workplace-stories

'On Mondays, I would show up to work on and not do anything': 20+ Workers who couldn't stay professional on the job

Remy Millisky

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‘If only I could fire you!’: Public service employee's epic response leaves Karen client speechless and company in tears

Sienna Varady

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'He... had to delete 40 pages of emails': Boss insists web developer send him emails for every 404 error

Remy Millisky

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Employer deducts last year's bonus from pay after worker gives notice: 'Company just deducted last years bonus out of my last paycheck after quitting...'

Brad Dickson

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Coworker CC's everyone at work on iconic resignation email: 'I've had a great time here watching the walls change color slower than my career progression'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands overworked employees stop taking breaks after she finds out they submitted tasks late, claiming: ‘Breaks are a privilege’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Remote software engineer completes their work in 25 hours with 30% above average productivity, wonders if they're wrong for not for doing so: 'I average 200-250 tickets a month'

Brad Dickson

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'I can't just take your word for it': Entitled guest tries to check in under false name, front desk clerk refuses to comply, sparking heated debate in hotel lobby

Sienna Varady

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'How could you not foresee this?': Manager forbids security guard from letting visitors enter office without his approval, guard complies, causing manager to miss important meeting when he fails to answer his phone

Bar Mor Hazut

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CEO boasts about record profits, then announces slashing everyone's 401k matches in the same conference call: 'We just had the best year ever thanks to YOU!'

Ben Weiss

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'What are you going to do, fire me?': After employee hands in their notice, micromanager forces them to fire other coworkers out of spite, employee refuses to comply

Bar Mor Hazut

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Micromanager enforces strict tracking of team's work days, all 30 employees maliciously comply by submitting extra detailed breakdown: '[The] data is lost in a heap of unusable data'

Ben Weiss

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Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

Sienna Varady

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Manager told to stay and finish report works 20 hours and gets the next day off and a huge payout: 'Stay until it's done'

Brad Dickson

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Fast food worker warned never to talk back to supervisor again, malicious compliance ensues: '[But] I promised that I would never talk back to [you]'

Ben Weiss

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‘Short staffed? No problem’: Management implements major changes to tourist attraction employee roles, chaos ensues when staff is unaware of standard procedures

Lana DeGaetano

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