Horrible Bosses

‘I’ve been warned by my manager to not to go to HR because they “won’t care about petty drama”’: Hotel night shift coworker dodges every task, leaving all the work and stress to her teammate while management turns a blind eye

Etai Eshet

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Boss steals the batteries from employee's mouse when he's not looking, employee gets even: 'Swap batteries, then dump your unfinished coffee into his trash can'

Ben Weiss

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Healthcare professional faints on the job and gets sent home by boss, only to be scolded for calling out sick the next day: ‘[This] is not an acceptable practice’

Lana DeGaetano

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Conniving boss cancels employee's doctor's appointment without their consent, so they file a formal complaint and kickstart a HIPAA violation investigation: ‘I did not authorize these changes”

Lana DeGaetano

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'Enjoy $7k in rotten shrimp': Manager ignores grocery store employee's warning about freezer temperature, whole seafood section goes bad

Ben Weiss

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‘I would’ve much rather just have been laid off with everyone else’: Job forces employees into negative PTO debt, where taking time off means owing the company money later

Etai Eshet

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Employee resigns, boss notifies him two years later that he has been fired for not showing up to work: 'Your employment [...] is being terminated for job abandonment'

Ben Weiss

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40-year-old coworker repeatedly asks 25-year-old colleague for thousands in loans, turning the office into his personal cash machine with nonstop awkward money talk: ‘I'm not the only coworker he's requested this, It's making me feel extremely uneasy’

Etai Eshet

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Night shift warehouse worker and shelf stocker quits mid-shift after boss tries to write up their team for taking a break: 'The company felt we didn’t deserve a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes by hand'

Brad Dickson

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61-year-old coworker spreads rumors on new hire, enlists her husband to fuel a false office narrative that she’s angry and unstable: ‘He asked me if I ate today because “we don’t want you going off on nobody cus you starving”’

Etai Eshet

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21 HR-Safe Corporate Clapbacks That Professionally Prompt People to Pivot Their Pettines and Back Off

Etai Eshet

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Ex-boss texts wrongfully fired employee over an accurate 1-star Indeed review, only to block them when they refuse to back: “He contacted me exactly 3 months after I got fired’

Etai Eshet

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‘The truth is wild. Greg is jealous. He was overlooked for a promotion at the exact same time I was handpicked for one’: Petty ex-boss tries to sabotage former employee, talking to new boss at regional event, but his bitter attempt backfires

Etai Eshet

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15+ Employees recount actions from their managers that caused morale to plummet: 'Boss made a big speech about austerity measures and no raises this year'

Ben Weiss

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Boss sends a 4am email demanding employee attend a 7am conference, then blames them for not driving 2 hours and missing booth setup: ‘My boss is notorious for never reading an email’

Etai Eshet

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‘He just stooped to a whole new level of useless today and my brain cannot comprehend it’: Useless produce department worker ignores tasks and dodges responsibility every shift, pushing coworkers into overtime to clean up his mess

Etai Eshet

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