workplace-stories

Senior operator follows his new manager’s order to stop making independent decisions, until manager Phil changes his mind after spending two weeks approving every minor fix, and one costly redo

Etai Eshet

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Co-owner of a 35% profit margin family business tells a trusted employee she wants to cut all staff pay 40% to minimum wage and absorb their tips

Etai Eshet

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Employee gets offer from rival company, decides to take the job, until current company gets word of it and demands employee stay: ‘Please be joking'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Nursing home receptionist quits and walks out after being repeatedly blamed for patients wandering out of unsecured doors, and her boss asks her to come back to do “one last thing”

Etai Eshet

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Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

Ben Weiss

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Woman loses a job offer after her former manager, who volunteered to be her reference, flags burnout concerns to the hiring company

Etai Eshet

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Ohio woman resigns from her medical billing job and discovers her former manager is telling clients she was fired for misconduct involving patient accounts: ‘I don’t want this rumor to damage my new job before I even start’

Etai Eshet

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Update: Boss denies employee's July PTO request because it aligns with her vacation, employee refuses to cancel her trip, finds better job at competitor

Ben Weiss

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Company cancels a 25-year-old’s signed contract extension, leaves him unemployed with a new lease to pay, pushing him to sue for everything he can

Etai Eshet

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Former employee keeps getting asked to fix problems after leaving company, discovers why his old managers still can’t function without him: 'She doesn’t understand anything at all'

Cata Holmes

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New barista discovers boss keeps credit card tips to himself, only gives employees cash tips, new hire confronts him: ‘I really needed the money’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee of 37 years gets a $58k offer from a rival company, and their employer suddenly finds room for a 12% raise the moment they start considering leaving

Etai Eshet

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‘Karma had my back!’: Call center worker who mocked her coworker online for months gets fired after tweeting confidential details about a celebrity customer and tagging them directly

Etai Eshet

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‘Oh my gosh, what a trick’: Management job candidate walks out mid-interview after finding out mid-way through the role is actually entry-level customer support

Etai Eshet

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Company demands employees return to the office after working remotely, one employee refuses to comply and stays home, manager responds: ‘There’s really nothing I can do’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee saves company $800,000 a year by bringing failing project in-house, only to get pushed out of the project and eventually fired: ‘They gave it to a guy who was friends with management’

Cata Holmes

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