workplace-stories

'19-year-old forklift driver... didn't understand why he was fired': 20+ Employees who got quickly fired after making big mistakes while on the job

Remy Millisky

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Lazy, unreliable employee is chosen for better-paying role over punctual, star employee: ‘I think nature will take its course’

Lana DeGaetano

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Tech employee gets petty revenge on the company that thinks he's "no longer needed": 'I turned off every automated task I had ever set up'

Remy Millisky

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'You're not paid to think': Employee gets boss fired by proving that she was responsible for company losing two major clients after she ignored employee's warnings

Bar Mor Hazut

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Construction employee spends $40 to trick coworker into quitting his job: '[He was] thinking he became rich'

Remy Millisky

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‘I’ve been warned by my manager to not to go to HR because they “won’t care about petty drama”’: Hotel night shift coworker dodges every task, leaving all the work and stress to her teammate while management turns a blind eye

Etai Eshet

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Boss steals the batteries from employee's mouse when he's not looking, employee gets even: 'Swap batteries, then dump your unfinished coffee into his trash can'

Ben Weiss

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Healthcare professional faints on the job and gets sent home by boss, only to be scolded for calling out sick the next day: ‘[This] is not an acceptable practice’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee keeps doing entitled coworker's work, gets even by keeping her from taking her break: 'She's just itching to run out of here, but she can't leave'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate stands up to company after they offer him $80k salary instead of the $90k they posted in job listing, gets told to back down: ‘This is your first job right out of college'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Cashier confronts hair salon customer who won't tip on $950 styling: 'She told me I am not welcome back'

Remy Millisky

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Management forbids tech support employees from providing customers solutions to their problems, claiming it makes them look bad: ‘We had customers call back for months’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Waiters get petty revenge on demanding diner: 'I made an entitled customer wait for hours'

Remy Millisky

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20+ Food service employees who made giant mistakes at work: 'Closed the restaurant for 9 days and the plumbing bill alone was $89,000'

Remy Millisky

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Conniving boss cancels employee's doctor's appointment without their consent, so they file a formal complaint and kickstart a HIPAA violation investigation: ‘I did not authorize these changes”

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss advises hourly employee to avoid working overtime, but VP of the company keeps scheduling meetings with them after 5 PM: ‘It’s starting to get to me’

Lana DeGaetano

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