workplace-stories

Advertisement

work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses coworkers workplace-stories receipt money business Travel traveling

Business traveler spends $218 on taxi after company refuses to reimburse his train ticket: 'No can do... order me a taxi'

Boss invents fake conversations to demand employee return to the office full-time, leaving the employee weighing HR complaints against quitting: ‘This isn’t the first time my boss changed his mind, and then blamed me for misunderstanding’

Boss invents fake conversations to demand employee return to the office full-time, leaving the employee weighing HR complaints against quitting: ‘This isn’t the first time my boss changed his mind, and then blamed me for misunderstanding’

Advertisement

Employee complains to tech support about broken printer, IT guy discovers employee completely soaked it: 'I found pools of water in ridiculous places'

Employee complains to tech support about broken printer, IT guy discovers employee completely soaked it: 'I found pools of water in ridiculous places'

Micromanager makes employee take an entire day of PTO just because he needed to leave 5 minutes early: 'Boss wasn’t happy with me [...] but I did follow their policy'

Micromanager makes employee take an entire day of PTO just because he needed to leave 5 minutes early: 'Boss wasn’t happy with me [...] but I did follow their policy'

fired getting fired fired story fired on spot got fired firing firing story laid off work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses coworkers workplace-stories

20+ Employees who got fired from their jobs: 'I told them they had better put the "Help Wanted" sign in the window'

Advertisement

quitting quitting work satisfying quitting story quitting story quit i quit work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses coworkers workplace-stories

'The supervisors were begging me to stay': 15 Job quitters who walked out of their toxic jobs while their bosses were left short staffed

Two-faced coworker constantly criticizes and condescends to new employee, while being incredibly friendly and kind to all other colleagues: ‘she’s everyone’s favorite… it gets harder to ignore’

Two-faced coworker constantly criticizes and condescends to new employee, while being incredibly friendly and kind to all other colleagues: ‘She’s everyone’s favorite… it gets harder to ignore’

Retail employee walks out mid-shift after team gets scolded for taking contractual breaks: 'We didn't deserve a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes?'

Retail employee walks out mid-shift after team gets scolded for taking contractual breaks: 'We didn't deserve a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes?'

Advertisement

‘Things were falling apart’: Team lead refuses to work during busiest shift after boss 'plays favorites' between her and other employees, leaving the entire department high and dry

‘Things were falling apart’: Team lead refuses to work during busiest shift after boss 'plays favorites' between her and other employees, leaving the entire department high and dry

Company uses unlimited PTO as bait-and-switch, training employees to brag about burnout and shaming themselves for taking a break: ‘I’m starting to think the whole thing is a scam designed to save the company money’

Company uses unlimited PTO as bait-and-switch, training employees to brag about burnout and shaming themselves for taking a break: ‘I’m starting to think the whole thing is a scam designed to save the company money’

‘What do you want from me?’: Employee hands in their 2-week notice, only for boss to refuse to accept it without being provided with reasons for the resignation

‘What do you want from me?’: Employee hands in their 2-week notice, only for boss to refuse to accept it without being provided with reasons for the resignation

Advertisement

Employee publicly blames boss for company's major network outage, boss refuses to accept the criticism, leading employee to pack up their office: ‘I went into full defense mode’

Employee publicly blames boss for company's major network outage, boss refuses to accept the criticism, leading employee to pack up their office: ‘I went into full defense mode’

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 40063493

HR tells veteran barge tower not to be "inflexible" and to listen to their ideas of their younger crew members, they step back and watch things unravel: 'I was told I should listen to crew and perhaps I could learn some "new and improved" ways to towboat'

coworkers coworker terrible coworkers work workplace workplace-stories work stories antiwork in the workplace job Reddit reddit thread reddit story

‘Useless’ coworker accidentally deletes 15+ hours of employee's work when she finally decides to do her job: ‘I’m stuck having to redo everything’

Advertisement

work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses coworkers workplace-stories fired getting fired fired story fired on spot got fired firing firing story

'EVERYONE had told my manager not to hire this guy': 20+ Office employees who got fired for doing their jobs badly

Micromanaging boss takes isue with employee's process, employee maliciously complies by offloading all calls and scanning duties to boss: 'I am not her secretary'

Micromanaging boss takes issue with employee's process, employee maliciously complies by offloading all calls and scanning duties to boss: 'I am not her secretary'

Trending Now

UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

Employee fails to read late-night email from boss, demanding to prep for a 9 am meeting the next day, leading to an office dispute first thing in the morning: ‘Where have you been?’

Employee fails to read late-night email from boss, demanding to prep for a 9 am meeting the next day, leading to an office dispute first thing in the morning: ‘Where have you been?’

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

'I did what I was instructed to do': Boss shuts down employee who was trying to explain a discrepancy in reporting, employee maliciously complies to prove his point

'I did what I was instructed to do': Boss shuts down employee who was trying to explain a discrepancy in reporting, employee maliciously complies to prove his point

Grocery manager calls cashier "replacable," acts surprised when they quit on the spot: 'He was shocked and couldn't understand why'

Grocery manager calls cashier "replacable," acts surprised when they quit on the spot: 'He was shocked and couldn't understand why'

‘If I can’t protect my own land, what can I protect?’: Teens turn farmer’s land into their personal party lot, ignoring Private Property signs and warnings, so he cleverly traps their cars in fresh mud, leaving them stranded and their parents mad

‘If I can’t protect my own land, what can I protect?’: Teens turn farmer’s land into their personal party lot, ignoring Private Property signs and warnings, so he cleverly traps their cars in fresh mud, leaving them stranded and their parents mad

Advertisement