workplace-stories

Woman who works at her dad’s small business notices one coworker ignores her and acts cold whenever her father is in the office, but is friendly and chatty when her dad's away

Etai Eshet

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Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees' computers every 10 minutes: ‘But they say can't afford raises anymore’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee takes over coworker's role to help save failing company, coworker claims they're making a mistake, only to be proven wrong when stocks go up: 'The clients are now happy'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manufacturing company's product manager decides to quit after getting a bad review over vague expectations from his manager: ’This is my last straw tho and I will not tolerate this’

Etai Eshet

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Employee sabotages outsourced consultant's job in order to hire his friend instead, company finds out, leading to him getting fired: ‘He was taken out of the building by security’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Coworker bursts into tears and refuses to move to a front desk near a colleague, claiming she’s being “punished,” so HR lets her keep the quiet desk by the manager

Etai Eshet

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Employee uses all 37 days of PTO at once before quitting: 'Is there anything stopping me?'

Ben Weiss

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Guy signs up to volunteer with Super Bowl pre-game production company and quickly figures out they are being used as unpaid stagehand: ‘It would have been nothing to slap people with $100 for 5 hours’

Etai Eshet

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Entitled job candidate Colin demands to be hired because of "old connection": 'I’m entitled to it because we both know people in common'

Remy Millisky

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Hotel outsources bartender’s job after keeping him on for 6 years with “better future” promises, offers a housekeeping job instead of compensation: ‘I’m effectively out of a job at that company

Etai Eshet

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Loyal employee discovers company is hiring for their exact position at 30% more pay, decides to quit after boss refuses to give them a raise: 'They can figure it out when I leave'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets boss fired after she made him work while sick so he exposed her history of wrongful firings and workplace romance: ‘I emailed them the screenshots, they started digging on her history’

Etai Eshet

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Stubborn HR training lands grocery store employee some extra cash: ‘My time is my time, and I'm getting paid for it’

Lana DeGaetano

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UPDATE: Entitled ex-coworker Lulu demands that former colleague continue to help her at her new job: 'Lulu is delulu'

Remy Millisky

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Restaurant manager stands up to upper management after they demand employees walk to work during a blizzard: ‘People staying home for their own safety is not costing us anything’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss insists cutting out middleman to save 15% through direct import, ended up paying double in fees and fines: ‘I let him handle the logistics of a 40-foot container’

Etai Eshet

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