workplace-stories

Manager at understaffed pizzeria gets scolded for taking a 10 minute break, gets scheduled hours reduced: 'You know what? Keep the schedule. I quit'

Ben Weiss

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Candidate gets offered $15K less than what he's worth, ghosts recruiter, recruiter throws tantrum: 'They lost their minds that I didn't respond to them'

Ben Weiss

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‘Empty everything? You got it!’: Employee cleverly complies with security guard's demands to empty everything in their bag, resulting in line holdup when more employees follow suit

Bar Mor Hazut

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'[I] watched him storm out the door': Teenager makes entitled customer's milkshake exactly how he wants it

Remy Millisky

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'I clock in every day [and] play video games or whatever': Employee automates all their work being able to complete their 8-hour work day in 10 minutes from home

Brad Dickson

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‘They got all huffy and left’: Server goes off on boomer guests after they sit themselves at a table and demand service, despite being told repeatedly to wait

Bar Mor Hazut

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'There is no paperwork, I'm just fired': Guy relocates to Japan for a job, only to get fired after one week

Ben Weiss

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‘Respectfully, no’: Employee hands boss their two weeks notice, only for boss to demand they stay for two months, leading to a schedule conflict with new job

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee quits, then overhears boss talking about ordering a petty goodbye cake for her: 'My last day will be a nightmare'

Ben Weiss

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‘Never make that mistake again’: Employee resigns after multiple instances of workplace mistreatment, manager backtracks on prior reprimands and refuses to ‘accept’ her two-week notice

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee quits job for better opportunity, boss threatens to contact new employer and get them to take back their offer: 'There's a chance I may be stuck here'

Ben Weiss

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Employee walks out of performance review after being told they don't respond well to feedback, internet is divided: 'I was stunned…'

Brad Dickson

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'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go': Manager approves then revokes employee's PTO due to family emergency, employee stands up to manager

Ben Weiss

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Employee offered disappointing 5% raise, gets a new job paying 32% more and rejects employer's counter offer: 'Less than a month ago 5% was all they could do...'

Brad Dickson

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Bartender set up and unjustly fired by insecure manager, half the staff quits to retaliate

Ben Weiss

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'No Oreos in the library': 20+ Ridiculous rules that make no sense at all

Remy Millisky

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