Horrible Bosses

20+ employees share the clueless things their bosses have said to them: 'It’s not mandatory, it’s compulsory!'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quiet quits for 6 months until neglectful boss notices and fires her: 'I honestly can't believe it took them this long to notice'

Ben Weiss

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Construction manager meets with unqualified boss to tell him his workload is too high, boss gives him more work, he quits: 'Ok then, I am resigning.'

Brad Dickson

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Manager keeps leaving passive-aggressive notes about messy candy aisle, overworked grocery store employee secretly throws $1,000 of useless candy into trash and gets a raise: 'I was going to sort it all out for good'

Isabella Penn

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Bossy coworker bursts into tears when a young colleague asks her to stop barking orders and show some basic respect, setting off a chain reaction and behind-the-scenes HR chats: ‘The thought of asking nicely literally drove her to tears’

Etai Eshet

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Boss removes flexible working conditions, leading to the resignation of a top employee : 'Boss wanted to take away the only reason I stayed in the company'

Brad Dickson

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Gossipy coworker keeps track of colleague’s time off, complains to others about their approved absences, and invents his own hardships for sympathy: ‘That family situation he referenced didn’t exist’

Etai Eshet

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Employee asks to work remotely while office bathroom is out of order, boss denies request: 'I’ve been skipping food and water from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on office days'

Ben Weiss

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Boss unexpectedly revokes flexible hours and demands employees stay until end of day, worker maliciously complies by arriving late and leaving on time: 'I'm still technically listening to his stupid requirement'

Isabella Penn

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19-year-old quits pizza restaurant, makes nonstop prank calls until owners are forced to close: 'I (possibly?) made my old job shut down'

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant manager tells 16-year-old employee to leave after blaming her for something she didn’t do, then tries to fire her for actually leaving not realizing it was all on camera: 'That sounded like approval, didn't it?'

Isabella Penn

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Candidate gets berated for not showing up to "their" new job, even though they never even accepted or received a formal offer for that job: 'We still hadn't discussed my salary'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets fired on the spot after giving their 2-week notice, boss then calls them later begging them to come back and finish out their notice period: 'I gave 2 weeks' notice. They fired me on the spot, then begged me to finish the week'

Brad Dickson

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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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