workplace-stories

'[He] left a 1 star review': Movie-goer insists on buying tickets to action movie at a closed down theater

Remy Millisky

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'I just sent that to my entire team': Employee photoshops boss's face on photo of his entire family as a joke, then accidentally sends it to the whole team

Ben Weiss

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'[My boss] was walked out by two cops': Thieving fraudster retail manager gets arrested when their employee finally gets even

Brad Dickson

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'We want another server now': Waiter ignores customers for hours after they insult staff members

Remy Millisky

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'Sorry boss, that's a managers job': Boss tells employee not to take on extra work, employee maliciously complies and boss's incompetence starts to show

Ben Weiss

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Top Painfully Awkward LinkedIn Flops for Employees 'Embracing' Team Morale

Eleonora Bader

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'I will be filing an ethics complaint': Boss wants healthcare worker to work overtime, doesn't want to pay for it

Brad Dickson

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Update: 'I will not be following up': Boss asks employee to write impossible report before he leaves the company, employee proves it was a bad idea

Ben Weiss

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'Another manager [who] won't believe their worker could be sick': Tutor who was told they have to come into work while sick makes their boss regret their decision

Brad Dickson

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'I got laid off': Employee develops startup for two years, was promised shares, gets laid off right before the company launch

Ben Weiss

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'She doesn't work here': Karen shames woman's outfit at the grocery store, thinks she's an employee, demands to speak with the manager

Ben Weiss

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'I remind him since he hasn't sent me the contract I don't work for him yet': Former boss tries to squeeze free labor out of ex-employee

Ben Weiss

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'Get back to work': Employer sends employee on errands during their lunch, won't let them eat on the clock

Brad Dickson

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'I got it in writing': Manager demands BBQ cook clock-out early to cut their hours, their kitchen goes uncleaned and work goes unfinished

Brad Dickson

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'I should get a bump in pay too': Boss pays new hire 20% more, denies employee the same rate, employee gets a better job elsewhere

Ben Weiss

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'They still scheduled me': Employer refuses to honor new worker's negotiated leave, refusing to remove them from the schedule

Brad Dickson

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