workplace-stories

‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her but manager makes excuses to save face

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee gets even with lazy ‘office golden boy’ by tracking his every move via spreadsheet, then ‘accidentally’ presents the document during a routine meeting

Lana DeGaetano

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Coworkers try to usurp employee's desk fish tank demanding that it become a communal office project: 'They keep saying I'm not being a good team player'

Brad Dickson

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'Almost 3/4 of the employees had quit by this point because paychecks kept bouncing': 15+ CEOs who ran their companies into the ground

Remy Millisky

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Undervalued employee proves their worth, gets $10,000 raise after Office Karen tried to get them fired: 'I turned off every automated task I had ever set up'

Ben Weiss

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Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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Bank employee turns her bosses impolite comments back on her: 'I'm not taking an hour off. I'm leaving. For good'

Remy Millisky

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Candidate's offer falls through after manager claims they ‘no-showed' to the online interview, until candidate finds proof that manager lied: ‘This isn't [my] fault’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'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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