Horrible Bosses

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Ben Weiss

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IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

Ben Weiss

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High school principal goes on 3-hour rant reprimanding teachers for taking sick days and not working after hours: 'She also made us stand for the whole thing and clap for her after every point'

Ben Weiss

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

Ben Weiss

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Senior manager discovers her company is acquiring her former company after she burned bridges with them when she quit: 'My old coworkers will be joining my team. Ugh!'

Ben Weiss

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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’

Lana DeGaetano

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Top-performing salesperson happily resigns after new toxic manager tries to undermine their approach to sales tasks: ‘Know your worth’

Lana DeGaetano

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

Ben Weiss

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Sneaky manager pockets employees' credit card tips, claims it's to cover her expenses: ‘Most managers swindle their employees in one way or another!’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee offered 2% raise after their 4th year at the company and a year of record-breaking profit, exceeding revenue targets by 40%: 'Bragging about record profits and expected us to just smile'

Brad Dickson

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Boss begs for former employee to come back after entire department falls apart, employee considers his options: 'My salary increased by 120%!'

Ben Weiss

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Regular customer demands retail worker stop smiling and drop her cheerful customer service act, she complies, leaving the customer to deal with the uncomfortable reality of her request: '[I] would stop even smiling as she'd approach the counter'

Brad Dickson

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Employee confronts CEO after getting denied her raise and discovering her coworker with less experience got one: 'The CEO literally says he wishes every employee was like me. And yet… nothing'

Ben Weiss

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Project manager with 5+ years of experience gets demoted after company makes $500 million off of his work: 'I am absolutely dejected, to say the least'

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant manager laughs at employee when he asks for 2 consecutive days off after working 6 day weeks since starting: 'He literally laughed in his face'

Brad Dickson

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Manager draws fire from HR for his "bias" for not rewarding single-mother employee with the same raises and bonuses as her better-performing coworker: '[Since he] is willing to put in extra hours (maybe 5-10 hrs per week), he gets more done'

Brad Dickson

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