workplace-stories

‘The bright side is: she’s finally quiet and respectful of our shared space’: Colleague melts down and throws a tantrum after being told to remove desk decorations for fire inspection, accuses her coworker of betrayal, and refuses to speak

Etai Eshet

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Coworker pressures teammates to buy lunch for the entire team, using birthdays and special occasions as an excuse to get free food: ‘At first, we thought it was just her being friendly’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Approve my 1-week PTO or accept my 2-week notice': Boss denies IT employee's vacation request until he trains the new hire on a decade worth of experience, employee refuses and submits his resignation instead

Ben Weiss

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‘I learned my lesson': 19-year-old night janitor agrees to take on boss's work during summer break, immediately regrets it after discovering they won't get compensated for the extra work

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘What's the C-suite's play here?’: Company lets go of 40+ high-performing employees, then immediately posts 40+ better-paying jobs on a job board, leaving employees dumbfounded

Lana DeGaetano

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23-year-old employee demands that 24-year-old coworker pays for her parking ticket because she said they could park there: 'She was lying!'

Ben Weiss

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"‘I have no interest"’: Manager's new elderly employee refuses to complete his job duties simply because he doesn't want to do them, upper management fails to re-train or fire him

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager threatens to write up employee if they don't call their coworker next time they fail to show up for their shift, employee refuses: ‘That's not my responsibility’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She’s acting like a 12-year-old in middle school fawning over her unobtainable crush who happens to be dating me’: 35-year-old coworker Sarah fixates on colleague’s boyfriend she never met, fishing for details and copying her to feel connected to him

Etai Eshet

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Supervisor refuses to let employee enter their shared office to take their bag at the end of the day, employee enters anyway, leading to an office dispute: ‘I have the right to access my own belongings’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hiring manager accidentally sends job candidate feedback on their interview, revealing their true thoughts, candidate considers using it for the next interview: ‘They said I lacked enthusiasm’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee reports 2 remote coworkers who fail to complete their daily tasks because they're too busy babysitting their children and grandchildren, upper management threatens RTO mandate in response: ‘The company is not paying them to be a SAHM’

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager tells 21-year-old retail worker to "just smile more," she obliges by smiling non-stop for her entire shift, horrifying a Karen customer: 'For the rest of my shift, and every shift after, I smiled'

Brad Dickson

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'I am not employed elsewhere!': HR accuses remote worker of "overemployment" due to "abormal" keyboard and mouse activity

Ben Weiss

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Construction employee gets even with coworker by making him think he's instantly rich: 'He called my boss... [and] quit immediately on the spot'

Remy Millisky

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47-year-old employee on business trip turns down dinner with coworkers, boss threatens consequences: 'It was outside work hours, unpaid, and not scheduled'

Ben Weiss

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