workplace-stories

Micromanager demands workers track all actions, they drown him in endless data: 'The real data was also there, but it was practically unusable'

Brad Dickson

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Guest contacts hotel demanding cancelled reservation, but their story keeps changing becoming increasingly unbelievable: 'I tell him no. That is against policy as per my manager'

Brad Dickson

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'We're praying for you but you're fired': 17-year-old gets fired from first job for not personally calling in sick after getting admitted to the hospital

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets marked down despite following written process after their boss doesn't reply for 30 minutes: 'I'm gonna end up getting myself fired'

Brad Dickson

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‘I'm literally not anyone's enemy because I had a baby’: Woman comes back from maternity leave to a sour boomer co-worker harassing her about taking the time off, HR gets involved

Lana DeGaetano

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'A new hire got a promotion over me. I'm lost as what to do': Employee gets passed over for promotion because they're too valuable in their current role

Brad Dickson

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'Got fired 4 hours into my first day': Karen coworker gets new warehouse employee booted for working too slowly

Ben Weiss

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'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

Remy Millisky

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Guy gets fired because company ran out of computers for him: 'They [fired me] to save...$4,500...at a company that makes BILLIONS of dollars'

Ben Weiss

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‘I should’ve never fallen into the trap’: Entitled boss revokes employee's WFH privileges because it's simply more convenient for her, sparks feud in a 1:1 meeting resulting in tears

Lana DeGaetano

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Customer refuses to accept quote estimate, complains when developer refuses to haggle and instead rejects their business:'You don't wanna pay the estimate, that's fine ma'am enjoy your day'

Brad Dickson

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Employee refuses to give in to Karen coworker's demands to show up early for unpaid work: '[I] do not work for free'

Ben Weiss

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New manager faces resistence from older subordinates who refuse to recognize their promotion: 'The employee responds to any form of feedback as a personal attack'

Brad Dickson

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'A cook… once served "rare" chicken': 25+ People who were staggeringly under-informed

Remy Millisky

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'I had the misfortune of working for the laziest manager I've ever known': Overworked auto parts store assistant manager quits at the worst possible time

Remy Millisky

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Employee confesses burnout to boss then finds job posting for their position online: 'Today, I see my job posted [at] a higher rate'

Ben Weiss

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