workplace-stories

‘You should've gotten it in writing’: Boss scams employee out of $100 after he promises to reimburse him, employee uses boss's words against him when he's needed for an urgent project

Lana DeGaetano

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'My entire team left within a 6 month period': 20+ Moments people realized they had to quit their jobs

Remy Millisky

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'I just sent an email to my HR with all the emails, texts, [and] call logs': Security guard gets boss fired over his nonstop pestering during their vacation time

Remy Millisky

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Mechanical engineer slowly realizes they've been hired as a janitor by their vindictive 'nepo baby' new boss, quits after 2 days: 'What's your fastest I quit story?'

Brad Dickson

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‘It's not up to you’: Job applicant goes over recruiter's head and submits her application directly, she gets the job, only for employer to demand she pays the recruiter a fee

Bar Mor Hazut

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'There's nothing I can do': Entitled customer demands employee personally deliver her groceries, employee refuses, leading to a dispute at the grocery store

Bar Mor Hazut

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'[She] left us with $800 worth of merchandise to put back': Entitled customer shops for 7+ hours but can't pay for most items in her cart, employees clean up her mess

Ben Weiss

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‘She's not going to like it but I'm not going to care’: Employee requests time off a year in advance, manager says that they're ‘being inconsiderate’ of fellow employees

Lana DeGaetano

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'They won’t stop guilt tripping me about [...] abandoning them when they’re understaffed': Employee gets new job leaving toxic employer, faces poor treatment from their soon-to-be ex-coworkers

Brad Dickson

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Underpaid employee humiliated by micromanaging boss for repeatedly wearing the same clothes to the office

Sienna Varady

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'I give it 3 months tops:' New employee overhears Karen coworker gossiping about her, confronts Karen on her last day

Ben Weiss

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‘Why won't you fire the dude?’ Manager discovers employee is stealing money, informs owner, only to have the stolen amount deducted from their pay for not stopping it

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Buddy, you're not special’: New hire throws a public fit after not getting the office he wanted, leading coworkers to report him and get him fired in response

Bar Mor Hazut

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'My boss went through my office without telling me... she didn't like what she found': Employee requests tips to get back at boss who make them take their belongings home

Remy Millisky

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'I deny work from all of my managers': Employee with three different bosses keeps claiming he's swamped with tasks, ends up doing no work and collecting checks

Ben Weiss

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'They are literally chasing a beaver around in their golf cart': 20+ Employees who were fired on day 1

Remy Millisky

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