toxic-workplace

Coworker asks employee to clock her in early, then lets the employee get written up when she gets caught: 'I won't be helping her ever again'

Ben Weiss

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New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

Ben Weiss

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Employee confronts boss after learning IT is tracking his phone 24/7: 'I am looking for a new job immediately'

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager puts employee on PIP for doing her job instead of letting her boss do it for her

Ben Weiss

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VP advocates for underpaid employee's 18% raise, CEO refuses and spends 3x as much money to replace him

Ben Weiss

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Employee refuses to accept dusty Employee of the Quarter plaque, demanding a substantial raise instead

Ben Weiss

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Line manager sends overwhelmed employee to career coach, coach then confronts manager about "unrealistic work expectations"

Ben Weiss

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19-year-old employee boldly asks for 35% raise right after company changes policies for him, gets fired: 'I got ahead of myself, and I lost the opportunity'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate gets stuck in a chair during interview, security has to remove him, recruiter comes to candidate's defense: 'This HR manager's attitude was completely over the top and unprofessional'

Ben Weiss

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Managers discover an employee's social media account, then proceed to ‘gang up’ on her by hazing her on the job: ‘They were writing a physical list of my failures’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss gets called out for posting fake glowing online reviews of his company: '5/5 stars - The Best Job I Ever Had'

Ben Weiss

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Remote employee forced to come into the office after his 6-year-old daughter makes a cameo during a Zoom call: 'My CEO freaked out!'

Ben Weiss

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Ex-employee wins lawsuit after former boss neglects to pay her mandatory severance: 'They take people to court because they think the threat will scare most people off'

Ben Weiss

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Manager reprimands employee for texting at the office instead of looking busy: 'Okay, then give me more stuff to do!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee makes it to a final interview and the company lowballs them, claims the $60-80k range they posted was ‘aspirational’: ‘Is this even legal’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee gets even with critical boss by using her flawed format for submitting reports before quitting: 'I hope you're having a bad day, Paula. You deserve it!'

Ben Weiss

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