workplace-stories

'Boss balked at the idea': Manager forces employee to take PTO for the whole day just because he needed to leave five minutes early

Ben Weiss

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'I'll make sure it's $30 Every. Single. Time': Employee gets in trouble for expensing $1.02 above the limit, maliciously complies and costs the company 3x her normal spending

Ben Weiss

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Overworked IT worker is denied overtime pay, he collects data to file a lawsuit against the company demanding compensation for all employees: 'Never mess with the IT guy’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘You brought this on yourself…’: Server puts lying patron in her place after fabricating a food allergy in an attempt to force the restaurant to accommodate her food preferences

Sienna Varady

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'I was left speechless for the first time': Bank customer demands employees help him avoid "pressing 1 for English"

Remy Millisky

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Worker reprimanded by manager for not arriving 15 minutes before their scheduled shift: 'I argued with him'

Brad Dickson

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'I marked this as remote for increased outreach': Company acknowledges lying about remote status on job posting, gets roasted online

Ben Weiss

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'That’s millions of pounds of [our] order you’ve lost us!': Spare parts estimator plays the long game after company refuses to pay up

Remy Millisky

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Coworker keeps pushing their work onto employee, they take leave and watch the project come to a standstill: 'I went to HR'

Brad Dickson

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'I told the head of HR that no one cares about his survey': Employee ruins his chance at a promotion by accidentally badmouthing company survey to HR's face

Ben Weiss

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'You never have your wallet when I need it': Mooching coworker gets called out and fired, blocks her work wife on social media

Ben Weiss

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'Interviewer... quit right in the middle of the job interview': 20 Interviews that went so badly it turned away the job candidates

Remy Millisky

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Boss forces worker to stay and work late despite having nothing to do, gets paid to read: 'My boss was speechless'

Brad Dickson

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Boss takes server's tips for himself under claims he hasn't 'earned them', servers builds a case to report boss: 'He won't get away with this'

Bar Mor Hazut

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'It's a symptom of a wider problem but it's still theft': Barista secretly adds tip on card reader after customer declines receipt, customer conflicted

Isabella Penn

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'I left pool noodles outside on accident': 20+ Confounding reasons people got fired

Remy Millisky

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