workplace-stories

Amateur boss upset with assistant because she doesn’t understand how math works: ‘This is the most ridiculous thing she has gotten upset with me about’

Etai Eshet

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‘Dig your own grave I guess’: Boss forces specific employees to use PTO during a snowstorm instead of allowing them to work remotely

Lana DeGaetano

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'You don't want me to do my job? Ok, I won't': Employee gets taken off of work project, incompetent coworker takes over, employee refuses to clean up her mess

Ben Weiss

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HR tries to convince employees that raises are bad for them and gets sharp backlash: ‘Lots of people are really, really dumb and still have jobs’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gets instantly fired after asking to work from home during a snowstorm: ‘I got a call back from my boss and HR together’

Etai Eshet

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Employee books $1,200 hotel stay on company card after poor enforcement of new expenses policy: 'Have fun paying for than double for the room'

Ben Weiss

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After managing company's largest client, employee gets wrongfully fired, leading client to hire them externally instead of accepting replacement: 'Was told I'm easily replaceable, so I fixed that'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee spreads rumors about coworker's promotion being due to favoritism, coworker gets back at her by convincing the entire office she's a liar: ‘Now nobody takes her seriously’

Bar Mor Hazut

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20+ Corporate sayings that had employees rolling their eyes: 'There is no "I" in TEAM, but there is a "ME" in there'

Remy Millisky

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Boss refuses to approve employee's day off without a formal request, employee complies by ‘formally requesting’ time off for every weekend in the foreseeable future: ‘I'm so done’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employees get back at boss for years of workplace mistreatment by sabotaging company's chances to win a prestigious award: ‘They never really recovered after that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send four selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Ben Weiss

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Boss considers sending "unprofessional" reply to entitled care worker: 'She wants to be paid for time she didn't work'

Remy Millisky

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Boss revokes honeymoon PTO planned a year in advance and offers employee to quit when they refuse to cancel

Etai Eshet

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Employee sabotages toxic boss's favorite chili cook-off competition, purchases chili from a popular food chain and wins by a landslide: ‘The look on his face was absolutely priceless’

Lana DeGaetano

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Office lunch thief eats birthday cake meant for employee's daughter, employee loses it: 'Your boss ate the cake'

Ben Weiss

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