tales-from-the-workplace

'She demanded I hire her': Manager's old company calls begging him to hire his useless ex-coworker to get her off their hands

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'Her face started twitching': Boss gets furious when employee gives their notice, talks about them behind their back

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'No late lunches, no exceptions': Worker reprimanded for taking late lunches to help the business, makes them regret it

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'You specifically asked me to delete it despite my protests': Company stranded after firing reluctant developer and telling them to delete everything they made

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'I was laid off from my job three months ago': Employee gets laid off, asked to come back three months later

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'The company just isn't really meeting my expectations': Employee shocks employer, quits while giving them a taste of their own medicine

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'I quit my job and there may be a massive domino effect': Manager causes 'domino effect' when they quit their job

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'The entire project came crashing down': Coworkers get put in their place when woman stops doing their work

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'I declined, obviously': Employee receives low-ball counter offer from current employer

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'I pulled 6 doubles that week': Retail worker told to take all the overtime they want, obliges

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'She must go on leave and I won't hear any excuses!': Worker gets double leave when Karen boss forces them to take leave and forgets to document it

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'I have to pay for that $0.10 personal call charge? Done.': Company charges employees $0.10 for personal calls, employee makes processing that fee cost more than that

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'I love my job but honestly that attitude is making me sick': Boss insists on mandatory unpaid weekend team building trips

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'I lied about how much I currently earn': Desperate worker lands a better job by exaggerating their current earnings

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'I wanted revenge': Contractor engineer charges company $9000 to press a button after they try to cheat him

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'I have no clue [why I was fired.]': Experienced barista gets inexplicably fired after first day at new job

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