workplace-stories

Advertisement

'You are not allowed to clock out': Micromanaging boss chews out employee for clocking out early, employee maliciously complies and gets extra pay

'You are not allowed to clock out': Micromanaging boss chews out employee for clocking out early, employee maliciously complies and gets extra pay

'I was done with Secret Santa at work': Rude coworker threw a tantrum about his Secret Santa gift, employee gets even next year

'I was done with Secret Santa at work': Rude coworker threw a tantrum about his Secret Santa gift, employee gets even the next year

Advertisement

workplace-stories in-the-workplace workplace-story candidates tales-from-the-workplace work interviews job interview interview - 2132999

'I'm an extremely patient person and have never done anything like this before': Interviewer over 45 minutes late for interview, candidate walks out

'I'm firing you on the spot': Employees demand raises after seven years with the same pay, boss responds by firing all of them

'I'm firing you on the spot': Employees demand raises after seven years with the same pay, boss responds by firing all of them

'Now I want to quit even more': Boss ignores employee's PTO request for family emergency but makes her perform other tasks

'Now I want to quit even more': Boss ignores employee's PTO request for family emergency but makes her perform other tasks

Advertisement

'Early is on time, on time is late': Boss accuses employee of being the 'queen of tardiness,' employee stands her ground

'Early is on time, on time is late': Boss accuses employee of being the 'queen of tardiness,' employee stands her ground

workplace-stories employee work stories computers workplace-story work smart employees computer innovation telemarketer workplace creativity in the workplace - 21879557

'Too bad about those sales figures': Innovative employee improves buggy app, gets fired by bosses

getting fired workplace-stories fired toxic-workplace malicious compliance malicious-compliance-reddit workplace - 21869061

'The company is losing thousands of dollars every single minute': Printer room worker forced to train their lazy replacements who refuse to listen, costs the company "tens of thousands"

Advertisement

'I was still on the receiving end of pettiness':: Employee moves away from coworkers, they leave an urn on her desk with the message 'ashes of problem employees'

'I was still on the receiving end of pettiness':: Employee moves away from coworkers, they leave an urn on her desk with the message 'ashes of problem employees'

restaurant gross disgusting stories workplace-stories askreddit ask reddit reddit-thread haunting dining dinner fine-dining going-out

'I found a bandaid in my pizza': Restaurant goers (and employees) recall the most disgusting thing they ever saw dining out

Jesse Kessenheimer

'This was a massive waste of my time': Cashier forced to get a doctor's note so she can drink water during her shift, doctor writes savage takedown of management

'This was a massive waste of my time': Cashier forced to get a doctor's note so she can drink water during her shift, doctor writes savage takedown of management

Advertisement

customer service workplace-stories retail customers restaurant food service workplace restaurants food service industry - 2131975

'Are you still open?': Couple orders food from exasperated workers at a closed restaurant, wonders if they're wrong

'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm': HR makes a mistake with new employee's contract, employee refuses to let them change it

'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm': HR makes a mistake with new employee's contract, employee refuses to let them change it

'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

'No talk of raise, promotion, or even when they'd get a replacement': Coworker gets denied promotion, employee asked to take on their work without a raise, quits

Advertisement

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

Top Ten ‘HR Is Not Your Friend’ Stories

'[Coworker] hasn't told him that he's leaving': Employee debates telling boss that coworker has found a new job

'[Coworker] hasn't told him that he's leaving': Employee debates telling boss that coworker has found a new job

Trending Now

Parents allow unemployed 23-year-old son to move home, he requests $10k from Dad after quitting new job: 'You don't quit your job without having another lined up'

Parents allow unemployed 23-year-old son to move home, he requests $10k from Dad after quitting new job: 'You don't quit your job without having another lined up'

15+ Employees who walked out of their jobs and never looked back: 'I looked at my boss, deleted my files, and left'

15+ Employees who walked out of their jobs and never looked back: 'I looked at my boss, deleted my files, and left'

Hallmark’s Brainrot Holiday Movies Are Keeping You From Creating New Christmas Classics

Hallmark’s Brainrot Holiday Movies Are Keeping You From Creating New Christmas Classics

34 Lord of the Rings Memes for Fans Quoting LOTR Whenever Possible (December 21, 2025)

34 Lord of the Rings Memes for Fans Quoting LOTR Whenever Possible (December 21, 2025)

‘The hardest part of my job isn’t the work, it’s the constant urgency over nothing‘: Company treats every minor task like a crisis, drowning its staff in fake emergencies until stress becomes the main worload

‘The hardest part of my job isn’t the work, it’s the constant urgency over nothing‘: Company treats every minor task like a crisis, drowning its staff in fake emergencies until stress becomes the main worload

Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

Advertisement