workplace-stories

Boss invents fake conversations to demand employee return to the office full-time, leaving the employee weighing HR complaints against quitting: ‘This isn’t the first time my boss changed his mind, and then blamed me for misunderstanding’

Etai Eshet

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Employee complains to tech support about broken printer, IT guy discovers employee completely soaked it: 'I found pools of water in ridiculous places'

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager makes employee take an entire day of PTO just because he needed to leave 5 minutes early: 'Boss wasn’t happy with me [...] but I did follow their policy'

Ben Weiss

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20+ Employees who got fired from their jobs: 'I told them they had better put the "Help Wanted" sign in the window'

Remy Millisky

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'The supervisors were begging me to stay': 15 Job quitters who walked out of their toxic jobs while their bosses were left short staffed

Remy Millisky

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Two-faced coworker constantly criticizes and condescends to new employee, while being incredibly friendly and kind to all other colleagues: ‘She’s everyone’s favorite… it gets harder to ignore’

Etai Eshet

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Retail employee walks out mid-shift after team gets scolded for taking contractual breaks: 'We didn't deserve a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes?'

Ben Weiss

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‘Things were falling apart’: Team lead refuses to work during busiest shift after boss 'plays favorites' between her and other employees, leaving the entire department high and dry

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company uses unlimited PTO as bait-and-switch, training employees to brag about burnout and shaming themselves for taking a break: ‘I’m starting to think the whole thing is a scam designed to save the company money’

Etai Eshet

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‘What do you want from me?’: Employee hands in their 2-week notice, only for boss to refuse to accept it without being provided with reasons for the resignation

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee publicly blames boss for company's major network outage, boss refuses to accept the criticism, leading employee to pack up their office: ‘I went into full defense mode’

Bar Mor Hazut

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HR tells veteran barge tower not to be "inflexible" and to listen to their ideas of their younger crew members, they step back and watch things unravel: 'I was told I should listen to crew and perhaps I could learn some "new and improved" ways to towboat'

Brad Dickson

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‘Useless’ coworker accidentally deletes 15+ hours of employee's work when she finally decides to do her job: ‘I’m stuck having to redo everything’

Lana DeGaetano

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'EVERYONE had told my manager not to hire this guy': 20+ Office employees who got fired for doing their jobs badly

Remy Millisky

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Micromanaging boss takes issue with employee's process, employee maliciously complies by offloading all calls and scanning duties to boss: 'I am not her secretary'

Ben Weiss

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‘The final straw’: Employee resigns after her micromanaging, narcissistic boss denies her PTO request and provides no bereavement when her loved one passes

Lana DeGaetano

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