Horrible Bosses

Company refuses to grant overworked employee a raise, so employee resigns during high-stakes meeting with major client, client pulls contract a year later as company slowly crashes: 'Unbeknownst to them, I was offered a position at a competitor'

Emma Saven

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10+ Unwritten rules employees shared about their workplace environments: 'Speak to the boss as if you were talking to a young child'

Ben Weiss

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‘She makes me feel like a fraternity pledge’: Bossy coworker treats temp lab tech like a personal assistant, demanding non-work-related chores and favors

Etai Eshet

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‘You’re just the help with a fancy knife set, don’t act like you’re above me’: Entitled charity gala guest causes a scene after catering chef refuses to make her a special off-menu pasta dish

Etai Eshet

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Entitled friend demands a cut of her friend's $500 referral work bonus: ‘I laughed it off and didn’t think she was being serious’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Just so you know, we're not doing the PTO thing anymore': Assistant makes a standard PTO request, manager informs her he's done away with all paid vacation time

Ben Weiss

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‘I’m furious. I’m disgusted I work for this company’: Boss offers employee a $1 promotional raise, then hires someone in the employee's current role before he accepts the offer

Lana DeGaetano

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New HR Lady cancels beloved company traditions and starts firing people publicly, ends up getting fired the same way 'All other employees [were] watching and some of them [were] clapping'

Ben Weiss

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‘And just like that, the tables have completely turned’: Underpaid and overworked employee lands a unicorn job offer and resigns from their current role, boss loses it

Lana DeGaetano

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27-year-old told by 50-year-old employer that she's "too old" to work at a smoothie shop: 'I'm sure Leonardo DiCaprio would love this place'

Ben Weiss

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Engineer shuts down rich developer’s attempt to make her break safety codes to save money, and her firm backs her up against him: ‘My entire job is to make sure buildings don’t fall down’

Etai Eshet

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Employee forced to come into work despite being sick just because manager can’t find coverage: ‘I’ve never had a job do this before!’

Ben Weiss

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‘I thought this job would be my career for the next 30 years, but I'm worried’: Employee accidentally tells “CEO” her team was forced to volunteer, triggering management panic and office gossip

Etai Eshet

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Colleague Melissa tries to claim credit for coworker’s idea, gets called out in front of manager mid-meeting: ‘Melissa told me I embarrassed her and made her look bad in front of the team’

Etai Eshet

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Employee finds out coworker is pocketing all of her tips rather than pooling them like the rest of her colleagues: ‘Not once did he put it in the jar’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss enforces strict no-overtime rule, employee clocks out on time and freezes steel mill operations with 2-mile-long parked train

Isabella Penn

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