workplace-stories

Update: 'You should fire us! Ok.': Client suggests ending fifty year relationship with small trucking business, they take their advice and dismantle their client's network

Brad Dickson

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'He tried to ruin my chances': Employee poached by new company with double the salary, old boss calls company and tries to sabotage employee

Ben Weiss

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'I got fired for speaking up': Tyrannical boss fires employee for protesting working conditions, employee reports boss to DOL, boss gets fired and closes shop

Eleonora Bader

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'You can say goodbye to your bonus this month': Mechanics pressured to prioritize extra work, CEO takes away their bonuses, they band together for revenge

Ben Weiss

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‘My car was hit by your car, I'm just stating the facts': Entitled executive hits employee's car; denial leads to petty revenge

Eleonora Bader

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'We all figured out pretty quickly how to game the KPI system': Boss says "Hit KPIs" employees do... but business suffers

Brad Dickson

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'If [you] only want to work 40 hours a week then you should leave': VP makes tone-deaf demands on company call after no one receives a raise

Ben Weiss

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‘She accused me of lying’: Job applicant has to prove he went to Brown because his degree is written in Latin

Ben Weiss

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‘I checked the HR manual; I realized quickly Karen was lying’: Karen manager served malicious compliance on a plate by hungry employee

Eleonora Bader

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'I resigned': Boss shocked when worker quits after having their hours halved

Brad Dickson

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B Movie Catastrophes: 20+ Actors and film crew share the secrets behind the making of a "bad movie"

Remy Millisky

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'I am not demanding': Demanding manager demands worker cover shift on their day off, demands their cooperation after they quit

Brad Dickson

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'Boss told me I'm stealing': Worker accused of wage theft for clocking in for meetings on their days off

Brad Dickson

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'If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it': Manager creates mandatory lunch break schedule, employee finds loophole to get paid overtime

Ben Weiss

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'You can find someone else? Okay': Crystal shop owner insists their only worker is replaceable, loses business to them after they quit

Brad Dickson

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'Welcome to the bare minimum': Sneaky supervisor lies about shift change, so employee decides to act their wage

Remy Millisky

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