Horrible Bosses

80-year-old boss publicly scolds young bookstore employee over tiny mistakes: ‘He keeps publicly reprimanding me over increasingly ridiculous things’

Etai Eshet

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Ohio firm sues a former employee for $3,000 over a training repayment clause tied to basic onboarding videos and PDFs: ‘This cannot be how the system is supposed to work’

Etai Eshet

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HR reprimands warehouse workers for talking while forcing them to do pointless team-building games: ‘Hooray. I can't wait to have my numbers dip because of bean bag toss day, then get asked why’

Etai Eshet

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Boss scolds IT worker for Teams status changing to “Away,” so the worker automates it to stay green forever, and spends afternoons hiking while getting praised for dedication

Etai Eshet

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Detached manager shocked employees fear they would lose their jobs after temps got axed, pay raises got denied, and AI started replacing people: ‘She was stunned I swear, managers live in another world’

Etai Eshet

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Employee realizes her boss is taking credit for her work when he repeatedly refuses to promote her—she starts working to her job description, and company sales plummet: 'Took 3 months off and got another job at a 35% salary increase'

Brad Dickson

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Boss forced to admit they need employee more than the employee needs them after a firm “no” to overtime, then tries to save face by publicly reprimanding and issuing vague warnings

Etai Eshet

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Job candidate gets rejected after 4 interview rounds, then 5 days later HR calls admitting they messed up, asking to re-interview and send an offer

Etai Eshet

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Manager gets fired after employee reports her bad behavior, leading manager to spend her last days making employee’s work life a nightmare: ‘She has dropped all pretenses of being a professional’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Employee starts booking approved leave for weekends 2 weeks in advance, exactly as HR policy requires, forcing management to finally give notice before scheduling Saturday shifts

Etai Eshet

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‘It’s the same move every time’: Peer Executive Assistant keeps making up rules she has no authority over, then blames the chaos she caused on the colleague she's undermining

Etai Eshet

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"Big profits, no raises, but hey here's some stale pizza and a generic thank you email": Company posts record profits, denies raises and throws a mandatory pizza party instead

Etai Eshet

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Employee's new boss wants to swap his earned department head role with a coworker's, calling it a "fair chance" that feels a lot like a demotion

Etai Eshet

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College student advisor decides to leave after 1 year being overworked and underappreciated by her boss and her ‘flying monkey’ subordinate: ‘I literally broke down and cried at my desk’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Fortune 500 company fires worker over a rigged survey metric that's nearly impossible to pass: ‘Apparently the world’s leading financial tech company couldn’t afford to keep me around anymore’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gives manager a 10-day notice as he found a new job that is in his field, boss made a scene and disrespected the employee, so he resigned in the middle of the shift: 'I've already gotten messages asking if I'm coming back'

María Cetra

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