tales-from-the-workplace

‘Go (work somewhere else) team’: Company cuts employees' hours but demands they double the sales, employees collectively decide to do the bare minimum instead.

Bar Mor Hazut

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'By the time she'll notice, I'll be long gone': Employee quits job, micromanager demands they send onboarding documents for next hire, employee sends glitched files instead

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Your company deserves to fail’: Overworked employee quits job without notice after years of carrying company on their back, boss claims he'll sue for losses

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hiring manager expects employee to beg for the job, employee refuses, manager promises to ensure the candidate never works in the industry again

Sienna Varady

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'Take it up with HR': Employee confronts coworker after she monitors their bathroom breaks and claims they are taking too long

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hotel guest demands full refund after positive experience, boasting 'I always get my way'

Sienna Varady

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‘The system makes no sense’: New hire refuses to accept company's payroll system, accusing manager of withholding his pay

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Thanks for nothing...': Part time employee fills in for full time coworker, boss chastises him for going the extra mile instead of thanking him

Sienna Varady

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‘I work with a toddler’: Employee gets silent treatment from manager after they leave manager's team for a big promotion

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I'm not cleaning this up...': Customer demands restaurant staff let her in before opening time, then leaves a mess in bathroom when they refuse

Sienna Varady

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'You're about to be real short-staffed': Overworked employees take on extra shifts only for management to announce they are cutting the bonus pay so they can hire more staff

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Never gonna happen': Micromanager assigns overworked employee more responsibilities, then cuts his pay in half, leading employee to leave company high and dry

Sienna Varady

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'You've got to be kidding': Inexperienced new employee abruptly leaves IT company after senior employee fails to help him adjust to the workload

Sienna Varady

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‘I already moved on’: Manager demands former employee train new hire, despite them already starting a new job

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I was too stunned to speak': Boss tries to earn social approval by mocking overworked employee during meeting, coworkers back them up instead of taking his side

Bar Mor Hazut

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Mechanic bulldozes entire field, taking down army infrastructure after commanding officer orders him to level field 'no matter what'

Sienna Varady

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