Horrible Bosses

Employee reveals 9 ridiculous reasons his boss rejects job candidates, from disliking their initials to scrutinizing their habits at every interview: ‘This is to remind you It's not your fault most of the time if you get rejected’

Etai Eshet

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‘I got paid for doing nothing’: Micromanagers tell a funeral home receptionist to stop answering the phone, then chew them out when they follow orders, end up alienating their hardest worker

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I refused to falsify my time sheet’: Boss accuses employee of time theft despite seeing proof of attendance, then tries to make them use sick time to supplement the alleged absence

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager overstaffs restaurant during the slow season so he can hire his ex-coworkers, forcing servers to 'alternate shifts' and lose out on hours: ‘I can't simply get another part-time job’

Lana DeGaetano

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HR rep lectures candidate after he rejects their lowball offer, telling him he should have been "grateful for the opportunity": 'I have 4 years [of] experience and know my value'

Brad Dickson

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Gossiping coworkers get caught trash-talking their boss, quietly get reassigned to a stricter manager days later: 'Your boss handled that like a pro'

Isabella Penn

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Boss refuses to believe her employee is sick, employee sends proof along with her resignation letter: 'Now my CEO is begging for me [to come] back'

Ben Weiss

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Mid-sized marketing firm outsources IT firing the single employee who had been there for 4 years, he gets a job paying $20k more: 'The first week after I left, their main server crashed. The outsourced company took 6 hours to respond, another 8 to fix it'

Brad Dickson

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Woman stuck working for a CEO who's best friends with her sister, gets tired of him making separation of personal and professional life an impossible (work-life) balancing act: ‘[My] work relationship and my personal life are becoming too intertwined’

Etai Eshet

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Hotel guest times 7-minute wait on stopwatch, forgets own name during check-in, demands feather-free room accommodation, then complains about slow service he created through obstinate behavior

Etai Eshet

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Boss promises "career growth opportunities" after employee hands in their 2-week notice, boss has all but ignored the employee and their contributions for the 3 years they worked with them: 'Suddenly I'm the most valuable employee they've ever had'

Brad Dickson

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Employee is fired due to "budget cuts" but then asked to train the new intern to do their job for their last 2 weeks: 'The worst part is they acted like they were doing me a favor'

Brad Dickson

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‘Play stupid games, win stupid prizes’: Wannabe office big shot gets fired after swapping his coworker’s $30 ear buds for knockoff replacements, exposing a long list of small stings

Etai Eshet

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17-year-old employee gets fired for not personally calling in sick after fainting and going to the emergency room: 'We're praying for you but you're fired'

Ben Weiss

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Two junior employees miss their return flight from a business conference in Nashville after evading commitments for the entire event, senior employee gets blamed for their behavior: 'Text them at 3:45 pm that Lyft is arriving in 15 mins, no response'

Brad Dickson

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Employee fired for attending grandfather’s funeral after PTO was denied, gets revenge 6 months later when boss disputes work dates by flooding his phone with spam: 'His role was client facing so he couldn't ignore phone calls'

Isabella Penn

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