workplace-stories

Company demands candidate pay for their own background check, vaguely claiming they will be reimbursed, leaving candidate unsure about proceeding: 'I want to give them the benefit of the doubt'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Gen Z intern uncovers critical bug in company codebase while joking around: 'We now have to explain to the CEO"

Remy Millisky

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‘The bigger the sign, the less people will read it’: Front desk employees recount their most hysterically funny ‘guests who can't read signs’ stories

Lana DeGaetano

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CEO demands employee work from office after a 2-second cameo of his 5-year-old daughter on a call, leads to his resignation: ‘She stood up and looked over my shoulder. She didn't make any noise’

Etai Eshet

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Boss conceals half of employee’s $30K salary from IRS, leaving worker to deal with tax bills on hidden earnings: ‘All of my coworkers have noticed the exact same issues’

Etai Eshet

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'For 5-8 minutes [I was] singing sea shanties... with about 350 people listening': 20 Video calls where people accidentally unmuted themselves in front of everyone

Remy Millisky

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Boss requires employee to be in-person 9 hours a day, employee complies by staying within set hours: 'Guess this means I’m excused from all these morning meetings now'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets fired on the spot after making an ‘unprofessional’ joke about the CEO being bald, to the CEO's face: ‘It genuinely felt like an innocent, self-deprecating joke’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss fires teenage employee after she gets scammed into refunding a $3000 fake receipt, then demands father pays for the honest mistake: ‘Sounds like a second scam’

Etai Eshet

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'I caused a domino effect': 15 Employees who quit all together at once and spoiled their boss's day

Remy Millisky

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Employee collects evidence and exposes two coworkers for attempted sabotage against her, boss kicks both of them to the curb: ‘They discussed ways to make me look bad in front of our boss’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Raises are demotivating’: Boss refuses to give raises to employees, instead pays them in professional courses, forcing overworked employee to seek another job after 4 years without a raise

Bar Mor Hazut

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Gluten-free boss pressured to eat Girl Scout cookies from coworker's daughter: 'You should not be forced to buy something you can't even consume'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee pay for professional corporate profile picture, employee uses a fake picture of themselves instead, only for boss to love it: ‘He's praising my commitment to excellence'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Disrespectful wedding caterer berates bride and ignores her food allergy requests, she fails to stand up to herself, leading to a dispute at the wedding: ‘The bride was in tears'

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Unlimited PTO’ company boss rejects employee’s PTO for court-ordered parenting, gets called out and faces team backlash: ‘It has backfired on them’

Etai Eshet

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