Horrible Bosses

'They won’t stop guilt tripping me about [...] abandoning them when they’re understaffed': Employee gets new job leaving toxic employer, faces poor treatment from their soon-to-be ex-coworkers

Brad Dickson

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Underpaid employee humiliated by micromanaging boss for repeatedly wearing the same clothes to the office

Sienna Varady

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'I deny work from all of my managers': Employee with three different bosses keeps claiming he's swamped with tasks, ends up doing no work and collecting checks

Ben Weiss

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Freelance worker fired after asking to be paid for extra work: 'I got a termination email claiming disrespectful conduct'

Ben Weiss

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Employer cancels flexible work policy after employee cuts their finger at home: 'Cut my finger working from home. Boss cancels all WFH immediately'

Brad Dickson

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'Is he trying to get fired?': Employee photoshops picture of boss's family and sends it to the wrong chat, boss plays mind games to get even

Ben Weiss

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Employee told by boss to move surgery to Christmas break despite having 300+ hours of PTO saved: '[I] should be able to take this time off'

Ben Weiss

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'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

Sienna Varady

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'I'm not okay with this': Partner advocates for location tracking of all lawyers in the firm, associate refuses

Ben Weiss

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Cell tower technician forbidden from using competitor's phone, leaving them unable to communicate while working on site, leading to boss's firing: 'You can't use a competitors phone!'

Brad Dickson

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'We have to fire you because you are too expensive': Employee gets fired, demands compensation for a full year then starts working for competitor

Ben Weiss

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Employee automates boss's job and boss's boss's job and gets them both fired: 'I automated all her tasks and the CEO fired her'

Brad Dickson

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'I forwarded boss's own email back to them': Boss tells employee not to cover for two coworkers to avoid giving him another raise, backfires when both coworkers are out

Ben Weiss

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Awful boss gets comeuppance after employee writes essay to entire staff about his poor management: 'My toxic work environment has just worn me down'

Ben Weiss

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Boss makes employee get doctor's note, doctor gives them even more time off: 'Now he’s paying me 4 days, 32 hours. He can’t refuse a second of it'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets buried in busywork when boss sees their clean desk, going forward they pretend to be busy with decoy files and folders: 'I learned my lesson'

Brad Dickson

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