Who among us hasn't made the mistake of trusting your employer? Look, it doesn't matter if you have the best job in the world. You have to take care of yourself first and foremost, which means that putting all your faith in the person who signs your checks is, to put it mildly, a liability. These employees shared the most common lies they have been told by their current and former bosses in the workplace. One of the many takeaways we have gathered here is that just like Mariah Carey's vocals, t…

Very few folks have the guts to stand up to their micromanaging bosses. Even when you have nothing to lose, something still holds most people back from really going there like this housekeeper did. Along with the rest of the cleaning staff, they were tasked with unrealistic expectations from their boss while working in difficult and unnecessarily harsh working conditions, from rules about working in complete silence to not having sufficient supplies (and, in many cases, having to purchase their…

Never become too attached to your job. Unfortunately for Ted, his loyalty to the company would never be rewarded. Instead, despite working at his company for more than 40 years, he would be unceremoniously fired over a Zoom meeting. To make matters worse, Ted was given a nice severance package, but only if he went along with a fabricated story his boss concocted that he had actually resigned to pursue other career opportunities. As the Redditor recounts in their post, everyone was distraught af…

Some employers don't know how good they have it. Here, we have an employee who routinely ordered office supplies during lunchtime out of generosity. This was not part of his job description; he just did it knowing it would help with the general workflow in the office. One day, after doing this for years, the errands took a bit longer than expected and the employee was chastised for taking a “long lunch.” From that point onward, the employee was instructed to only order office supplies through c…

Sometimes the best way to get payback on a coworker is to enact your revenge covertly. They may never even know that someone is sabotaging them; truthfully, they may never need to know. All that really matters is that you are achieving that satisfaction and they are unknowingly getting their much-deserved comeuppance. Of course, we save these kinds of plots and schemes for people who really deserve them, and this barista's coworker certainly qualifies. He was guilty of flirting with female empl…

When it's officially announced that an employee will be leaving a company, typically the employee knows about this in advance… It turns out that in this scenario , it was merely an assumption made by the employee's boss, but the employee has everyone at the entire company asking about their professional future. Furthermore, the boss was attempting to replace the employee on an important project that they built from the ground up while still requesting their continued assistance on the side. Obv…

There are plenty of folks who do not look back fondly on their first job. Entering a professional setting without any relevant experience can be a daunting learning curve for anyone, regardless of the industry. However, no matter how much experience you may or may not have regarding the working world, sometimes, abhorrent behavior is so obvious that you know you have been wronged. You don't even question if this is “how things are done” no matter what your employer tries to tell you. You know t…

New employees are not supposed to spend their first day at a job fearing that they will be immediately fired. The typical first day should involve getting to know one's coworkers and employers, becoming adjusted to daily tasks and responsibilities, and gaining a general understanding of the expectations in this new workplace environment. One should not feel tested on day one or threatened by a competing coworker. Unfortunately for this warehouse employee , he arrived on the job and instantly fo…

Landing a job after a full year of unemployment elicited the biggest sigh of relief for this asset management employee; that is, until he was fired a mere two months later. Of course, the employee was not at fault here. In fact, he was working hard to ensure that he was a necessary hire for the company, to no avail. He even went out of his way to do the work of other employees when they were on their breaks or when they called in sick. However, none of that extra work was recognized or validate…

Showing up early for work is a personal choice. If it makes it easier for you as the employee to have a few extra moments in the workplace to center yourself before getting started with your daily tasks and responsibilities, that makes total sense. However, if you're someone that can show up right on time and get started immediately, that works too. No one can say anything otherwise. Remember that: if you're being pressured to show up early to work, it's time to pull out that contract and advoc…

Let this story serve as yet another reminder that your boss is not looking out for you. As long as your manager is employed at the company, their number one priority has been and will always be whatever is in the best interest of the company, not you. In this instance, we have an overworked employee who set up a meeting with their boss to confess their burnout. Their boss insisted that the employee was needed at the company, and so the two of them came up with a mutually beneficial agreement. T…

It's not uncommon to have to get your PTO requests approved by one's manager; however, it is uncommon to have that vacation request held hostage from you until you teach a nepo baby everything you know. Here, we've got an IT guy who reported to the Chief Admin at his company, an individual who was clearly well-connected with the higher-ups at the company. This guy was an expert in his field, and everyone in the office was so dependent on his expertise that it made taking time off extremely diff…

You would think that dangerous inclement weather would give some employers pause before demanding their employees come to work. However, the expectation of generosity among the higher-ups at any company will almost always lead to widespread disappointment. In this instance , we have a team of employees expecting their boss to acknowledge the upcoming hurricane and protect their safety by allowing them to work from home or have the week off. Unfortunately, their boss's response left much to be d…

We've all come across a bizarre job advertisement on the internet that made us consider the most out-of-left-field career pivots. Perhaps you have found yourself stuck in your current industry with no sign of a promotion or upward mobility. You consider quitting on the spot but you've got rent and bills and you don't want to risk having zero income for an unforeseeable amount of time. Then, out of nowhere, you see the job posting you never knew you needed, one you never could have predicted eit…

Who doesn't love hearing about an iconic quitting story? If you're miserable at your own company, hearing about a shameless employee standing up for themselves can give you the courage to do the same. If the method didn't work, then you might learn something for when it's your turn to quit. At the very least, you can at least experience that sense of justice and fulfillment vicariously. This employee shared a coworker's quitting email, a note that he shared with the entire company and not just…

It's never simple to work in the customer service sector. You frequently interact with a wide range of individuals and are never sure what to anticipate. Having said that, given the obvious drawbacks of this line of work, there must be some benefits, right? The account following was written by an irate front desk clerk. The original poster (OP) has a very lengthy history of employment in the hospitality sector. Even though at first things were going quite well, as expected, all it takes is one…