workplace-stories

‘Guess who got written up?’: Warehouse manager forbids employees from double-checking shipments, causing major money loss when workers ship wrong items to customers

Bar Mor Hazut

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Entire team of employees quit after VP undermines their work, manager caught in the middle: 'It was the last straw for my team'

Ben Weiss

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‘Since when am I the HR fairy?’: Entitled coworker accuses colleague of stealing her promotion, despite failing to apply for the role to begin with

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman refuses to give her ex-husband's friend a job referral at her company, after choosing ex-husband's side over hers, goes on to tell HR not to hire him: 'Obviously, he never made it to the interview process'

Emma Saven

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‘I’ve never invited a coworker out since’: Employee has nightmare meal with coworker, who then demands to be driven home

Ben Weiss

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15+ Employees who made huge mistakes, but didn't get fired: 'He stole over $10,000... but was never fired'

Remy Millisky

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Entitled coworker gets fined $18,000 for changing the locks to the storage room when her manager was out: ‘She thought she got revenge’

Ben Weiss

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Hotel guest takes another guest's car keys from the valet and drives away, refuses to give them back when hotel staff calls to ask: 'They stole our key'

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘You can thank your insubordination for this!’: Boss responds to mass quitting by enforcing that employees give three months’ notice, employees rebel

Ben Weiss

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25-year-old employee gets written up by supervisor for not coming into work during his approved time off: ‘It’s not your job to make sure that your supervisor does her job’

Ben Weiss

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Coworker steals employee's client deck and passes off their work as his own, then gets upset when the employee confronts him: ‘Should I… let this man crumble under the weight of his lies?’

Lana DeGaetano

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20+ Employees who quit their jobs dramatically: 'I told him we're not having this conversation anymore, and walked out on the spot'

Remy Millisky

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Entitled lady demands that coworker stop bringing in elaborate meals for lunch and sharing them with employees: ‘She doesn't have a right to demand that!’

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate gets interview invite, only to be accidentally CC'd on an email in which the hiring manager declares he's ‘out’, candidate replies: ‘That message wasn't meant for me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Company rewards employee after they spend a weekend cleaning out the office supply closet and reorganizing it: ‘You improved productivity more than the two software systems we paid for’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘There must be a problem with that person’: 20+ red flags hiring managers found on various work resumes

Ben Weiss

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