toxic-manager

Manager gets fired after employee reports her bad behavior, leading manager to spend her last days making employee’s work life a nightmare: ‘She has dropped all pretenses of being a professional’

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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Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

Ben Weiss

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Manager wastes company resources building a case against an employee he personally dislikes, ends up getting put on a PIP himself

Ben Weiss

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Former employee keeps getting asked to fix problems after leaving company, discovers why his old managers still can’t function without him: 'She doesn’t understand anything at all'

Cata Holmes

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18-year-old barista gets fired after accidentally texting the entire work chat about his manager

Ben Weiss

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'They panicked when I resigned': Top-performing employee quits after getting no raise in 3.5 years, suddenly management counteroffers with a 37% pay raise and profit sharing

Ben Weiss

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Marketing intern sparks office debate after being told not to ask questions even when instructions are incomplete: 'Red flags galore!'

Ben Weiss

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Team lead quits on the spot after upper management reprimands him for giving employees 5 out of 5 on their performance reviews: 'You quite literally will never be good enough in their eyes, by design'

Ben Weiss

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Manager ignores employee's resignation letter for 3 weeks, employee decides not to remind her: 'I don't care if she's left in a bind'

Ben Weiss

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Pharmacy manager fails to follow up on a help ticket for a faulty drive-through medicine drawer despite their employee's efforts to get their attention, ends up costing the company $25k in repairs: ‘Listen to the workers and you'll save money’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss cuts 22-year-old sandwich shop worker's hours after he helps train new hire: 'I went from working 30+ hours a week to working less than 15'

Ben Weiss

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'We shouldn't be talking about our wages': Employee exchanges fiery emails with HR after manager reprimands him for discussing his salary with his coworkers

Ben Weiss

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Manager assigns "urgent" task at 4:50 PM, employee refuses to work past 5:00 PM: 'Why couldn't this be assigned earlier in the day?'

Ben Weiss

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Retail worker leaves mid-shift to go to the movies, complying with manager's strict overtime policy: 'I had hit 40 hours and had to leave'

Ben Weiss

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Employee plans exit after getting reprimanded for not requesting PTO in advance despite family emergency: 'I'm so done!'

Ben Weiss

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