workplace-stories

Woman leaves ER to shower and grab dinner, then storms back demanding VIP treatment, her original bed, and place in line: ‘I guess it wasn't that bad after all if she could drive, shower, eat, and even complain’

Etai Eshet

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Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Brad Dickson

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Unorganized boss tries to blame his own mistake on an employee in front of the company owner, employee claps back with receipts: ‘The owner… patted me on the shoulder’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

Bar Mor Hazut

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24-year-old refuses to risk her career for her reckless brother, standing her ground against her parents’ pressure: ‘He’s 28 and literally is the most careless person in this world’

Etai Eshet

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'My boss accidentally sent me a spreadsheet with everyone's salaries': Employee stunned to discover they're making $15k less than coworker with the same job

Remy Millisky

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Company forces experienced IT employee to train their junior replacement after firing them, employee teaches him everything wrong: 'You sabotaged us'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Tech employee skips unpaid ‘mandatory’ team retreat, manager suggests they've lost their chance for a promotion as a result: ‘He said my attitude is the issue’

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager yells at job candidate after they withdraw their application without informing the recruiter, claims he will blacklist candidate for wasting his time: ‘You will never find a job in this field again’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Grocery store employee quits with 2 days' notice after boss screams that he'll replace them: 'Just call their bluff'

Remy Millisky

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Boss accuses remote worker of being lazy, he maliciously complies by sending him daily emails at 6:00 AM: 'Just trying to keep my lazy habits under control'

Ben Weiss

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Boss refuses to pay accrued PTO to employee after firing them, demands employee train their replacement in exchange for the payment: ‘This isn't what we discussed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘"Ma'am, I'm sorry but I do not work at McDonald's"’: Hungry hotel guest repeatedly asks front desk employee how much her McDonald's delivery order will cost, management chews out employee for being unhelpful

Lana DeGaetano

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Office manager gets fired and replaced by new hire for 1/4 of their salary, learns his $2,500 bonus is conditional on training his replacement: 'I received nothing when I started!'

Ben Weiss

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Intern with memory issues outsmarts toxic manager after she asks him to memorize and recite every detail of client interactions, turns tables by presenting every unnecessary detail of his day, forcing HR to intervene: 'They agreed it wasn’t sustainable'

Emma Saven

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Employees under untracked unlimited PTO policy thrive until HR calls their vacations “excessive” and demands new restrictions their manager has to enforce : ‘Now I have to penalize them for failing to meet expectations that none of us knew existed’

Etai Eshet

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