workplace-stories

Demanding print advertising client ignores graphic designer's suggestions and forbids them from using any color except for blue: 'The end result was one giant flat blue square'

Brad Dickson

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Colleague insists visiting employee leave their car unlocked because there's ‘no crime’ down South, employee refuses: ‘I couldn't take the chance’

Lana DeGaetano

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HR rejects job candidate for being overly eager and “trying too hard”, going into great detail in the rejection email, leaving candidate to wonder: ‘Is this even appropriate?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company tech support insists on only helping via voice texts, until exasperated IT manager does the same to them with all their passwords: ‘Suddenly they switched to text’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker quits on the spot after boss fires him and demands he stay 3 weeks to train his replacement: ‘You can't toss someone overboard and ask them to train someone as they go over the railing’

Etai Eshet

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Job candidate lies about having a partner in an interview for a family-oriented company, she gets the job, then panics about keeping up the lie: ‘They keep asking about my partner’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I’m two days in, and the "red flag" list is already a mile long’: Designer wants to quit job 2 days in after 8 months of unemployment

Etai Eshet

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'Good luck finding a replacement for me': Employee resigns after manager downplays his work, prompting four other employees to quit

Ben Weiss

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Employee dishes out well-deserved karma on workplace tormentor in a company meeting: ‘After that, everything shifted’

Lana DeGaetano

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Scorned employee divulges plan to resign after dealing with narcissistic boss for far too long: ‘He spoke to me as if I was a child’

Lana DeGaetano

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Business owner refuses to share the PIN to sensitive work documents with their employee: ‘I want things done legally and safely’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee refuses to take on new clients after handing in their notice, management accuses them of not being a team player in response: ‘I’m being turned into the villain’

Bar Mor Hazut

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University admin retires after five months’ notice, managers ignore her replacement warnings and blame her when chaos hits: ‘Now they're paying the price'’

Etai Eshet

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Company forces lab employees to use PTO for a weather-related closure: ‘This cannot be legal. The company is deciding for us’

Etai Eshet

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Employee forced to come into work despite snowstorm emergency: 'I was told to dig myself out'

Ben Weiss

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Employees forced to return to office after years of working remotely, only to find out the company failed to rent a space big enough for everyone: ‘The desks are crammed together’

Bar Mor Hazut

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