workplace-stories

Employee calls out male coworker, Jason, for claiming her work as his own, jeopardizing his relationship with their client

Ben Weiss

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Company forces employees to participate in ‘Financial Wellness’ workshop after refusing to give anyone a raise for over 3 years: ‘We'll help you make the most of your income"’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee spends 3 years ‘quiet quitting’ without management noticing, until manager figures it out and claims: ‘You're not making any progress in your career’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Workers rage over company's new parking benefits, which grant employees free parking only if they have worked there for 40 years: ‘What a joke’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employer denies $27 parking reimbursement, employee makes them pay henceforth with 1st class train rides, costing 3 times more 'as per travel expense policy'

Brad Dickson

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‘Pack up today’: Manager refuses to accept employee's 2 weeks' notice, ends their employment on the spot instead, leaving the employee baffled

Bar Mor Hazut

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Top-performing star technician quiet quits and begins "working to rule," weaponizing company policy after being repeatedly passed up for promotion: 'Update: After 6 months, they've finally noticed that the quality of my work has dropped

Brad Dickson

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Manager deletes event planner's spreadsheet, insists on doing it their way, which takes more time; their micromanagement predictably backfires: 'He insisted his way was better. Alright then'

Brad Dickson

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30-year-old quits her job of 6 years after new coworker, Ben, keeps stealing her work and credit, and faces zero consequences despite multiple complaints: ‘I addressed it with my manager, director, and HR. After a year I simply couldn’t take it anymore’

Etai Eshet

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Employee spends $500 of his own money to throw coworker's going-away party, cancels the event because no one paid him back in time

Ben Weiss

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19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss issues formal warning to employee during her approved vacation in Cabo for missing a meeting added to her work calendar while she was out of the country

Etai Eshet

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Employee hands in notice after getting hired for another job, only to be told on their first day the company already hired someone else: ‘I'm not gonna let them get away with this’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager tries to get employee to work during PTO, giving her personal number to a contractor and listing her as on-call for tasks she was never hired to do: ‘I said “absolutely not!” I am taking a paid vacation and will not be coming in’

Etai Eshet

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Employee demands more benefits after their promised pay increase in new contract turns into major pay cut: ‘I will move on if my demands aren't met’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee CC's entire 40-person team on every email per his manager's request, clogging everyone's inbox: 'I was just following the policy he set'

Ben Weiss

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