Horrible Bosses

‘I had a job offer in hand and was preparing to start work, when I get a call from HR that the offer has been rescinded’: Boss gives a poor reference to a former employee, costing them a new position within the company

Etai Eshet

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Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

Ben Weiss

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Power-hungry boss singles out employee, sets them up for failure and fabricates mistakes forcing employee to weigh whether to expose her or walk away: ‘The final blow came when my performance grading was adjusted retrospectively’

Etai Eshet

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'Don't stop baking until I say stop': Assistant manager berates baker at bagel shop for not cooking fast enough, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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“They're just stressing people to come up with lists of who to fire if they don't quit first’: Company forces employees back to an unworkable office with missing equipment, non-functional workspaces, and zero effort to support them

Etai Eshet

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Boss promotes employee to ‘leadership role’ but doesn't include a raise or added benefits, just more responsibilities: ‘Calling it a “promotion” felt dishonest’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘"It's their job, not anything above or beyond"’: IT department head tries to deny 25% of department employees their well-earned bonuses, software dev employee is fed up

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I flat out said no’: Employee refuses to train her underqualified replacement after being passed up on a promotion she was ‘heavily encouraged’ to apply for

Lana DeGaetano

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Team lead is fired after they refuse to overwork their team and instead defend them against toxic workplace practices: ‘I was just expected to be another cog in the machine’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘The very next day, I wrote my resignation letter’: Boss targets introvert employee, denies raises, and sets impossible deadlines, forcing her to quit

Etai Eshet

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'Headsets are not allowed': Employee reprimanded for wearing headphones in the office, maliciously complies with new policy by playing audio on full volume

Ben Weiss

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Candidate finds interviewer's insistent line of inappropriate personal questioning off-putting, they leave: 'We can’t continue this interview'

Brad Dickson

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Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'

Ben Weiss

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Supervisor tells employee they cannot take PTO on Tuesdays through Thursdays weekly, even for medical reasons: ‘We all have to make sacrifices’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Discovered my "desk" was literally a cardboard box turned sideways in a dimly lit closet’: Fed-up employees share why they quit their first days on the job

Lana DeGaetano

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CEO enforces in-person work policy, refusing to pay for relocation of remote hires, sparks mass quitting: 'There was a veritable flurry of resignations'

Ben Weiss

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