workplace-stories

"I knew it was a 'You're fired' meeting...": Employee plays long game of revenge on boss via malicious compliance, leads to gross misconduct, HR gets involved, boss gets demoted

Eleonora Bader

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'I finally got her fired': Employee quits after harassment from her manager, gets rehired in a higher role and gets her boss fired

Brad Dickson

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'I told you to throw that chair away': Boss demands that employee's squeaky chair be taken out of the office, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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'My new employer [laughed it] off': Boss calls worker's new employer to accuse them of "poaching" when the worker leaves for better pay

Brad Dickson

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'Forgot cheese on cheese pizza, twice': 30+ Bosses share the super stupid reasons they had to fire someone

Remy Millisky

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'Blew a good $6000 hole in his budget': New hotshot manager makes a demand they don't understand, costs them big

Brad Dickson

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‘The work I did wasn’t on him, it was on you’: Leadership tries to block employee from opportunities, he ends up with a more senior position than them

Ben Weiss

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'I officially resigned': Company approaches contractor they ghosted with generous offer of a 50% lower rate

Brad Dickson

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'Small win against toxic management': Employee pushed out by toxic manager, exposes that they have been doing manager's work for over a year

Ben Weiss

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'I prepared an entrée, main course, and dessert': Retail employee serves customer 3 portions of petty revenge on a plate following customer's petty promise

Eleonora Bader

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'Are you kidding me!!!': Owner sets the record straight when Karen leaves 1-star review because a tornado delayed her delivery

Brad Dickson

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'They fired me, I ruined their company': Boss refuses to give hard-working employee a raise, so this worker took him to court

Remy Millisky

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'I stood up [and] gave him the double deuce': New employee quits after two days when boss demands they work during the birth of their child

Brad Dickson

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'I had to pay them [FOURTY] THOUSAND DOLLARS.' Job interview goes sideways when interviewer reveals terms of training

Brad Dickson

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New employee cashes several wrong paychecks, is dismayed when her 'paycheck [is] ripped from her hands'

Remy Millisky

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'Hire me. And then I'll leave': Karen demands a job and causes a scene after being told no, refuses to leave and is escorted out by security

Brad Dickson

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