workplace-stories

'They got rid of the problem, which was me': Guy gets fired for calling out illegal practices, boss reaches out six months later for his password

Ben Weiss

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'Hand over all my tasks so you can get rid of me? Ok!': IT Manager successfully lands $200k payout when new boss plots their redundancy

Brad Dickson

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Employee finds manager's misspelled note about him in the printer: 'I called HR to report the absorbance'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands insanely detailed leave requests before approving leave: 'If we're traveling he wants flight numbers and times'

Brad Dickson

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'She fired me today [for bringing] this up': Boss reads employee's emails, writes responses impersonating them, fires them for calling her out

Brad Dickson

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'Yet another new manager facing the consequences': New boss costs company $6000 in one day after making employees listen to long-winded speech

Remy Millisky

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Boss insists employee stay late for no reason, employee gets paid overtime to do nothing: 'There was literally nothing left for me to do'

Ben Weiss

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'I quit and they lose the contract': Overworked software developer given massive projects, agrees to lie to clients

Remy Millisky

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'I made my coworkers’ favorite snacks disappear': Employee gets back at coworkers after getting constantly criticized and interrupted

Ben Weiss

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HR enforces nonsensical PTO rule, halves employee's vacation time: '[You] owe us 6 days'

Ben Weiss

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Employees conspire against annoying coworker over CEO's attention: 'Four of us plant our computers in those magic four seats [next to the boss]'

Ben Weiss

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Company suffers massive financial hardship after forcing out irreplaceable worker: 'The [department] racked up eight-figure losses'

Brad Dickson

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‘That is a complete violation of my privacy’: Boss spies on employee on sick leave to make sure he is actually sick and not on vacation

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss forces assistant to remove headset in the office, she maliciously complies and plays audio at full blast: 'She nagged at me in front of the whole office'

Ben Weiss

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‘Overtime pay for zero work? No problem!’: Employee uses overtime to read a book, leading demanding boss to never request they stay late again

Bar Mor Hazut

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Toxic CEO enforces dress code policy, employee maliciously complies: 'He strongly recommends [...] not wearing those shirts anymore'

Ben Weiss

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