toxic-workplace

CEO insults employee's dress, she puts in her resignation, sending him into a panic: '[He] sent me a bouquet of roses after I quit'

Ben Weiss

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Employee resigns for better opportunity, manager ignores him for two weeks, then panics right before his final day: '[He] asked what it would take for me to stay...'

Ben Weiss

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Manager forces fast food employee to work while sick, employee goes over manager's head: 'Let's see what YOUR boss has to say'

Ben Weiss

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Lazy coworker "Chad" accuses employee of "throwing him under the bus" in meeting with CEO, employee pulls out receipts: 'Chad denies it, vehemently'

Ben Weiss

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Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Ben Weiss

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IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee falsely accuses two colleagues of leaving the office before working hours conclude, even though she's the real culprit: ‘She herself leaves early every single day’

Lana DeGaetano

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Underpaid employee resigns after new CFO removes beloved workplace perk: 'I am now set back three years in pay increases'

Ben Weiss

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'I MUST be there in person for 9 hours': Boss compels employee to go into the office despite 95% of meetings being online

Ben Weiss

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Senior manager discovers her company is acquiring her former company after she burned bridges with them when she quit: 'My old coworkers will be joining my team. Ugh!'

Ben Weiss

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Top-performing salesperson happily resigns after new toxic manager tries to undermine their approach to sales tasks: ‘Know your worth’

Lana DeGaetano

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Company headhunts job candidate only to retract an offer after they've already signed their contract: ‘Enjoy paying me my 4-week notice period salary’

Lana DeGaetano

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New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate hangs up on interviewer mid-sentence after a train wreck phone interview: ‘Clowns hire other clowns, and the whole place turns into a circus’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee arrives at their disciplinary work hearing with receipts that disprove the accusations against them, committee still gives them a written warning: ‘Politics trumped evidence’

Lana DeGaetano

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HR pressures employee returning from 3 years of medical leave to input all of their time-off requests once they return to work, then gets mad when they use all 75 accrued days: ‘Still makes me smile like a maniac’

Lana DeGaetano

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