workplace-stories

IT worker told to take a demotion

Brad Dickson

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'It's a family secret... Karen didn't take it well': Chocolate chip cookie conundrum divides office in two

Remy Millisky

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Employee gets suspended for no reason, stinks up work truck before quitting: 'Before I returned the truck, I release 6 stinky air fresher tags in it'

Ben Weiss

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Boss gets fired, blames employees and bombards coworkers' phones with accusatory messages: 'He called me 28 times in the span of an hour'

Isabella Penn

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Employee uses their manager's own incompetence to end their career: 'My show of assertion crumbled the empire of fear'

Brad Dickson

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‘You should’ve read the terms and conditions': Hotel clerk refuses to give guest their money back after they try to cancel a non-refundable room, guest demands compensation

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Landlord bought an expensive boat and then tried raising my rent’: 15+ Financial decisions that made no sense whatsoever

Remy Millisky

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'I sat around doing nothing for the last 2 months of my job': Quitting employee stops being assigned work by petty boss

Remy Millisky

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32 remote employees buy device to bypass CEO's silly idle time requirements, now the CEO wants one too

Ben Weiss

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'So I stopped taking vacations': Security guard discovers company only pays them for 1 hour per day while using vacation time

Remy Millisky

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‘Go (work somewhere else) team’: Company cuts employees' hours but demands they double the sales, employees collectively decide to do the bare minimum instead.

Bar Mor Hazut

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Custodian walks out of job after micromanaging new boss makes impolite comments: 'You deal with it, I'm going home'

Brad Dickson

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‘Is this a joke?’: Micromanager demands to be notified whenever work-from-home employees step away from their desks

Sienna Varady

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'Either I accept it or I quit': Project director gives employee ultimatum

Remy Millisky

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'[We're] making him think a huge ad campaign is live': Scorned marketing team dupes CEO into thinking he has his dream ad campaign

Remy Millisky

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Factory worker shares infuriating work stories from the assembly line: 'Always make sure the truck is hitched'

Isabella Penn

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