workplace-stories

'Never pay to get a job': Applicant discovers numerous red flags at company, walks out of 'shady orientation'

Ben Weiss

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Top Coworker Memes for Understaffed Teams of Employees With One Foot Out the Door (May 3, 2023)

Eleonora Bader

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'AITA for not giving my coworker my day off?': Coworker demands guy's leave that he booked to play the new Zelda game

Brad Dickson

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'They are not qualified': Worker blocks old coworker and boss's applications when they interview at worker's new company

Brad Dickson

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'She quit so fast': New hire quits when boss promises to honor their leave dates then immediately revokes them

Brad Dickson

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'Why can't you work an extra hour?': Red flags fly as restaurant manager asks student worker to stay late twice in his first week

Ben Weiss

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'I don't want that door locked; I quit': Employee owes $18,000 to company after she changes entire doorknob to storage room, then quits

Eleonora Bader

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'It's mandatory': Worker gets fired for not attending an unpaid "cleaning party" with two-hour's notice

Brad Dickson

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'My boss stole my bag': Boss throws away employee's bag, employee goes to HR, HR sides with boss

Ben Weiss

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'Company ended remote work today': Worker laments the loss of remote working despite record productivity at their company

Brad Dickson

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'11pm is NOT the appropriate time': Employer follows up with job candidate in the middle of the night, candidate withdraws application

Ben Weiss

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'He was only needing to take three days off': Hardware store denies Dad three days of leave scheduled three months in advance, he quits

Brad Dickson

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'He quit a few weeks later': Manager tries to humiliate security guard, quits when it backfires

Brad Dickson

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'My coworker got suspended because of me': Employee calls out coworker for behavior toward cleaning lady, HR steps in

Ben Weiss

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'Have fun with unemployment': Karen coworker fires herself by refusing to do her job

Brad Dickson

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'The questions on these applications are wild': Employer asks if job applicants are willing to wait nearly six months to get paid, internet reacts

Ben Weiss

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