workplace-stories

Manager tries to get employee to work during PTO, giving her personal number to a contractor and listing her as on-call for tasks she was never hired to do: ‘I said “absolutely not!” I am taking a paid vacation and will not be coming in’

Etai Eshet

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Employee demands more benefits after their promised pay increase in new contract turns into major pay cut: ‘I will move on if my demands aren't met’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee CC's entire 40-person team on every email per his manager's request, clogging everyone's inbox: 'I was just following the policy he set'

Ben Weiss

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Boss refuses to try employee's organizational methods and demands things done his way, employee follows, until boss realizes he was wrong: 'He couldn’t find what he needed'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee resigns, boss tries to cheap out by offering $20 less per hour than what he's worth to keep him on as a contractor: 'Their offer was not acceptable'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled boss causes 8 employees to resign, understaffed company demands he cancel his vacation to Disneyland: 'His family went off on holiday without him'

Bar Mor Hazut

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New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

Ben Weiss

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'Did the right thing, paid the price': Employee reports team lead to management after discovering they altered reports for clients, gets fired for speaking up

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee convinces entire team to clock out together at 5:00 PM on the dot to send a message to their boss

Ben Weiss

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Teacher walks out mid-shift on her last day after an admin yells at and follows her for taking a brief call, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes

Etai Eshet

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Manager discovers employee records their meetings without permission, decides to confront her about it: 'Is she building a case against me?'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Biotech employee starts planning to quit after their boss expects them to train the fresh-out-of-college new hire they gave the promotion to :‘[She’s] asking me to hold her hand through tasks daily’

Etai Eshet

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‘You shouldn’t have a maid, you are not busy enough!’: Coworker criticizes young professor for hiring household help, tries to shame her at a work dinner for not doing her own chores, pushing the lecturer to shut it down and cut her out

Etai Eshet

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Workplace friendship starts to fade after coworker gets promoted and begins acting like the boss he used to complain about: ‘I don’t recognize him anymore’

Celeste Mello

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Manager schedules daily check-ins during employee's lunch break, employee insists on cooking during the meeting anyway: 'I made a full grilled cheese on my little desk griddle'

Ben Weiss

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'She just laughed': Boss refuses to stop overworking employee, causing overdue tasks to be forgotten until boss is forced to do them herself

Bar Mor Hazut

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