workplace-stories

Graphic designer complies with client's vague demands to make his logo more "noticeable" by submitting pitch deck with 80% increased size

Ben Weiss

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Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Brad Dickson

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15+ Workplaces that fell apart after one important employee quit

Remy Millisky

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‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Should I tell my boss how upset I am with them?’: Employee wants to skip work lunch her boss invited her to, because she doesn’t like 2 of the coworkers who are also attending

Etai Eshet

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‘You're not going to win this fight’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

Bar Mor Hazut

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15+ Employees who got fired for great reasons: 'A coworker drove 80+ MPH making a delivery'

Remy Millisky

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Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

Bar Mor Hazut

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30-year-old woman blocks male coworker for “being distant” after she stepped back to appease her jealous boyfriend, and still expected casual friendly office small talk: '[She] blocked me for respecting the distance she created'

Etai Eshet

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‘He’s trying to get me fired but he’s just too dumb to do it well’: Coworker tries to get the contractor in trouble by micromanaging and tattling to higher ups but they all ignore him

Etai Eshet

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‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used multiple excuses to block the staff from using the option’

Bar Mor Hazut

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15+ Retail employees who quit on the spot

Remy Millisky

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Retired coworker Jeff spots a colleague on medical leave eating dinner and decides to play unpaid HR and tells their managers

Etai Eshet

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