workplace-stories

Entitled woman guilt-trips coworkers into giving her free food and perks, claiming she is a struggling single mom, coworker left furious when discovering she's actually living a luxurious lifestyle: 'Everyone else is buying her 'poor me' act'

Emma Saven

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Company refuses to give employees raises unless they have a competing offer, employee provides a fake offer letter, resulting in a $45,000 raise: ‘Don't mind if I do’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Essential employee resigns during meeting with "huge" client after being denied a raise and getting another job offer mid-meeting, client cancels contract: 'I accepted their offer, contract in my email within 5 minutes, digitally signed it within 10'

Brad Dickson

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Underpaid employee scores $170k job offer elsewhere, then recruits 6 other colleagues to leave their stingy company high and dry: ‘The feeling of vindication is unreal’

Lana DeGaetano

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Hotel guest ignore the signs and park their car in blocked parking lot during construction, forcing front desk to wake them up at 6:00 to demand they move their vehicle: ‘They drove under the caution tape’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Delete anyone who doesn’t use it daily': IT developer maliciously complies with manager’s demand to restrict coworkers' portal access, after being blamed by multiple employees for being removed, he locks manager out of portal for not meeting requirements

Emma Saven

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48-year-old coworker mocks employee for reading a children's book, employee cries on cue to get him in trouble: 'Maybe keep your opinions to yourself sometimes'

Ben Weiss

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‘The look on her face...it was priceless and it felt so good’: Ex "supervisor" tries to act superior and snubs a coworker, but she gets payback and pretends not to know the former assistant manager’s name

Etai Eshet

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Employee calls the Fire Department after manager refuses to fix a hazard in the store's aisles, Fire Chief closes the store until manager complies with regulations: ‘Corporate was not happy’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee discovers that restaurant manager has been changing her and her 17-year-old coworker's clock out times when they are forced to stay late after closing: 'You know you don’t get paid past 8:15 right?'

Brad Dickson

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10+ Unwritten rules employees shared about their workplace environments: 'Speak to the boss as if you were talking to a young child'

Ben Weiss

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'Manager changed my clock-out times': New employees get left alone to close the store, forcing them to clock out an hour late every day, only to find out they don't get paid past closing time

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets even with petty boss by providing email receipts, gets fired: 'She saw an opportunity'

Remy Millisky

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Customer demands an off-the-clock employee to help her find an item to repurchase in-store, then chews out the store's pregnant manager when the item's price changed from what it was 20 years prior: ‘Technology, inflation, reality, pick one’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She makes me feel like a fraternity pledge’: Bossy coworker treats temp lab tech like a personal assistant, demanding non-work-related chores and favors

Etai Eshet

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‘You’re just the help with a fancy knife set, don’t act like you’re above me’: Entitled charity gala guest causes a scene after catering chef refuses to make her a special off-menu pasta dish

Etai Eshet

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