work from home

Manager schedules an online ‘Mandatory Friday Fun’ meeting for her work-from-home team, gets mad when everyone's energy is low: ‘If you want to [end] team spirit, this is how you do it.’

Elna McHilderson

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Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee rejoices in new 4-day work week policy, only to be let go so the company can compensate for the change: 'It's not personal'

Ben Weiss

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New mom forced to come into the office in snowy weather but turns around when front door is frozen shut: 'I was standing outside [...] in below freezing weather'

Ben Weiss

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Woman working remotely demands her boyfriend enforce a "no Fortnite voice-chat until after 5 pm" rule, after his 7-year-old son constantly yells during her working hours, sparking conflict when he fails to do so: 'I’m tired of being the enforcer'

Emma Saven

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Employee requests to WFH one day a week for childcare purposes only to be denied by fully remote HR manager: '[This] is 100% about control!'

Ben Weiss

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HR tries to fire employee without severance after claiming employee took unapproved work-from-home days, employee proves them wrong: ‘My case is closed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss demands remote employees decorate their home office for Christmas, one employee refuses, boss blames them for ruining the holiday spirit: 'It isn't my job to decorate for her’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Here’s a revolutionary idea: Stop forcing people into the office 4-5 days a week': Management complains that their employees are too loud after mandating a return to the office; employees retaliate

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee finds out boss looks at their browsing history at work, they purposely search for other jobs, leading boss to offer them a raise when he sees the search: ‘I left it there’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Frustrated couple is constantly receiving elderly neighbor’s misdelivered packages, decides to start returning them all to the sender after she repeatedly refuses to correct the address, claiming it's a "hassle" to change: 'I reached a breaking point'

Emma Saven

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HR forgets to approve employee's work-from-home requests, employee stops coming in with no consequences: 'Bureaucracy at its finest'

Ben Weiss

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'Could’ve been a link in my calendar': Remote employee drives 2 hours to the office to attend a 'mandatory' briefing, then pays $12 for parking for a meeting that gets canceled at the last minute

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Remote employee's cute dog interrupts stern meeting with HR, saving him from getting reprimanded: 'Well… at least your dog seems supportive'

Ben Weiss

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'Ma’am, I’m on the clock, I’m not a babysitter': Work-from-home data analyst refuses to babysit his neighbor's 13-year-old daughter during work hours, so the mom reports him to the HOA

Jesse Kessenheimer

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