overworked-employees

Overworked employee gets tired of his boss making him work after hours every single day, so he reaches out to HR and sends all the proof of the unfair workload: 'An email was sent to the whole company saying Mark was "pursuing other opportunities"'

María Cetra

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Employee is forced by management to clock out earlier than she should, as she’s not doing anything, when she complained: ‘They respond with “No, I’ll fire you.” I ended up clocking out early because I didn’t want to take the risk.’

María Cetra

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Employee turns off his work phone during his PTO time, and you won't guess what his boss did! He said that he was being unprofessional by setting up that boundary, now he wonders if he needs a new job

María Cetra

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Dental clinic limits employees to 2 unpaid days off every 5 months and tells them to make up missed patients, causing nearly entire staff to resign at once: ‘Are you seeing this?’

Cata Holmes

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Boss likes to micromanage her employee and act as if she didn't hear when she tells her that she needs to be out of the office as soon as her shift ends: 'She will keep me for an additional 15 mins sometimes.'

María Cetra

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Employee sets boundaries after their manager keeps assigning them with “urgent task” at 4:45 pm, when his work hours end at 5 pm: ‘Last week I finally said that I couldn't stay and would complete it first thing in the morning.’

María Cetra

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Employee stops working hard after manager complains they are taking too long to finish tasks, realizes that's the key to becoming a “good" worker: ‘I'm officially done trying’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Underpaid master's graduate resigns after being forced to absorb multiple coworkers' responsibilities, then discovers her "temporary" workload was actually 3 separate jobs: 'Why not just pay me more?'

Cata Holmes

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Boss rejects employee's PTO request after not being able to find replacement for over 5 months, employee decides to quit altogether: ‘Not my problem’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker spends three years going above and beyond for his company, only to be fired after being labeled a "disruption": 'What should I have done differently?'

Cata Holmes

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Woman wants to quit her office job after climbing the corporate ladder, discovers that her true calling is in fast food: ‘It [only] paid about $1 more…’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Restaurant server shows up for her shift exactly on time, manager threatens to fire her anyways: ‘I was supposed to show up 30 minutes before my work time.’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Employee starts to hate his job because his bosses are always contacting him after hours and expect him to be available, they also skimp on bonuses and don't treat employees right: 'They like to portray themselves as caring employers.'

María Cetra

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High-performing employee gets demoted and forced to train his new manager, he quits and refuses leadership's demands to negotiate: ‘We lost him for good’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee loses their promotion after missing training for the new role, all because they were forced to cover for coworkers who called out: 'I am livid'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee stops overworking as it hasn't brought any raises, workload increases for everybody else, boss notices how much he was doing when he stopped: 'He admitted I was doing work that should have been divided between at least two roles.'

María Cetra

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