workplace-stories

'My colleagues have literally been brainwashed': Sales team pressured to give $100 each for a Holiday gift to their boss, one worker refuses and causes rift

Ben Weiss

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'No natural light, all day long': Worker quits job because of dismal 'Open Plan' office

Brad Dickson

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'A chef... called the grill "Hamburger Helpless"': 25+ Chefs and waiters who kept their back-of-house coworkers laughing

Remy Millisky

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'This is going to cost you': Small photographer stands up to big corporation with a massive lawsuit after they used his photos without paying

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Someone at work [felt] targeted': HR gets involved when joke about office 'White Elephant' exchange goes wrong

Brad Dickson

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'1 month later I'm getting phone calls asking for help': Worker gets laid off by employer who panics after things go sideways

Brad Dickson

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'We can’t go home early anymore? Sure! Not a problem:' Manager protects team by maliciously complying to new rules, changing scheduled hours during shifts so workers can leave early

Ben Weiss

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'[I] caused a 30,000+ order backup': 30+ Employees who had strange and unexpected days at work

Remy Millisky

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'I'd like to rescind my application': Candidate rescind's application over interviewer's impolite email

Brad Dickson

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'I quickly realized that [the company] was horribly managed, and they made errors all the time': Employee quits new job after 7 days, receives a bill for $24,981.62

Isabella Penn

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Update: 'The place was already in chaos': Health professional promised raise, bosses change their minds after she has already taken on more responsibilities

Remy Millisky

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'He walks away with $150 out of the register': 25+ Employees who didn't make it through their first shift at work because they were fired on the spot

Remy Millisky

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Update: 'Her boss does this every year': Boss makes workers fight over a piñata filled with money at the Christmas Party

Ben Weiss

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'You brought this on yourself': Entire team of employees left short-staffed after one worker persuades manager to enforce their suspension

Sienna Varady

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'Can’t you just unload around me?': Construction workers make entitled parent wait after she tells them to 'take a chill pill'

Remy Millisky

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'They fired me for not showing up to a shift they didn't schedule': New employee blamed for company's online training malfunction, fired before starting

Ben Weiss

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