Horrible Bosses

'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

Ben Weiss

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Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Ben Weiss

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Client refuses to pay and keeps ‘forgetting’ invoices, forcing freelancer to send blitz email barrage to get what’s owed: ‘Oh, I thought you needed them resent’

Etai Eshet

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Company executives receive $65k Christmas bonus while non-executives cash in on a $25 Starbucks gift card, causing disgruntled employee to seek employment elsewhere

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee automates task, making everyone’s jobs easier, boss takes credit for her work: ‘You probably didn’t even know how to turn on your computer when we found you’

Ben Weiss

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10+ employees who got their incompetent bosses fired: 'A week later, I got a new title and a 35% raise'

Ben Weiss

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Boss won't stop bothering employee while they're on holiday PTO, employee sends him a message: ‘We can discuss them when I am back from PTO’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employees pressured by HR to pitch in $20 for the CEO's Christmas present: '[He makes] at least 5x what I make!'

Ben Weiss

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'I smiled and chuckled and held back my tears': Entitled boss’s Secret Santa 'gift' leads employee to quit and HR to step in

Isabella Penn

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'I'm going to be struggling stuck in a cold truck for Christmas': Truck driver abandoned with no money or gas after boss ghosts him during the holidays

Ben Weiss

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Job seeker calls out interviewer for unprofessionalism after a day of playing phone tag with one another, causing them to miss their 30-minute lunch break: ‘I will not tolerate disrespect’

Lana DeGaetano

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Entire team gets let go before Christmas, only for company to post pictures of over-the-top Holiday party: 'That looked expensive and like a grand ol' time'

Ben Weiss

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'Discussing pay amongst employees is within our rights': Employee engages in fiery exchange with HR over wage transparency

Ben Weiss

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Red flags turn full-blown blaring sirens on employee’s first day at business claiming to be family, advised to run for his life: ‘Get out of there’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gives two weeks' notice while traveling for work, employer cancels their flight home: 'I have worked for this company for 3 years...'

Brad Dickson

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'Look busy!': Student worker gets paid $10,000 to sit on his phone, maliciously complying with boss's orders to take his time on new project

Ben Weiss

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