workplace-stories

'The exec told me... to run it': Supervisor makes critical mistake with 3-story-tall concrete mixer, makes a giant mess

Remy Millisky

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Employee faces retribution from employer after critically answering "anonymous" survey: 'It quickly became clear she could guess who wrote what'

Brad Dickson

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'A guy bought a car on the company card and... got fired': 20+ HR professionals share the wildest moments they had to fire an employee

Remy Millisky

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'Don't give your two weeks, just leave': Traveling supervisor forced to pay for his own flight home after putting in his two weeks' notice

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager demands employee rush through a major inventory check, employee outs her when $1K+ of inventory is missing from the books and scores a bonus as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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Shady HR demands more hours from 18-year-old student worker while reducing his pay: ‘If they wanted me to work more, they should pay more’

Ben Weiss

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'My teenage self took petty revenge': 16-year-old beauty salon employee gets back at Karen coworker

Remy Millisky

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‘[Karen] was flabbergasted’: Office Karen assumes her coworker is her assistant, tries to deny her work phone privileges and pays the price

Ben Weiss

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'The rest of the team resigned': 20+ Employees who left their bad bosses for better jobs

Remy Millisky

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Repair technicians band together to maliciously comply with new manager's system, causing him to get fired: 'Productivity plummets'

Ben Weiss

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Boss begs employee to stay when they quit after being denied a raise: 'I can give you what ever you want'

Brad Dickson

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Jealous coworkers "kick up a fuss" about woman whose girlfriend sends her sweet treats constantly: 'It's started to cause some issues in the break room'

Remy Millisky

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'It is very satisfying firing a customer': Customer fakes $3,000 discount at car dealership, employee and GM team up to fire their own customer

Remy Millisky

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Employee gets written up by HR for posting about disliking Mondays on personal social media account: 'Someone in the office is creeping on my social media'

Ben Weiss

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New hire quits after one day when they discover their $40,000 salary is actually $200 a week, employer claims the rest will be in commissions: ‘How generous of you’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'He crossed a line': 30-year-old boyfriend answers call from 28-year-old girlfriend's boss and tells him that she's "too busy relaxing to talk"

Brad Dickson

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