workplace-stories

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

Ben Weiss

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‘If he gets a third [warning] he could be fired’: Unrelenting coworker badgers man for his secret homemade hot sauce recipe, to the point where the two cannot be assigned to work on the same projects

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

Brad Dickson

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Boss denies manufacturer's request for a raise, manufacturer quits and business ends up down $300,000: '[You] could've just given me the 15k raise!'

Ben Weiss

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'The last guard got fired for refusing': Security guard files report against management and leaves mid-shift, after being denied a radio and ordered to stand in unsafe position, only to be falsely accused of “abandoning post” by management when he refuses

Emma Saven

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Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks: 'My ex-boss quit [just] two weeks after I left'

Ben Weiss

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‘When I refused, she actually went to our manager to complain’: Coworker gets mad when her dream trip overlaps with a colleague’s Christmas vacation, then demands they give it up because “Christmas matters more for families”

Etai Eshet

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'My manager is now panicking': Retail worker written up for taking legally required lunch breaks, discovers company auto-deducted 30-minute breaks even when she worked through them, costing her $900 in unpaid wages, so she reports them to the labor board

Emma Saven

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Boss’s boss grabs and eats employee’s special-ordered chips, ignores ownership, and turns snack packs into a power move while everyone watches in silence: “ He admitted he had taken them. No apology, no “oops”’

Etai Eshet

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Boss tells key client that go-to employee has left the company, employee quits for real when they find out: 'My supervisor told a high-end client that I was quitting. That was a lie, and I was gone for a week.'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quits after boss denies their request for a raise, then publicly offers the replacement $7,000 more per year: 'It was such a deliberate power move'

Ben Weiss

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New employee monitors boss's schedule, asking for confidential information and requesting to join meetings with higher-ups, boss left baffled: ‘It's not something I’m willing to discuss’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Am I crazy for thinking this is basic hygiene??’: Colleague touches all the bagels in her office breakfast spread with her bare hands, then refers to a coworker as ‘mom’ when they object to her unhygienic behavior

Lana DeGaetano

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Children's Museum employee gets fired after insisting on better treatment for fish: 'It is not your place to give me advice'

Remy Millisky

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Retail worker ridiculed for wearing personal jacket at work, he gets even by following the employee handbook: 'My jacket isn’t corporate approved? Neither are any of the other ones here!'

Ben Weiss

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'Suddenly they could rework the timeline': Manager demands team work unpaid overtime for a long-standing deadline, employees all respond by calling in ‘sick’, forcing manager to backtrack the timeline’s so-called ‘urgency’

Emma Saven

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