workplace-stories

'He didn't know what "coffee with milk" meant': Inexperienced intern bungles office culture at his first workplace

Remy Millisky

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Retail chain cuts workers' hours rather than paying overtime: 'They are going to schedule all the full timers at 35 hours so that no one goes over 40'

Brad Dickson

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Store employee refuses to give kid her money back after she is 5 cents short on her purchase, resulting in a dispute with observing customers: ‘Give her the money’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I won't be doing anything out of my job description': Warehouse employee gets in trouble for doing extra work, maliciously complies and causes whole company to go under

Ben Weiss

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'If you want me gone, you would have to fire me': Micromanager pressures employee to quit their job by criticizing all their work, employee finds a way to use manager's methods against him

Bar Mor Hazut

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'It was the last straw for the team': VP undermines team of designers, they all quit at once, manager caught in the middle reports VP to HR

Ben Weiss

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‘You will get what you deserve’: Employee stands firm against rebellious customer's rush for service, causing delays for dozens in line

Sienna Varady

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20+ interview mistakes that still haunt former job candidates years later: 'I mentioned that I had noticed a spelling error in their job ad'

Ben Weiss

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‘They would clock in and then go home’: HR managers share the wildest reasons why they had to fire an employee

Bar Mor Hazut

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'She was released last week after 25 years': Worker gets old boss fired years after being forced to resign under false accusations

Brad Dickson

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‘I drove two hours just to turn their printer back on’: IT workers share the most ridiculous tech requests they had to deal with at work

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss tells line manager that she's "too friendly" with her male colleagues after they side with her in a meeting: 'This manager has had an issue with me for a long time'

Brad Dickson

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'I’m not a flashy person in the slightest': Boss criticizes employee's personal spending habits, claims it looks bad while company is doing layoffs

Isabella Penn

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Boss cuts productive employee's hours, they quit, boss gets fired due to drop in performance: 'So, I quit'

Brad Dickson

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Forgotten employee at big company has no boss and no work to do, collects nice paycheck for doing nothing: 'I'm riding the wave till its crests'

Ben Weiss

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Boss lies on incident report after workplace incident, blaming employee: 'Should I confront my boss about this?'

Brad Dickson

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