workplace-stories

Employee contests 15% pay cut, causes several people to get demoted: 'Company is probably shaking in their boots right now'

Ben Weiss

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Movie theater boss refuses to let employees leave until they've shoveled all the snow: 'He had gone outside... and wrote them up'

Remy Millisky

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Entitled mother confronts tech retail worker at the supermarket who helped her and her son earlier: 'This happened about a week ago and I still think about it because of how absurd this lady was...'

Brad Dickson

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Company requests employees to ‘donate’ PTO to colleagues affected by the LA wildfires to ’make up’ for hours lost: ’[This is] just so the company doesn't hurt, not their people’

Lana DeGaetano

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New CFO takes away employee perks valued at $10,000, then demands more work for same pay: 'I am now set back three years in pay increases'

Ben Weiss

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Young worker complaining about burnout after one year of 9-5 sparks wave of sarcastic responses: ‘Welcome to adulthood. You get used to it after the first couple of decades

Etai Eshet

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Employee demands boss demote his coworker so that he could take their job, coworker finds out but decides to do nothing about it: ‘I'm letting him sink himself’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New manager falls afoul of own strict working rules: '[He] had to [reschedule] his holiday by one day [...] while his family left as [scheduled]'

Brad Dickson

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Managers repeatedly disrespect employees' privacy thinking closed-door etiquette doesn’t apply to them double down when confronted: ‘Whatever you’re saying is management’s business’

Etai Eshet

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Employee pranks messy coworker by unplugging and putting an ‘out of service’ sign on the office microwave, keeping the appliance clean for all but her to use

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss makes overworked employee sign new contract to work 50-55 hours per week: 'I have to work 10 [...] hours a day for no additional pay'

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager locks office supply closet to ‘save costs’ for company, employees retaliate by flooding her with emails requesting supplies: ‘Need a single paperclip? Email’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company boss ignores months of warnings then blames engineer when disaster strikes, loses talented employee to competitor paying $30k more

Etai Eshet

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Manager calls employee ‘ungrateful’ after she expects to be paid for working overtime: ‘I'm so tired of this mindset’

Lana DeGaetano

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Brand new employee mortified by their interruption to video call: 'I let out a loud, audible sigh'

Remy Millisky

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20+ Petty workplace dramas that got the whole office gossiping: 'Patricia stole my stapler and is denying it'

Remy Millisky

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