workplace-stories

‘‘Can I set some boundaries here?’: Boss starts company group chat to text employees outside of working hours, one employee is fed up with boss's entitlement and fires back

Lana DeGaetano

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'Time is money': New boss enforces efficiency policy, backfires as employees start making mistakes, boss's job is on the line

Ben Weiss

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'I was hired and fired within the span of 3 hours': New employee fired three hours after being hired and shown around the company's offices

Brad Dickson

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'[She] said we needed to talk about how I “spoke to Nina’s child"': 20-year-old employee gets criticized by boss and coworker for scolding coworker's 9-year-old kid

Remy Millisky

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Arrogant supervisor tells customer support employee to never go off script, so the employee maliciously complies and causes a ‘Million-Dollar Client Meltdown’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I wasn't going to sign something that wasn't my fault': Micromanager tries to shame barista for leaving work due to family emergency despite advanced warning

Ben Weiss

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Automation employee gets back at entitled boss by adding a code line to company's budget sheet that makes it impossible to give boss a raise: ‘I don't feel guilty’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'No employee is allowed to work from home': Remote employee forced to come in unexpectedly despite medical issues, boss won't return his phone calls

Ben Weiss

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Slothful coworker demands employee's bonus claiming that she deserves it more, gets 3-week suspension: '[She] is going around the office calling me “selfish” and “greedy”'

Brad Dickson

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'I was given a 1 cent raise': 20+ Job quitters who had great motivations to leave their workplace for good

Remy Millisky

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'A "grandma shower" is just tacky': Employee gets coworkers to throw her unnecessary party, one employee opts out of "absolutely ridiculous" event

Remy Millisky

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'I think my boss is tracking me': Nanny calls the cops on entitled Mommy Boss after discovering boss is tracking her every move

Ben Weiss

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'I did the most ridiculous interview of my life': Cosmetics store employee discovers that job candidate wants $55 per hour

Remy Millisky

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Front desk clerk refuses to waive cancellation fee after entitled guest books room through 3rd party website, despite being told the hotel is fully booked: ‘She stormed out’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I can’t believe you did that behind your bosses back': Manager fires two teenagers, gets fired by head manager after "taking initiative"

Remy Millisky

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'Nobody knew who I was': New employee gets ghosted on their first day at work, then receives passive-aggressive message from management

Ben Weiss

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