workplace-stories

‘You can’t publish that': Karen flies off the handle when newspaper publishes her name in print, demands newspaper remove it, boss hangs up on her

Eleonora Bader

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'Three hours of mandatory OT is requested per week': Employees pushed to work overtime despite working 10+ hour shifts

Ben Weiss

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'My boss cut my salary in half': Employee demoted despite having to do the same tasks and responsibilities, internet reacts

Ben Weiss

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'They expected me to work there until retirement': Boss ignores employee's resignation after responding aggressively to their request for a raise

Brad Dickson

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'Here's something sweet to remember me': Employee quits, announces departure on cake, internet drags him

Ben Weiss

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‘My boss ate my lunch’: Employees get even with boss who eats their lunches, boss pays hundreds of dollars to eat leftovers

Eleonora Bader

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'He's a compulsive liar': Coworker always one-ups everyone else in the office, gets caught in a lie, HR intervenes

Ben Weiss

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UPDATE: ‘I got fired’: Boss fires employee for refusing to come home early from vacation, despite TO being initially approved

Eleonora Bader

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'I'm going to need you to step up': Manager demands worker comes in despite already having plans with family

Brad Dickson

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'We knew he was full of it': Lying one-upping coworker gets caught out in a lie that they can't live down

Brad Dickson

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'I just quit my job on the first day': Underpaid employee receives no training or oversight on day one, he quits while he can

Ben Weiss

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'It would be better for everyone if I quit': Boss threatens to fire employee all year, employee finally quits, boss tries to get him back

Ben Weiss

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'[He] created a mass corporate email with various screenshots': IT guy quits and schedules scathing tell-all email about his Karen boss

Brad Dickson

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'I don't work Mondays': Server gets fired for missing "mandatory" Memorial Day shift while on scheduled vacation

Brad Dickson

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'Our cleaner quit': Boss tries to convince employees to assume cleaning lady's duties, frames it as an 'exciting opportunity'

Ben Weiss

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‘My company skimmed by bonus; I stopped generating revenue’: Employee's quiet quitting leads to 80% drop in revenue

Eleonora Bader

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