workplace-stories

'PTO is not permission to vanish': Boss bothers employee with constant non-urgent messages during his vacation, employee forwards messages to HR

Ben Weiss

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Employee momentarily rests their eyes during their shift, coworker takes a photo of them without their consent, then accuses them of sleeping on the job: ‘She knew she was in the wrong’

Lana DeGaetano

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Veteran employee gets written up by new boss for clocking in 5 minutes later than his usual early time, even though he was early: ‘I told him my shift doesn’t start until 5:00, he said it doesn’t matter when my actual shift starts’

Etai Eshet

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Waitress refuses to cover unreliable 23-year-old coworker’s shift after she fakes a family "emergency", so coworker falsely accuses her of being toxic, in an attempt to turn manager and coworkers against her: '[They said] I should be a girl’s-girl'

Emma Saven

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'Paycheck bounced, I was done': 15 Employees who quit their jobs on the spot

Remy Millisky

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'I came back in a 3-piece suit': Boss insists employee comply with dress code, forcing him to go home and change out of his jeans, employee takes his sweet time during the trip

Bar Mor Hazut

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Management tells employees they're no longer allowed to discuss "burnout" in their 1:1s and are then surprised when the employee asks for stress leave: 'I got 7 weeks off and partial pay, and they had to cover my job'

Brad Dickson

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Job candidate calls out interviewer for asking 'the strangest' question: 'The entire positive vibe of the interview immediately evaporated'

Remy Millisky

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Company instates new B2B project management and communication software that clients despise, boss insists that it be used anyway, causing problems with key client who gets the CEO involved: 'The client called [the CEO] directly'

Brad Dickson

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Employee fed up after coworker repeatedly makes passive comments demanding she share her "delicious" meals during lunch, employee debates confronting entitled coworker: 'This food is for me and my kids, and sometimes it's got to last us a few days'

Emma Saven

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'I generated over 12 million in sales, and my salary was $60,000': Employee's raise request gets denied, he quits for better job offer, boss scrambles and suddenly offers to increase his salary

Ben Weiss

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Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase pastry orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired: ‘We lost lots of sales’

Bar Mor Hazut

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CEO rejects job candidate, claiming it's due to their failure to list any weaknesses, job candidate accuses CEO of being a bad interviewer: ‘Working with him sounds exhausting’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New employee discovers they never graduated from college after company demands their college diploma, and they can't find it: ‘I found out I didn't pass my final class’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss schedules mandatory meeting just to fire "underperforming" coworker in front of all 25 employees: 'It felt like a power trip more than anything else'

Ben Weiss

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‘Don’t be toxic to your colleagues. You never know when you might need them in the future’: Ex‑coworker applies for a job and lists former colleague as a referral without asking, only for the employee to shut it down immediately

Etai Eshet

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