workplace-stories

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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Employee faces retribution from employer after critically answering "anonymous" survey: 'It quickly became clear she could guess who wrote what'

Brad Dickson

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'A guy bought a car on the company card and... got fired': 20+ HR professionals share the wildest moments they had to fire an employee

Remy Millisky

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'Don't give your two weeks, just leave': Traveling supervisor forced to pay for his own flight home after putting in his two weeks' notice

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager demands employee rush through a major inventory check, employee outs her when $1K+ of inventory is missing from the books and scores a bonus as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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Shady HR demands more hours from 18-year-old student worker while reducing his pay: ‘If they wanted me to work more, they should pay more’

Ben Weiss

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'My teenage self took petty revenge': 16-year-old beauty salon employee gets back at Karen coworker

Remy Millisky

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‘[Karen] was flabbergasted’: Office Karen assumes her coworker is her assistant, tries to deny her work phone privileges and pays the price

Ben Weiss

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'The rest of the team resigned': 20+ Employees who left their bad bosses for better jobs

Remy Millisky

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Repair technicians band together to maliciously comply with new manager's system, causing him to get fired: 'Productivity plummets'

Ben Weiss

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Boss begs employee to stay when they quit after being denied a raise: 'I can give you what ever you want'

Brad Dickson

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