toxic-workplace

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

Ben Weiss

Comments

Employee calls out lazy coworker in public for constantly making other team members correct her mistakes: 'There is no “we” in this. She is going to fix her own problems'

Ben Weiss

Comments

Update: Boss denies employee's July PTO request because it aligns with her vacation, employee refuses to cancel her trip, finds better job at competitor

Ben Weiss

Comments

'I had such high hopes for this company, but now I just feel disgusted': Job candidate left stunned after business manager spends 95% of the interview bad-mouthing his coworkers and colleagues

Ben Weiss

Comments

Company cuts employee’s salary by $18K after he moves to Austin despite identical performance: “The only thing that changed was my zip code”

Cata Holmes

Comments

Employees spar over better office seat after entitled coworker refuses to compromise: 'I did try to make it fair, but he shut that down completely'

Ben Weiss

Comments

Engineer complies with manager's insistence to never stay past 5:00 PM by pausing an imminent project at the end of the day: 'Greg had explicitly told me to leave even if the building was on fire'

Ben Weiss

Comments

Tech startup doomed to fail after 4 employees concoct plan to quit together before the end of the quarter: 'It feels good to know [our CEO] has no idea'

Ben Weiss

Comments

'I will personally see to it that you never work in this city or this industry again': New manager threatens employee due to "insubordination," employee records the meeting and gets the manager fired

Ben Weiss

Comments

Employee forces boss to apologize to his wife after waking them up at 5:55 AM for a non-urgent issue: 'This was unacceptable behavior'

Ben Weiss

Comments

Manager fires top performer over contract dispute to intimidate the rest of the team: 'Keep in line, produce, and don't cause trouble'

Ben Weiss

Comments

Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

Ben Weiss

Comments

Employee gets written up for going to his 2:00pm dentist appointment during working hours

Ben Weiss

Comments

Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

Ben Weiss

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments