workplace-stories

‘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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'It's been a rough year': Aggressive CEO demands clean office in bizarre r/MaliciousCompliance Reddit post

Brad Dickson

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Update: 'You should fire us! Ok.': Client suggests ending fifty year relationship with small trucking business, they take their advice and dismantle their client's network

Brad Dickson

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'He tried to ruin my chances': Employee poached by new company with double the salary, old boss calls company and tries to sabotage employee

Ben Weiss

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'I got fired for speaking up': Tyrannical boss fires employee for protesting working conditions, employee reports boss to DOL, boss gets fired and closes shop

Eleonora Bader

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'You can say goodbye to your bonus this month': Mechanics pressured to prioritize extra work, CEO takes away their bonuses, they band together for revenge

Ben Weiss

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'We all figured out pretty quickly how to game the KPI system': Boss says "Hit KPIs" employees do... but business suffers

Brad Dickson

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