Horrible Bosses

HR makes employees write thank you cards for coworkers about to be fired: 'They made us participate in firing our own coworkers without even telling us'

JR Atkinson

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Employee password-locks a year’s worth of training materials, then pretends to forget the password when he gets fired, leaving bosses scrambling before a 400-person event

Etai Eshet

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Experienced employee told by boss to "just delegate" their work to an unqualified junior staffer, which has left them feeling vulnerable and like their boss wants to replace them: 'Meanwhile, the boss keeps talking about "improving AI adoption"'

Brad Dickson

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Employee refuses a suspicious demand to re-sign a “lost” contract to receive bonus they owe him: 'They let me go a week later'

Etai Eshet

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CEO Fires Marketing Employee “On the Spot” for Standing Their Ground Against Impossible Targets: 'He expected organic traffic to increase by 45% in 4 weeks'

Brad Dickson

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Boss tells mechanic he's making too much money, moves him to a pay-per-job commission—regrets it immediately when the mechanic stops managing his business for him: 'The office is filling up with customers, and the phone is ringing constantly'

Brad Dickson

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'I’m just confused': Illinois worker seeks advice after employer gives him one day to accept a schedule outside his availability or resign

Etai Eshet

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Manager allows employee to take work laptop home for maternity leave, and his boss demands it be returned during 9-month-long leave even though no one will use it: ‘It isn’t her fault this situation happened - if anything, it’s mine’

Etai Eshet

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California employer drains employee’s bank account, leaving it -$3200 for 2 weeks after accidentally overpaying him, then withdrawing way more than the overpayment without warning

Etai Eshet

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Golf ball manufacturing company loses millions after ignoring technician’s warning and refusing to spend $500K to replace faulty equipment: ‘[They] drained the entire production budget for 2 years as I sat smiling. I left shortly after'

Etai Eshet

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‘Man it feels good. I never liked her’: IT worker quits on spot after HR consultant becomes de facto boss, demands he comb through 200 hours of CCTV footage from 28 cameras to spy on coworkers and deliver dozens of clips in 2 days

Etai Eshet

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‘Um, no. You decided to be petty, so I’ll be gone in 2 days’: Boss backtracks and begs employee to work through his two weeks’ notice after telling him to leave in 2 days

Etai Eshet

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Boss increases salaried employees hours from 9-5 to 7-5 after team goes from 5 employees to 2 employees: 'Is that a red flag?'

Emmy Pratt

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‘How firing me backfired for my boss’: Textile company tries to dodge severance by dragging out a firing, but boss's own delays and paperwork mistakes force him to pay two months of unworked salary plus full severance and a 10% penalty.

Etai Eshet

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VP orders a full-time return to office, so employees fully comply by continuing to WFH because their contracts have officially designated their home as their office for the past 6 years

Etai Eshet

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After posting an anonymous Glassdoor review about a toxic workplace, former employee receives legal warning demanding its removal and threat of an industry blacklist

Etai Eshet

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