human resources

'[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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Boss keeps calling employee by the wrong name, even giving a promotion to this nonexistent person: '[HR] had to inform my boss that such a person doesn’t exist'

Ben Weiss

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New American boss tries to cut British-based employee's "excessive" PTO, HR sides with employee: 'I have referred this to HR because I think this isn't right'

Ben Weiss

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Apathetic boss calls employee ‘overdramatic’ for taking a PTO day after they put down their sick family cat, employee reports boss to HR: ‘The way my boss handled this was just unacceptable’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I decided to be petty': Boss tells employee to dress better, so he wears a full suit out of spite and gets boss demoted by the CEO

Isabella Penn

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'My interview was at 10:00 AM': Job candidate waits two hours for his interview, walks out and gives HR a piece of his mind

Ben Weiss

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'I haven't been late in 15 years': Company tries to fire software engineer just before he gets his pension, employee finds "very interesting" reason for them to let him stay

Remy Millisky

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'I call it a win': HR employee reaches out to supervisor for help on an escalated situation but receives incompetence instead, so she gets her demoted

Elna McHilderson

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HR begs employees to donate their vacation days to coworker on medical leave: 'Nah. My PTO is my PTO'

Ben Weiss

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'Stop calling me that': Entitled coworker refuses to call employee by her real name, employee reports her to HR, causing work feud

Ben Weiss

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20+ Unpopular policies employees had to deal with at work: 'They banned staff from drinking coffee in front of students'

Ben Weiss

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'Don't be cheap': Employee told by HR he can't use travel budget for tips, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets fired while on medical leave, HR offers lame alternative to avoid getting sued: 'The company's needs have changed during your absence':

Ben Weiss

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'How do you feel about overtime?': 20+ Job interview signs that hint at a bad work environment

Remy Millisky

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Employee gets written up by HR for posting about disliking Mondays on personal social media account: 'Someone in the office is creeping on my social media'

Ben Weiss

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