work

Advertisement

Company demands job applicant purchase their product as part of their assignment, applicant refuses, accusing the company of scamming: ‘I will not partake in this assessment’

Company demands job applicant purchase their product as part of their assignment, applicant refuses, accusing the company of scamming: ‘I will not partake in this assessment’

New manager gets rid of chairs and makes employees stand for full shifts even when there are no customers: 'We now have to stand for 8 hours'

New manager gets rid of chairs and makes employees stand for full shifts even when there are no customers: 'We now have to stand for 8 hours'

Advertisement

work workplace Job workplace-stories malicious compliance Retail customer service customers customer customer support employee manager karen karens karens in the wild

Craft store Karen accosts fellow customer and accuses them of being an employee of the store: 'She accused me of just not wanting to help her'

'Yeah, I'm not doing that': Employee fired and tasked to train incompetent replacements before leaving the company, training backfires

'Yeah, I'm not doing that': Employee fired and tasked to train incompetent replacements before leaving the company, training backfires

pay paycheck money hiring hire new-hire money wages wage work workplace coworker recruiter employee employees boss bosses manager managers supervisor job company business

'No one wants to work for $10 an hour': Out-of-touch boss refuses to pay new hires more than $10/hr, throws a fit when nobody responds to their job listings

Jesse Kessenheimer

Advertisement

work workplace employment Job Jobs workplace discussion in the workplace employment job Tech tech support tech support stories IT stories information technology IT guy tales from tech support

Lead programmer insists there's something wrong with their computer to system admin, ends up being their own code: 'I tried not to laugh, but I just couldn't hold it in'

Construction workers get back at boss's entitled son after weeks of being treated like hired help

Construction workers get back at boss's entitled son after weeks of being treated like hired help

'Write me up for insubordination!': Engineer rebels after micromanaging boss asks employees to sign in and out when they use the restroom

'Write me up for insubordination!': Engineer rebels after micromanaging boss asks employees to sign in and out when they use the restroom

Advertisement

'I went full Karen on a hiring manager': Job candidate calls out recruiter's tone, shares their conversation with their head of HR

'I went full Karen on a hiring manager': Job candidate calls out recruiter's tone, shares their conversation with their head of HR

in the workplace workplace-stories jobs malicious compliance workplace malicious compliance fired CFO finance corporate employee employees laid off layoffs

'The company lost out on a $500K deal': New CFO gets fired after forcing layoffs of essential employees, employee gets a "six-figure" consultancy payout

'I will go a great distance for a good laugh': Man retaliates against cellphone carrier over an additional fee for deactivation, resulting in charge cancellation and official apology

'I will go a great distance for a good laugh': Man retaliates against cellphone carrier over an additional fee for deactivation, resulting in charge cancellation and official apology

Advertisement

'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

aita medical medicine work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses workplace-stories Email big boss

'I decided to write him an email and CC his boss': Medical worker stands up for employee break times, commenters urge them to involve HR

‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

Advertisement

work workplace employment Job Jobs workplace discussion in the workplace employment issues antiwork Horrible Bosses-discussion job malicious compliance workplace malicious compliance

External audit reveals accountant who was blamed for huge mistake was actually the one preventing it, CFO forced to apologize: 'I want to apologize'

boss workplace-stories jobs job malicious compliance bosses work coworkers malicious-compliance-reddit client project pay workplace payment malicious compliance reddit - 36398085

'Pay for 20 hours of work, get 20 hours of work': Client insists that software contractor cut their hours, refuses to listen when told that the project will be delayed

Trending Now

Boss fired employee but demands they continue working for commission, employee firmly refuses and files for unemployment instead: ‘Why would I go back?’

Boss fired employee but demands they continue working for commission, employee firmly refuses and files for unemployment instead: ‘Why would I go back?’

Overworked employee happily resigns and refuses to complete new tasks, against their employer's wishes: ‘This is not going to happen’

Overworked employee happily resigns and refuses to complete new tasks, against their employer's wishes: ‘This is not going to happen’

'I sat on my kitchen floor and cried': Overwhelmed single mother breaks down in gratitude when an anonymous neighbor leaves homemade meals and kind notes at her doorstep, after a week of dealing with sick children alone

'I sat on my kitchen floor and cried': Overwhelmed single mother breaks down in gratitude when an anonymous neighbor leaves homemade meals and kind notes at her doorstep, after a week of dealing with sick children alone

CEO reprimands employee after his 5-year-old appeared in the background during a work call, employee resigns after pressure: 'I don't feel I can work here anymore'

CEO reprimands employee after his 5-year-old appeared in the background during a work call, employee resigns after pressure: 'I don't feel I can work here anymore'

Owner wrongfully suspends top server, then regrets it when the restaurant falls apart and server refuses to come back early: 'I had the best week off of my life'

Owner wrongfully suspends top server, then regrets it when the restaurant falls apart and server refuses to come back early: 'I had the best week off of my life'

Entitled nail client demands priority over loyal customers after learning her nail tech is taking wedding-leave, despite being warned to book in advance, she storms out when denied, losing their services for good: 'Demanded I just switch her with someone'

Entitled nail client demands priority over loyal customers after learning her nail tech is taking wedding-leave, despite being warned to book in advance, she storms out when denied, losing their services for good: 'Demanded I just switch her with someone'

Advertisement