly birthday funds after losing about $120 covering late or missing payments, igniting office drama over "ruining a nice tradition"

Emma Saven

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Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

Brad Dickson

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New software developer finishes a major project early but is left with no work for weeks, spending days bored in his cubicle and wondering if he’s the only one paid to do almost nothing: “Seriously, is work like this for everyone?”

Emma Saven

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'I walked right out': Top-performing sales rep who successfully led a team as interim manager was passed over for the permanent role, in favor of ex-Navy commander with no industry experience, so she quit the company immediately, leaving boss blindsided

Emma Saven

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Burt-out employee trains her helpless coworker for 9 months, quits just to get away from her when she still won't stop asking questions, leaving her helpless: 'Everything I had taught her seemed to go in one ear and out the other'

Brad Dickson

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