workplace-stories

'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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Employee gets fired for taking recycled computer mouse nobody was using: 'It’s against company policy to take things from the electronics bin'

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant boss says all leave requests will be denied going forward, staff asks him if he's making an April Fool's joke: 'He was not'

Brad Dickson

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Boss enforces checking emails every 24 hours even when off work, employee maliciously complies and submits OT: 'Make sure you put it on your timesheet'

Ben Weiss

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Customer blames car wash for car damage, demands compensation but refuses to let employee check the security cameras: ‘I know a liar when I see one’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'It's not my fault': Client pays IT specialist $1000 after sharing the administrator password with entire team, leading to major technical issues

Sienna Varady

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‘Is this some kind of joke?!’: Undervalued employee demoted to workstation near restroom as an office is ‘above her pay grade’

Sienna Varady

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'Bro, you won the game': Employee let go from job that they completely self-automated for five years

Remy Millisky

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