work from home

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

Comments

Boss gets dragged online for reprimanding call center employee's plot to avoid taking calls: 'I can detect all the schemes'

Ben Weiss

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

‘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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Comments

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

Ben Weiss

Comments

'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

Comments