workplace-stories

'I don't respond on Sunday[s]': Boss requests that HR deduce employee's salary by 50% because he doesn't respond on his one day off

Ben Weiss

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'He can't really do anything about it': Boss gets rid of work group's car to save money, they use his instead

Brad Dickson

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'My entire department quit the same week': HR refuses to give worker a raise even after their entire team quits

Brad Dickson

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'Nobody is questioning it': Employee submits Work From Home requests to HR, they never approve, he goes remote anyway and gets away with it

Ben Weiss

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'My colleagues found it hilarious': Worker faces 'worst case scenario' during storm, takes eight hours to get to work

Remy Millisky

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'If I’m not her supervisor, then I don’t need to check any of [her] work': Administrative assistant claims she's on par with the CFO, CFO maliciously complies, she gets fired

Ben Weiss

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'My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

Remy Millisky

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'Got asked to make it 4 weeks notice, then got fired': Worker agrees to extend their notice period after finding new job before being fired on the spot

Brad Dickson

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'Her system absolutely backfired': Student finds loophole in summer job's payment policy, gets paid full day's work for 30 minutes of labor, collects all the money

Ben Weiss

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'I pretended to be a recruiter to troll a former workplace bully': Worker gets revenge on Karen coworker by pretending to be a recruiter offering her a better job

Brad Dickson

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'I worked a full two weeks': Boss refuses to provide W2, denies employee his promised salary, employee sabotages company

Ben Weiss

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'I turned my badge into their admin and left': Bait and switch interview tactic tricks candidate into interviewing for a lower role than they applied to, they walk out

Brad Dickson

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'I had averaged around 200 tickets each day': Worker goes above and beyond to "maliciously" comply

Brad Dickson

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'I don't want my server to have a sense of humor': Waitress faces online backlash for her jokey sense of humor with customers

Remy Millisky

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'She was finally caught on camera': 20+ Employees who got stuck with the worst coworkers ever

Remy Millisky

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'[I] ended up doing other people's jobs for them': Worker hired as IT Director finds himself in a very different role and increasingly pushed to the side

Brad Dickson

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