workplace-stories

Customer service rep gets paid to play video games after management's misguided instructions leave them without any work: 'For 5 days, I sat in my spare bedroom/office playing video games, all while logged in'

Brad Dickson

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'A coworker... started suggesting I didn't go to college': Coworker accuses employee of lying to get their job

Remy Millisky

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Micromanager threatens employee if he sees him wearing headphones in the office again, so employee invests in invisible earbuds

Ben Weiss

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'There are rats in the kitchen': 30 employees and servers share the industry secrets their bosses do not want them to reveal

Ben Weiss

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‘I stopped coming into the office’: HR never approves employee’s Work From Home requests, he stops coming in anyway

Ben Weiss

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‘My union rep will be in touch’: Boss demands employee provide a doctor's note for every sick day but refuses to pay for it, employee gets the demand in writing, then files for grievance 

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I gave my answer and that’s that’: Employee refuses boss’s insulting request to stay late to paint the office

Ben Weiss

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Manager rescinds candidate's job offer after he demands they start working the next day, which made candidate laugh at his face: ‘I thought it was a joke’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss demands software service rep stick to the script causing client catastrophe: 'My boss said, "Just follow the script"… so I did—all the way to a million-dollar client meltdown'

Brad Dickson

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Selfish coworker throws tantrum at work bestie for not throwing her a going away party: 'I did nothing. Her last day came and went'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate laughs in the face of interviewer after their terrible offer: 'I didn't mean to I just burst out laughing'

Brad Dickson

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Update: 'My boss has lied to the CEOs': New employee questions industry standards at their workplace as workers become "extremely selective" about what they tell higher-ups

Remy Millisky

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'No one else can or will do my job... and I'm about to quit with no notice': 15+ Employees who had the pettiest ways of getting back at their bosses

Remy Millisky

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‘‘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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