Horrible Bosses

City records worker denied a promotion for making her job look “too easy” is left watching the rookie she trained get the pay raise and desk upgrade: ‘I’m not quitting. I’m just here. Clocking in. Doing exactly what's asked. No more, no less’

Etai Eshet

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20-year-old almost college-graduated digital marketer is tired of her “corporate girlie” era and is brought to tears every Monday as her dream job turns out to be hours of commute to an uninspired office, to do no meaningful work: ‘all I wanna do is cry’

Etai Eshet

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‘HR manager couldn’t remember the name of their health insurance provider’: Interview veterans share their interview red flags that made them run for the hills and refuse the job offer

Lana DeGaetano

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13-year-old ice cream parlor employee gets cheated out of paycheck by owners, cue petty revenge: 'I realized that they were gonna stiff all of us - again!'

Ben Weiss

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‘I am ready to burn all bridges’: Entitled boss expects freshly let-go employee to do more work and train their replacement in the 2 months they have left at the company

Lana DeGaetano

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Job candidate completes unpaid free labor for hiring manager, gets rejected for not going above and beyond: '[I] already have a full-time job [and] was only given two days to do this!'

Ben Weiss

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'You will do as I instruct you to do': Warehouse manager enforces temperature policy despite warnings from employees, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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Employee abruptly quits after their boss gives them the career runaround for 3 years, boss leaves a strongly-worded note along with their final paycheck: ‘It's so unprofessional’

Lana DeGaetano

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39-year-old employee told he's not allowed to use the break room at work because he's salaried: 'I can't get water or coffee now because it's too confusing for other people?'

Ben Weiss

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Coworker insists nurse trades shifts with her so that she can spend time with her 2 children who are under 10-years-old, begins telling their coworkers that the nurse is selfish: 'You don't have kids, so it's easier for you'

Brad Dickson

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New army boss urges employees to take their PTO, entire team takes off at once, leaving new boss scrambling: 'Each of us had accumulated between 200 and 500 extra hours'

Ben Weiss

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'We need a doctor's note': Employee requests 3 days off due to burnout, boss demands a doctor's note, doctor demands a full month off

Ben Weiss

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‘It's annoying to have to find ways to lock up your possessions because you might get robbed by a 40-something mother of 3’: Office worker discovers her seemingly sweet coworker is responsible for stealing $1,300, food, and spreading rumors

Etai Eshet

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Employee at electric vehicle company gets put on a PIP after having an argument with their new manager, who was hired only 3 months ago: 'The most [foolish] man I've ever had the awful displeasure of working with'

Brad Dickson

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'It got so bad that the upper management started an intimidation campaign': Employee gets written up for being transparent about sick time, so he trains 150+ coworkers to exploit the system

Isabella Penn

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Boss keeps calling employee by the wrong name, even giving a promotion to this nonexistent person: '[HR] had to inform my boss that such a person doesn’t exist'

Ben Weiss

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