workplace-stories

Micromanager boss insists reliable employee finish urgent project by ‘strictly adher[ing]’ to company manual, so the employee takes his sweet time and purposefully flops on deadline

Lana DeGaetano

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27-year-old CFO gets mistreated by CEO's 50-year-old administrative assistant, CFO gets even by letting assistant mess up report: 'I can hire a competent assistant now'

Ben Weiss

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22-year-old retail employee walks out mid-shift to go to the movies, maliciously complying with strict OT policy: 'I had hit 40 hours and had to leave'

Ben Weiss

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'My boss is stealing money from my 401k': Employee seeks legal action after discovering his boss has been secretly withdrawing contributions to his retirement account

Ben Weiss

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Customer complains after employee refuses to help them while on their lunch break, boss takes customer's side: 'My boss sat me down and told me I should have just helped her'

Brad Dickson

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Boss pressures employee to respond to clients while on paternity leave, employee refuses, boss forced to leave: 'I didn't check my email for seven weeks'

Ben Weiss

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Retail employee begins ignoring male coworker, starts disappearing mid-shift: 'She drastically changed her behavior towards me'

Remy Millisky

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Petty boss refuses employee's request for paid sick leave, then fires employee when she puts in her 5-week resignation notice: ‘At this point I’ve had enough’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Really bad. Hope this helps!': Unhappy employee horrified when they send accidental email to boss

Remy Millisky

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'So what's for lunch?': Coworker won't stop mooching off of employee's lunch, refusing to eat anything else

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant manager demands $50 from each of her servers' tip money, server reports her to the owner: 'She's getting fired as soon as she gets back from vacation'

Ben Weiss

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Update: Coworkers join forces to confront paralegal who blocks doors when he sees women approach: 'HR won’t do anything'

Remy Millisky

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'My boss just decided water isn’t free anymore': Warehouse worker shares their frustration when their boss declares employees now need to buy water

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets petty revenge on office food thief: '[I'm] ghost saucing my coworker'

Remy Millisky

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Coworkers stealing food from break room fridge for 6 months learn they've been eating gorumet dog food the entire time: '[They] gave me horrified looks'

Brad Dickson

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'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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