workplace-stories

17-year-old babysitter quits after her boss’s husband, Jason, leaves, making her unpaid primary caretaker of their 1, 5, and 7-year-old unruly kids, dealing with their mom, Mina's daily emotional meltdowns: ‘ The 1-year-old calls me mom’

Etai Eshet

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‘I am ready to burn all bridges’: Entitled boss expects freshly let-go employee to do more work and train their replacement in the 2 months they have left at the company

Lana DeGaetano

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18-year-old working her first job takes her loafing coworker up on his offer after he tells her to "do it herself", takes his job after doing his work for him: 'I’m doing it myself now. With a raise'

Brad Dickson

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University employee tells off toxic CFO after being denied $2,000 bonus: '2 can play that game!'

Remy Millisky

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Entitled hotel customer books room for the wrong day, expects front desk employee to book a new room despite the hotel being sold out: ‘She is not budging. She just stands there’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss refuses to read emails, demands employee print them out for him instead, employee complies by making his desk look like a filing cabinet: 'He couldn’t find anything’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Entitled coworker conspires to get 11 employees fired, one employee stands up to her and ends up taking her job: 'She took it too far when she tried to mess with me'

Ben Weiss

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'I don’t need to be babysat': Project coordinator gets told to stop reminding supervisor about overdue tasks, only to be reprimanded when supervisor misses a deadline

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job candidate completes unpaid free labor for hiring manager, gets rejected for not going above and beyond: '[I] already have a full-time job [and] was only given two days to do this!'

Ben Weiss

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Supervisor tells team project coordinator to stop reminding him about a deadline, misses it: 'Now he thanks me every time I send a reminder'

Brad Dickson

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UPDATE: Freshly fired employee sabotages critically important project with petty presentation: 'It needs to be "basically ready" in 2 weeks'

Remy Millisky

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23-year-old woman gives best friend-turned-slacker employee a bad performance review after they request favoritism in the workplace: ‘She FLIPPED OUT’

Lana DeGaetano

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'You will do as I instruct you to do': Warehouse manager enforces temperature policy despite warnings from employees, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets written up for not staying late one shift after covering for manager countless times before, decides to quit without notice: ‘No more fixing other people's work’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee abruptly quits after their boss gives them the career runaround for 3 years, boss leaves a strongly-worded note along with their final paycheck: ‘It's so unprofessional’

Lana DeGaetano

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39-year-old employee told he's not allowed to use the break room at work because he's salaried: 'I can't get water or coffee now because it's too confusing for other people?'

Ben Weiss

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