workplace-stories

'She told me I could NEVER tell a customer the store was closing': Retail employee works all night long after manager tells them to never tell customers to leave

Remy Millisky

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'I do not want to work for someone like you': Job candidate walks out mid-interview after boss shouts at another employee

Ben Weiss

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'"If it's not in writing, it didn't happen" goes both ways': Micromanager boss wants to know why employee wasn't working during their in-person meeting, employee starts writing everything down

Remy Millisky

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'[I] told them I would not be returning to work': Young worker told by boss to accept job reassignment or find a new one, chooses the latter option

Brad Dickson

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Update: 'You just have to work harder': Employee gets back at boss by writing essay about his poor management, quits as organization goes under

Ben Weiss

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'Quit arguing, if you say another word you’re fired': Boss instructs employee to drive 8 ton backhoe down the highway at 15 miles per hour

Remy Millisky

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'I have over 320 hours of annual leave banked': Boss wants employee to schedule surgery over Christmas so she doesn't have to take her PTO, employee claps back

Ben Weiss

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'He panicked when I told him': Gas station attendant allows insistent customer to pump his own gas, customer ruins his boss's tractor

Remy Millisky

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'I was called into a meeting with the big boss': Medical worker with sick child is that their days off are 'suspicious'

Remy Millisky

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'My supervisor turns up unannounced': Guy's manager shows up at home while he's on sick leave to intimidate him

Ben Weiss

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'I quit': Worker quits after discovering their engineering role is actually that of a glorified janitor under a micromanaging boss

Brad Dickson

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'She's been pulling each of us aside during office hours to grill us': Employee pushes back against 'nosy' general business manager

Remy Millisky

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'He doesn't know how to access the project': Micromanaging boss wants remote access to worker's private computer to view the project they're working on

Brad Dickson

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'My boss threatened to call my new job': Employee gives notice, boss holds grudge, tries to get new employer to revoke their offer

Ben Weiss

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'You may not be allowed to leave': Worker shares break room poster at their new job detailing restrictive break policy

Brad Dickson

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'I firmly and categorically DECLINED': Job applicant asked to do free, unpaid work as part of the interview process, he rejects them

Ben Weiss

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