workplace-stories

Guy gets fired after six weeks, charges company hundreds to get their equipment back: 'It was very liberating for me'

Ben Weiss

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'The business is floundering': Sales employee takes boss to court after she spends months singling him out at work

Remy Millisky

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'Within 15 minutes, I lost access to everything': Company celebrates employee's work anniversary only to fire him the very next day

Bar Mor Hazut

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'He couldn't hire anyone willing to except such a [low] wage and boring work': Employee gets revenge after being demoted when entitled boss couldn't hire new staff

Isabella Penn

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'It was "bring your kid to work day"': Surprised job candidate reacts to being interviewed by an 11-year-old

Remy Millisky

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'I hung up': Caller learns an important lesson after impolite words to service rep

Brad Dickson

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‘Don’t bother coming in to work tomorrow': Employee asks manager for missing tax documents from her paycheck, manager responds by firing employee

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I put in my 2 weeks. And this is where it got fun': General manager reprimands employee over 'neutral' workplace review

Remy Millisky

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'Why did you choose to wear those shoes today?': 10+ Workers share the hardest interview questions they've ever had to answer

Brad Dickson

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‘Be careful what you wish for…’: New manager cuts employee's deal with old boss, rearranging their work hours, only to find out former deal benefited company

Sienna Varady

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'Obviously they chose most inconvenient way': Railroad employee pushes back against antiquated business practices

Remy Millisky

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'Old boss told me to contact his lawyers... So I did': Worker fired for workplace injury, sues for commission they weren't being fairly paid

Brad Dickson

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'They lost': Engineering firm removes employee from project to punish them, replacing them with inexperienced project manager who runs project into the ground

Eleonora Bader

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Office manager lies about dish washing duties, worker exposes her to CEO: 'Oh, I was informed that all the staff wash their own dishes...'

Brad Dickson

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Undervalued retail employee gets written up for attempting to prevent a $400 store theft

Sienna Varady

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'She trusted my word and denied her a position': Researcher questions if she made the right choice in denying a 'strong applicant' a job

Remy Millisky

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