workplace-stories

Employee given the chance to decide whether or not their ex-boss and coworker will be hired, blocks their applications: 'My new boss basically just tossed both [their] resumes out the window'

Brad Dickson

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'Keeping up with inflation is not a raise': Employee quits after getting a 50 cent raise, then finds a job that pays double, leaving company in the dust

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I made the mistake of going back': Guy quits job, gets lured back with enticing offer, only to be let go six months later

Ben Weiss

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'She spouted all types of lies to HR': Threatened manager tries to push out star employee, employee exposes boss's incompetence

Ben Weiss

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Retail job candidate reports their power-tripping interviewer to HR: 'I hope she calls me back so I can decline'

Brad Dickson

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'I'm quitting tomorrow': Employee discovers her boss planted a hidden video camera, bails without notice

Ben Weiss

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Entitled boss furious when employee doesn't come in for work after instructing employee to stay home: 'I was joking'

Isabella Penn

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'If you’re going to talk a big game... be sure you can play it': Assembly line worker insists he can do the job of two workers, coworker calls his bluff

Remy Millisky

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'Oh, people like to work late': 20+ Workplace red flags that scream, "Don't work here"

Remy Millisky

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'Why can't I get paid?': Boss uses rainy weather to justify delaying payment to employees

Ben Weiss

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'Employees weren't happy with their wage': Department head informs employees she'd deduct their wages if she could, demands they "be mindful"

Remy Millisky

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'Everyone has to come in for eight hours on a Sunday': Boss enforces mandatory "deep clean" on a Sunday, employee refuses to comply

Ben Weiss

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'She accused me of not having a true goal for my career': Job candidate pushes back after hiring manager goes from praising work experience to insulting it during interview

Isabella Penn

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'You fire one of us, you fire all of us': Senior staff member fired for arriving late, coworkers band together to rehire the underappreciated worker

Sienna Varady

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'Manager changed my schedule as a power move': "Control freak" manager tells employee to get over their new hours, regrets it days later

Remy Millisky

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Company call goes south over VP's remarks after no one gets a raise: 'If [you] only want to work 40 hours a week [...] you should leave'

Ben Weiss

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