workplace-stories

'I JUST put my two weeks in': Candidate calls out company online for rescinding job offer after he put in his notice, company asks him to take down the review

Ben Weiss

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'I decided to write him an email and CC his boss': Medical worker stands up for employee break times, commenters urge them to involve HR

Remy Millisky

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‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

Bar Mor Hazut

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External audit reveals accountant who was blamed for huge mistake was actually the one preventing it, CFO forced to apologize: 'I want to apologize'

Brad Dickson

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'Pay for 20 hours of work, get 20 hours of work': Client insists that software contractor cut their hours, refuses to listen when told that the project will be delayed

Remy Millisky

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'In the first week alone, the local facility lost 3 jobs': Longtime electrical engineer loses vacation privileges, HR absentmindedly agrees to his drastic new schedule changes

Remy Millisky

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‘Explain it to me like I’m five': Tech support employee attempts to assist CEO with internet problems remotely, resulting in a dispute about how IT breaks information down for employees

Bar Mor Hazut

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Guy tests unlimited PTO policy by disappearing until he gets fired: 'Let's see how unlimited it really is'

Ben Weiss

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18-year-old employee tells boss to approve their leave or accept their resignation: 'How do I tell my boss that she either has to approve my 4 months' notice or accept my 2 weeks' resignation?'

Brad Dickson

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'He kept sending bills for it': Boss refuses to let bridge keeper take his coffee breaks

Remy Millisky

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Boss refuses to let employee do their job while she's on leave, company hires someone externally who has no idea what to do and boss ends up with a mountain of unfinished work: 'You are not capable of doing my job'

Brad Dickson

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'The manager... started yelling at me for using soap': 20+ People who got so fed up with their job that they quit on the spot

Remy Millisky

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Star employees quit after getting denied $100/month raises, their loss costs the company over $300,000: 'You tripled their customers and they denied you a tiny raise'

Ben Weiss

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Management's plan backfires after they reshuffle employees' duties and they follow instructions to the letter: 'For the rest of the day we ran management crazy. Everything in the procedures was adhered to'

Brad Dickson

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Employee blocked by boss for promotion, blocks their boss from getting a job: '

Brad Dickson

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'I had to fire someone while we were doing their new hire paperwork': 20 Workers who couldn't even make it through their first day on the job without getting fired

Remy Millisky

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