workplace-stories

Employee automates task, making everyone’s jobs easier, boss takes credit for her work: ‘You probably didn’t even know how to turn on your computer when we found you’

Ben Weiss

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20+ Quitting employees who left their jobs as quickly as possible: 'No call no show for me'

Remy Millisky

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‘‘It looked like I'd typed entire sentences in Wingdings’: Coworker tries to sabotage employee's weekly report, HR gets involved when edits to the document reveal she's the culprit

Lana DeGaetano

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20 unprofessional answers no one should give in a job interview: 'I am very good with people because I am myself a person'

Ben Weiss

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10+ employees who got their incompetent bosses fired: 'A week later, I got a new title and a 35% raise'

Ben Weiss

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'He pick[ed] up his car with a forklift': 15+ Fired employees who gave their bosses good reasons to let them go

Remy Millisky

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Insurance company denies phone claim over strict policy until customer reminds them it will only cost them more: 'So how likely is it that a cracked screen could lead to water damage?'

Brad Dickson

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Boss won't stop bothering employee while they're on holiday PTO, employee sends him a message: ‘We can discuss them when I am back from PTO’

Lana DeGaetano

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Newbie employee outs sassy gift meant for self-righteous coworker during an office Christmas party, a ‘domino effect’ of chaos ensues: ‘HR had to step in’

Lana DeGaetano

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'My boss kept cutting my hours more and more': Sandwich shop employee discovers he's been training the new hire to replace him, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

Ben Weiss

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Teenager weighs down entitled customer's car with 30 bags of concrete: '[They're] on your car, just like you asked'

Remy Millisky

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Employee grows tired of unknown coworker stealing their lunch, so they cleverly replace it with disguised dog food, forcing coworker to stop: ‘Sure enough, the theft stopped within a week’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee refuses to follow boss's instructions: 'I won't apologize for it'

Remy Millisky

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Employees pressured by HR to pitch in $20 for the CEO's Christmas present: '[He makes] at least 5x what I make!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee offers to fix store's computer, boss refuses and calls a professional, only to reach the same employee and pay X4 the rate: ‘You fool, I am the professional’

Bar Mor Hazut

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