human resources

'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm': Employee refuses to amend his hours after HR discovers their mistake in his contract

Ben Weiss

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HR rescinds job offer despite assuring the candidate he had the position after 5 rounds of interviews: 'My job offer has been kept on hold indefinitely'

Ben Weiss

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20+ Hiring managers who refused to interview job candidates: 'I have received a resume that is a screenshot from an iPhone'

Remy Millisky

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'He was fired on the spot [and] sued for his extra leave': 20+ HR employees whose workers left them speechless

Remy Millisky

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20 HR professionals who had bizarre days at work: 'It was the most petty, childish reaction'

Remy Millisky

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HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

Ben Weiss

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'I requested 2 Saturdays off 2 months in advance. Both requests were denied outright': Employee can't get PTO request approved for her own wedding because of petty manager's vendetta

Ben Weiss

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Employee is fired after being placed on a PIP and being given the cold shoulder immediately following medical leave : 'HR is not your friend. Learned that the hard way...'

Brad Dickson

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UPDATE: 42-year-old boss tells 29-year-old employee that she's not being a team player after she solves escape room quickly: 'My boss is giving me the cold shoulder'

Remy Millisky

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HR manager replaces $40 stipend with strict mileage rules to save money, gets buried in paperwork after employee submits 10-page MapQuest receipts for every 3-mile trip: 'Game on'

Isabella Penn

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New hire reserves office microwave for 30 minutes every day for dietary reasons, ends up getting banned by HR from using it after unplugging it to keep others out: 'But... the microwave was free'

Isabella Penn

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'I stopped correcting Stacey's work': Employee told by HR to stop fixing boss's mistakes without approval, boss loses clients over too many errors

Ben Weiss

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Tech employee working 50+ hour weeks takes one personal day, now HR accuses him of being a slacker: 'It’s insane how taking care of yourself is seen as a red flag'

Ben Weiss

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Employee goes $1.87 over lunch budget and HR denies reimbursement, so he digs up $6K in petty expenses just to prove a point: 'Never be team player when it comes reimbursement'

Isabella Penn

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'[He] asked HR to prove it': 15-year employee in his late 50s saves himself from getting fired when company doesn't want to pay his pension

Remy Millisky

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Job candidate completes unpaid free labor for hiring manager, gets rejected for not going above and beyond: '[I] already have a full-time job [and] was only given two days to do this!'

Ben Weiss

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