workplace-stories

‘We aren’t moving forward with you’: Job applicant rejected after four rounds of interviews and unpaid free labor

Ben Weiss

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Boss sets strict dress code that they themselves are in violation, employee calls them out: 'My boss never came to me about [the] dress code after that'

Brad Dickson

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Hiring manager asks job candidate if they can work six months before getting paid: 'The questions on these applications are wild'

Ben Weiss

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‘This was a setup’: Lawyer gets fired from her job after a hiring manager contacts her current boss and tells them she is looking for another job

Bar Mor Hazut

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'She asked me to cancel my day off': Executive assistant puts foot down when coworker tries to get her to cancel her planned vacation

Ben Weiss

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Coworker gets fired after calling in sick to audition for The Bachelor: 'Don't ever do anything that would embarrass [our] image'

Ben Weiss

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Manager cancels employee's leave while they're already away on vacation: 'I'm [canceling] your vacation'

Brad Dickson

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'Success is my revenge': Grocery store free sampler gets back at their grumpiest coworker

Remy Millisky

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Bookshop worker does their best to follow orders after supervisor demands they remain in a single section: 'Sorry, I'm busy'

Brad Dickson

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'HR didn't want to have an awkward conversation': One employee's bad habit causes human resources to create brand new rule

Remy Millisky

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'I don't need your input. Just do what I say': New manager flexes his muscles with warehouse temperature policy, employee tries to warn him, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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‘CEO sends dozens of emails every day’: CEO demands employees responds to all the emails he sends, leading to office dispute when employees can't get any work done other than answering emails

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I've decided that enough was enough': Worker quits job after tactless manager tells them their 'abilities are not worth that much'

Remy Millisky

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Know-it-all engineer asks machinist to fabricate a technically impossible part: 'The machinist was to machine a 12-inch part down to just over 13 inches shorter than it started'

Brad Dickson

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Employer accidentally messages "difficult" candidate their plans to hire them and let them go: 'It might be in your best interest to take your candidates off the email chains in the future'

Brad Dickson

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Boss and coworkers keep calling employee by the wrong name despite efforts to correct them: 'Time to start butchering their names'

Ben Weiss

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