workplace-stories

'Won't let me work from home? Okay, I'll [stink] up the office': Guy requests to go remote due to smelly side effects of medication, boss refuses, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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'When they say “nobody wants to work” THIS is what we’re referring to': Boss unveils insane new PTO plan, worker quits

Ben Weiss

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'Can't prove it... [but] I'm 100% sure': 20+ Wholeheartedly believable everyday conspiracies with no proof to back them up

Jesse Kessenheimer

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HR manager tells worker they can't work remote whilst working remote: 'It is 100% about control'

Brad Dickson

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'Ummm you fired me?': Teenager gets fired for missing a shift to attend a funeral, then their desperate ex-manager begs them to return a month later

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'd prefer not to call you. So I won't': Boss chides employee for getting everything in writing, employee stands his ground

Ben Weiss

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'Revenge is a dish best served burnt': Chef gets back at customer who complains about her fancy meal

Remy Millisky

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'It's about control': Fully remote HR rep denies employee's request to work from home one day

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant fires apprentice chef who owns all their recipes, cripples their kitchen: 'The manager clearly began to panic'

Brad Dickson

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'We do things my way now': Entire fast-food restaurant quits to protest entitled new manager

Remy Millisky

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'How was your little tete-a-tete with our boss?': Coworker takes credit for employee's 15-page report, employee tells CEO

Ben Weiss

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Update: 'Biggest payday of my life for 2 minutes of work': Contractor spends entire weekend at work after being told to "stay as long as it takes"

Remy Millisky

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Karen tells shopper they're dressed too casually for a job that isn't even theirs: 'I'm not at my job right now'

Brad Dickson

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'I dare you!': Slacking coworker distracts cleaner from job, cleaner dumps water on him

Ben Weiss

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Manager gets demoted in their own store so that another manager can take over after their branch went out of business: 'I got demoted'

Brad Dickson

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Boss Abandons Understaffed Team To Go On Vacation, Employee Switches Jobs While She’s Gone

Ben Weiss

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