workplace-stories

'[I] pretended to be the manager at my summer job': 25 Workers whose big mistakes at work could've gotten them fired

Remy Millisky

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'Imagine [making] an award to give to yourself every year?': CEO pays for his own annual award ceremony, demands standing ovation

Ben Weiss

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'Every single year': Company annually awards award named after CEO to that CEO

Brad Dickson

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'Take it up to my dad, the CEO': Nepo-baby pulls rank on coworkers, they begin to 'plan her downfall'

Remy Millisky

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Update: '[I] woke the CEO up at midnight': Night shift worker calls 200 tech support clients in the middle of the night after boss tells them he 'doesn't want excuses'

Remy Millisky

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'You had it good here': Boss takes credit for employee's tech skills, mocks her during her final days on the job

Ben Weiss

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'[I] called someone out for their lie': Couple calls agency with bogus claim, call center rep shuts down their lies

Remy Millisky

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'This is literally hundreds of different customers orders': Nightmare boss tells factory worker to only run machines, worker decides to stop shipping orders for a whole week

Remy Millisky

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'I'll let it pile up': Senior employee instructs coworker to never touch her stuff, cue malicious compliance

Remy Millisky

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'He had done this five other times to different girls': Boyfriend gifts new girlfriend things he stole from his ex, so she calls his work and gets him fired

Isabella Penn

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'I'd let the repercussions happen': Boss sabotages employees' workflow and demands constant check-ins, employee sends '25 or more emails a day'

Remy Millisky

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'So I was fired [...] Over this': Employee fired for refusing to break a customer's large bill four months ago, causes split reactions

Ben Weiss

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'A $50 gift card that was deducted from my paycheck': 15+ Workers share the worst holiday gifts they ever received from an employer

Brad Dickson

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'I had a young coworker not know how to write a check': 30+ Workers who realized they were "officially old" thanks to their young coworkers

Remy Millisky

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'I'm going to eat during my [...] lunch break, not give you a free manicure': Coworker demands free manicure, employee shuts her down

Ben Weiss

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'I don't need to buy [my coworkers] gifts': Employee refuses to participate in Office Secret Santa, gets into conflict with HR

Ben Weiss

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