workplace-stories

'He's so by the book that I can't get [work] done': 20+ Coworkers who bring their bad habits into the workplace

Remy Millisky

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Employee refuses to comply with team building exercise, claiming coworkers are doing it wrong, company fires the employee in response: ‘You failed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss fires manager for refusing to do his bidding, promotes a crony into the job who sinks the department: 'I stopped doing anything except what he told me to do'

Brad Dickson

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Employee resigns at 4:00am after bosses ignore her health scare and assign her more work: 'I couldn’t take it anymore'

Ben Weiss

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'[Boss] lasted maybe 10 minutes before he couldn't take it anymore': Manager forces employee to run machines constantly, employee maliciously complies and lets hundreds of orders pile up

Remy Millisky

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Job applicant rejected after former boss gave a scathing reference: 'I thought we were on good terms'

Ben Weiss

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‘Sure thing, boss!’: Newly-hired toxic manager fires dedicated employee for only completing tasks within his job description, entire department ‘collapses’ as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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'Not allowed to go home early? Ok!': Manager defies boss by adjusting schedule so employees can still leave at a decent hour

Ben Weiss

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'You'll want something from me. You'll see': Coworker pranks employee by pretending their wallet got stolen, employee gets even the next time she needs help

Ben Weiss

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Mechanic fails to fix customer's car for three months due to being ‘short staffed’, leading to a dispute when customer grows tired of waiting: ‘They hadn't even looked at my car’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'They call me 5:01': Overworked employee refuses to stay late after 5:00pm, boss makes a nickname out of it, employee owns it

Ben Weiss

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'He was fired within 15 minutes of showing up': 10+ times coworkers got fired immediately after starting their jobs

Ben Weiss

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'They were expecting about 125 people to relocate with them; they got 3': 20+ Workplaces whose employees quit together all at once

Remy Millisky

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Employee told to drop everything to serve their boss coffee, drops 300 files on the ground and spills the coffee on him before quitting: 'I was working for the new company 22 minutes later'

Brad Dickson

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'The hypocrisy is unreal': Employee complains to CEO about delay in raises, CEO insists low pay is ‘a good thing’, employee quits job as a response

Bar Mor Hazut

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'At 5:00pm, I am leaving': Manager assigns "urgent" task 4:50pm to be completed by end of day, employee stands his ground

Ben Weiss

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