tales-from-the-workplace

Employee gets fired for accidentally accepting fake bills, despite following procedures while checking them, suspects they are taking someone else's blame: ‘Something’s fishy'

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‘Was I hired by mistake?’: New hire starts their first day only to be sent home because nobody knew they were coming, they start questioning whether they should quit

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Boomer manager reprimands employee for failing to complete a task, despite him providing no guidance on how to do it, employee quits on the spot: 'This is why you are on the verge of bankruptcy'

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'My job owes me $20,000': After 7 months of paying employees less than they owed, company corrects their mistake, then refuses to give any back pay claiming it's not allowed

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‘It's not up to you’: Job applicant goes over recruiter's head and submits her application directly, she gets the job, only for employer to demand she pays the recruiter a fee

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‘Why won't you fire the dude?’ Manager discovers employee is stealing money, informs owner, only to have the stolen amount deducted from their pay for not stopping it

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‘Buddy, you're not special’: New hire throws a public fit after not getting the office he wanted, leading coworkers to report him and get him fired in response

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‘The CEO didn't like it’: Remote employee gets reprimanded after his daughter appeared on camera during a late-night meeting, leading employee to reconsider his position

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‘They can't keep getting away with this’: Manager comes to work sick and gets employee sick as well, then demands they spend hundreds of dollars on a doctor's note

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'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

Sienna Varady

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‘I have never heard of this policy’: Boss freezes employee's pay after he returns from vacation but 'fails to report back to work', leading to a dispute when he is not paid for weeks

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‘Empty everything? You got it!’: Employee cleverly complies with security guard's demands to empty everything in their bag, resulting in line holdup when more employees follow suit

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‘Respectfully, no’: Employee hands boss their two weeks notice, only for boss to demand they stay for two months, leading to a schedule conflict with new job

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‘You're not my boss, don't question me’: Micromanager accuses employee of undermining his authority after they ask for help, employee quits and walks out mid-shift in response

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‘Always take your PTO’: Employee quits while having 100 hours of unused PTO, expects to receive payout in last paycheck, only to get paid $1 per hour

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‘I have a big mouth’: Hardworking employee gets denied a raise so they inform boss of quiet quitting, only to get fired on the spot instead

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