workplace-stories

'Childish? Yes. Regrets? Not one': Coworker keeps making employee do his work, employee lashes out, ruins coworker's office plant, sabotages his notes

Ben Weiss

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'If he had just taken my suggestion': New railway manager ignores veteran's suggestion creating a logistical nightmare

Brad Dickson

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'I don't hire people with beards': 20+ Candidates share the reason they walked out of job interviews

Brad Dickson

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'Good luck managing this sinking ship': Employee sends savage resignation email after CEO impulsively fires eight new people

Ben Weiss

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'I think I did better than expected': Boss instructs deaf employee to transcribe a tape, cue employee's malicious compliance

Remy Millisky

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'After this I want to quit': Employee requests PTO to attend family funeral, boss asks for proof of the service

Ben Weiss

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'They sent me home due to low workload': Manager forces workers to use PTO after sending them home early

Brad Dickson

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'I got paid for doing absolutely nothing': Call center worker unable to do their job due to technical error enjoys a paid day at home

Brad Dickson

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'I unplugged my phone': Guy discovers he's been answering colleague's calls for years, unplugs his phone so they have to answer them

Brad Dickson

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'Lots of unqualified people selling hearing aids with a 500% markup': 20+ shady industries to be on the lookout for

Ben Weiss

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'Did my employee rage-quit, or did I fire her?': Manager joins HR to figure out what to do about twice-fired employee

Remy Millisky

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'Never put anything in writing': Worker sends scathing email after unnecessary meeting, dividing the internet

Brad Dickson

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'How is this even legal?': Boss refuses to let coworker leave, gets him fired from new job and back to his old job

Ben Weiss

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'The cops were called': Karen arrested for accosting customers she mistook for employees, who play along to send her over the edge

Brad Dickson

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'The majority of the staff quit within months': Boss tries to make employees start work 20 minutes early, workers retaliate and make a pact to arrive early every shift and hang out together in their cars

Isabella Penn

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'They're threatening to sue my new job for "theft of talent"': System Engineer's new employer gets sued by their last one who laid them off

Brad Dickson

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