workplace-stories

Employee told by boss to move surgery to Christmas break despite having 300+ hours of PTO saved: '[I] should be able to take this time off'

Ben Weiss

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'Everything is my fault to him': Employee walks out, leaving business in chaos after micromanager unfairly blames him for mistakes made by trainee

Sienna Varady

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Small company gets bought out, new CEO demands employees to look busy, cue malicious compliance: 'We're basically creating a public perception of busy without actually doing too much'

Ben Weiss

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'I'm not okay with this': Partner advocates for location tracking of all lawyers in the firm, associate refuses

Ben Weiss

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Cell tower technician forbidden from using competitor's phone, leaving them unable to communicate while working on site, leading to boss's firing: 'You can't use a competitors phone!'

Brad Dickson

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'We have to fire you because you are too expensive': Employee gets fired, demands compensation for a full year then starts working for competitor

Ben Weiss

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Candidate shares nonsensical job application from toxic recruiter: 'Are you normal?'

Ben Weiss

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Client disregards advice resulting in faulty $10k order of embroidered company t-shirts: 'Have fun refunding a $10k order!'

Brad Dickson

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'[The] candidate arrived in rollerblades': 20+ Unexpected ways that job interview candidates immediately disqualified themselves

Remy Millisky

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'It's super unprofessional': Boss asks for help with employee's disruptive daily habit

Remy Millisky

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Nurses are denied OT but then find a loophole to infuriate their micromanager: 'Don't want to pay me 7 minutes of overtime? Mmmkay, pay me an hour'

Ben Weiss

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Employee automates boss's job and boss's boss's job and gets them both fired: 'I automated all her tasks and the CEO fired her'

Brad Dickson

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Fast food worker's hours cut after violating company policy despite manager's mistakes: '[I] threw my manager under the bus'

Ben Weiss

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'I was the one who actually did a lot of the work': New lieutenant embarrasses incompetent boss during important meeting after doing the bulk of the work

Ben Weiss

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Customer refuses to pay for oil change, demands mechanic put old oil back in: 'His truck might last another year at best'

Brad Dickson

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'I forwarded boss's own email back to them': Boss tells employee not to cover for two coworkers to avoid giving him another raise, backfires when both coworkers are out

Ben Weiss

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