workplace-stories

'HR keeps telling her to hang in there': After leadership change at small non-profit, employee faced policy-defying demands from a new supervisor, and was placed on a PIP despite documenting compliance, HR refuses to intervene following complaints

Emma Saven

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Employee sends an email criticizing management to the entire company by accident, causing other coworkers to come forward and sound their complaints: ‘I'm probably getting fired tomorrow’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Have a good life': Employee quits toxic job on the spot after entitled boss texts that they're "not appreciating your attitude"

Remy Millisky

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Coffee shop employees create list of "favorite" and "not-so-favorite" regulars: 'I would have LOVED a board like this'

Remy Millisky

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56-year-old coworker makes a Google Doc of petty complaints to get the receptionist fired, shares it with entire staff, but no one backs her, and she just embarrasses herself: ‘She's all talk but no walk. She just wants to cause drama.’

Etai Eshet

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'I do all the work for him to get all the credit': Employee discovers he's leaving the company after boss announces his departure at a company-wide meeting

Ben Weiss

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'Dude shows up with a clipboard and an attitude': Builder fed up with inexperienced supervisor Derek's tedious new rules, so they purposely drop productivity rates by 75%, ensuring he is transferred to another site

Emma Saven

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‘Since you're ahead of your tasks, why didn't you text me asking me for more work?’: Overworked employee quits on the spot after their manager reprimands them for taking a 10-minute break

Lana DeGaetano

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'I got to continually tell customers "No"': Pet store employee and wise boss gets satisfying revenge on entitled customers

Remy Millisky

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‘Our social media accounts are our private accounts’: Obsessive coworker demands all colleagues accept her Facebook friend requests, then cyberstalks them to the point of being blocked

Lana DeGaetano

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"Beloved doorman" gets fired on his day off, building management accidentally removes his access along with everyone else's in the building: 'His work ethic was too good for this place either way'

Ben Weiss

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'She said "I forgot that I worked here"': Employees reveal the most unusual excuses they've ever heard from someone calling off work

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss schedules employee to work during their vacation, threatens to fire them if they don't come in and hires someone to replace them: 'Turns out while I was gone he tried to replace me with someone who quit after 2 days'

Brad Dickson

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‘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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