workplace-stories

Employee quits job without notice after accepting a job offer, leading current CEO to reach out to their new job to complain: ‘He called to tell them I didn't put in a notice’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Ben Weiss

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Manager blocks employee from getting a promotion, driving them to quit their job, years later same manager applies to a position in employee's new company: ‘I got her interview canceled’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Retail worker’s attempt to resign turns into a game of cat and mouse as her boss ignores and keeps calling her in for shifts she’s already quit: ‘I make it clear I’m resigning, not taking leave, she tells me to “let her know when I'm ready to come back”’

Etai Eshet

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'Whole spreadsheets, proposals, pitch decks, gone': Toxic boss continually deletes employees' work to 'test' their 'adaptability' under pressure

Lana DeGaetano

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New coworker demands that things are done "by the book" forcing the manager to remove flexible working agreements with the staff and making everything worse for everyone: 'Rules are Rules and they are there for a reason'

Brad Dickson

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'The guy who cost the company $3 million dollars': 20+ Employees who made colossal mistakes at work

Remy Millisky

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Employer demands new hires finance their own travel expenses for a 2-week training out of state, leading employee to reconsider accepting the job: ‘I guess that’s the catch’

Bar Mor Hazut

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10+ new hires who got fired for ridiculous reasons: ''[The new] cook stole a 25 lb bag of onions!'

Ben Weiss

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‘Tina always acted like the simplest parts of the job were beneath her’: Dental office assistant Tina hides supplies to avoid work, pushing her coworker to stop covering for her, leading to Tina’s dramatic departure

Etai Eshet

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Apathetic boss disallows employee to take a yearly vacation with their sick mother, but allows the rest of their colleagues to take them without hesitation: ‘My boss told me that I was "bringing down morale"’

Lana DeGaetano

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Veteran tech employee refuses to be the default mentor for a needy new hire, Kaitlyn after being volunteered without warning: “Our manager casually said, ‘Oh, and Kaitlyn will be shadowing Clara for onboarding’’’

Etai Eshet

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Management tries to set up gas station worker by accusing him of stealing $0.03 slushie, he exposes all of their secrets and gets them fired instead: 'I got 20 people fired because they tried to fire me'

Brad Dickson

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On-call employee reprimanded for her work clothing, even though her boss's wife wears the same outfits to the office: 'She complains to her husband about me needing to cover up'

Emma Saven

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Difficult coworker goes on sick leave after employee refuses to do her work for her: 'I ended up having to take over all of her tasks'

Ben Weiss

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Employees refuse to run office errands on their way to lunch, leading manager to revoke the work hours flexibility they allowed so far: ‘Rules are there for a reason'

Bar Mor Hazut

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