toxic-workplace

Entitled coworker switches shifts with 26-year-old server without his approval, assuming he's free because he is single: 'You don't have anything else to do anyway!'

Ben Weiss

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Fast food worker fired by manager for throwing his half-filled soda away, gets immediately reinstated by his manager's boss: 'He asked why I was back since he fired me'

Ben Weiss

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Former employee confesses to receiving over $80,000 in overpayment after he quit 1.4 years ago: '[I'm] still receiving the same bi-weekly pay [...] as if I still work there!'

Ben Weiss

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‘HR said it doesn't matter’: Nursing home employer forces employee to falsely ‘clock out’ for breaks they aren't taking in an already severely understaffed environment

Lana DeGaetano

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'I won't be reapplying': Boss makes employee reapply for the same position because of changes in the school district, employee stands ground

Ben Weiss

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Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Ben Weiss

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Overworked startup employee gets ghosted by boss for weeks and then suddenly fired and blamed for the business's failures: 'They're using you as a scapegoat'

Ben Weiss

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Higher-ups reject employee's work pitch for years, then expect them to leave a 'plan' detailing the idea after they put in their two weeks: ‘I'd re-pitch the idea, every year, nothing moved’

Lana DeGaetano

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Teacher tests school's strict dress code policy, claims 'sore feet' to be able to wear whatever he wants: 'There were a solid 10 of us that were [...] in blatant disregard of the dress code'

Ben Weiss

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Manager fears her employee will be more absent once she gets married, fires her two days before the ceremony, employee retaliates: 'I got quiet fired two days before my wedding'

Ben Weiss

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Boss refuses to accept employee's resignation after denying them a well-deserved raise: 'He thinks he can just order me not to quit'

Ben Weiss

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Employee creates itemized closing checklist to stop lazy coworker from getting out of closing duties: 'I got a little petty in the most professional way'

Ben Weiss

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18-year-old call center worker reprimanded for deviating from the script, maliciously complies to prove her point: 'You told me to stick to the script!'

Ben Weiss

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Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

Ben Weiss

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'That's just pure laziness and next to no attention to detail': 10+ mildly infuriating job rejections that candidates received out of the blue

Ben Weiss

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Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Ben Weiss

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