toxic-workplace

‘Unlimited PTO’ company boss rejects employee’s PTO for court-ordered parenting, gets called out and faces team backlash: ‘It has backfired on them’

Etai Eshet

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Employee uses loophole in strict time-tracking policy, takes extended sick leave instead: 'It's not my business'

Ben Weiss

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'Don't be cheap': Employee told by HR he can't use travel budget for tips, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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Employee contests 15% pay cut, causes several people to get demoted: 'Company is probably shaking in their boots right now'

Ben Weiss

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Company requests employees to ‘donate’ PTO to colleagues affected by the LA wildfires to ’make up’ for hours lost: ’[This is] just so the company doesn't hurt, not their people’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I'm going to have to reject your application': Candidate receives offer, goes in to sign contract, employer changes his mind

Ben Weiss

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New CFO takes away employee perks valued at $10,000, then demands more work for same pay: 'I am now set back three years in pay increases'

Ben Weiss

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Managers repeatedly disrespect employees' privacy thinking closed-door etiquette doesn’t apply to them double down when confronted: ‘Whatever you’re saying is management’s business’

Etai Eshet

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Boss makes overworked employee sign new contract to work 50-55 hours per week: 'I have to work 10 [...] hours a day for no additional pay'

Ben Weiss

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Company boss ignores months of warnings then blames engineer when disaster strikes, loses talented employee to competitor paying $30k more

Etai Eshet

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Manager calls employee ‘ungrateful’ after she expects to be paid for working overtime: ‘I'm so tired of this mindset’

Lana DeGaetano

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'If you don't want me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best': 20+ unprofessional comments job applicants wrote on their resumes

Ben Weiss

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‘Okay, then I'm gonna take the other job’: Employee tries to quit his job but is interrupted by boss's unwarranted nagging, so he shows up to his next shift and quits on the spot

Lana DeGaetano

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Fully remote HR rep denies employee's request to work from home due to childcare: 'It is 100% about control'

Ben Weiss

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'I'm most likely getting fired': Employee complains about boss on social media, boss finds out, now his days are numbered

Ben Weiss

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'He was an idiot who wasted his money on get rich quick schemes doomed to fail': Woman's boss' financial troubles get exposed to whole office including boss' wife who is an employee, woman asks them to take their issues elsewhere

Baiz Hoen

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