workplace-stories

Employee password-locks a year’s worth of training materials, then pretends to forget the password when he gets fired, leaving bosses scrambling before a 400-person event

Etai Eshet

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Prospective employee is rejected because they didn't agree to the job before seeing the final offer: 'The wanted me to give up on all negotiating'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker constantly takes credit for colleague's work, colleague starts leaving easter eggs in their notes: 'I embedded a completely fake bullet point right in the middle'

JR Atkinson

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Newark Airport self-checkout demands 18% tip even though no employee is working: 'He had to click out of it'

JR Atkinson

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Employee refuses a suspicious demand to re-sign a “lost” contract to receive bonus they owe him: 'They let me go a week later'

Etai Eshet

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Employee is fired via group chat in front of coworkers as a fear tactic: 'He just put her on blast in front of the whole company'

JR Atkinson

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Malicious Coworker Keeps Taking Credit for Other People’s Work: ‘By the third time, I started keeping copies of everything I sent’

Olivia Arocena

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Employee is written up as 'no call no show' even though they were not notified of the shift change: 'I don’t think my personal phone should be a job requirement'

JR Atkinson

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The most unhinged Dine-and-Dash stories of the week: ‘One of the ladies grabbed a Tupperware out of her purse’

Melissa Knudson

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Boss Puts Employee on Commission Pay After Deciding They Make Too Much Money, Employee Refuses to Work: ‘I don't get paid to answer the phone’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss continually pings employee during the weekends without offering overtime: 'My weekends feel like they don’t belong to me anymore'

JR Atkinson

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Company charges $18 for 'free' employee appreciation lunch without warning: 'I just find it ridiculous that a company can turn a thank you into something you owe them for'

JR Atkinson

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Boss denies employee a promotion, forces them to do the work anyway: 'I've been dragged in again and again to provide fixes, guidance and steer for the new member of staff'

JR Atkinson

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Hotel staff reports constant understaffing, which is causing high check-in wait times and issues with impatient guests—the manager has a solution: 'My manager pulled me aside and told me to change "understaffed" to "unexpected high guest volume"'

Brad Dickson

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Recruiter forbids unemployed people from applying to their job posting: 'These companies get the talent they deserve.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I honestly don't get why corporate work is often treated as uniquely awful compared to every other form of labor’: Employee reflects on whether we’ve exaggerated how bad corporate jobs are

Olivia Arocena

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