workplace-stories

'Let’s stick to what’s actually in your job description, alright?': Boss tells employee to focus on his main duties, employee maliciously complies and stops answering the phones

Ben Weiss

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Entitled coworker keeps taking employee's mug without permission, employee gets even by lining the rim with cat food: 'Smells like victory!'

Ben Weiss

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Teacher told to "work contracted hours" when he's been helping kids in the gym after school, he stops forcing the district to hire someone: ‘I was told to work my contractual hours, I’m only paid until 2:22. I did this for fun, and it was unofficial’

Brad Dickson

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'I cost him his desired job': Admin employee gets back at condescending colleague by revealing to a hiring manager his bad nature during a reference call for his next job

Bar Mor Hazut

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'[He] asked HR to prove it': 15-year employee in his late 50s saves himself from getting fired when company doesn't want to pay his pension

Remy Millisky

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Employee quiet quits for 6 months until neglectful boss notices and fires her: 'I honestly can't believe it took them this long to notice'

Ben Weiss

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Construction manager meets with unqualified boss to tell him his workload is too high, boss gives him more work, he quits: 'Ok then, I am resigning.'

Brad Dickson

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Bossy coworker bursts into tears when a young colleague asks her to stop barking orders and show some basic respect, setting off a chain reaction and behind-the-scenes HR chats: ‘The thought of asking nicely literally drove her to tears’

Etai Eshet

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Entitled coworker demands employee give her their bonus since they don't have kids and ‘don’t seem to need it like she does', employee reports her to HR: ‘I thought we were friends’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss removes flexible working conditions, leading to the resignation of a top employee : 'Boss wanted to take away the only reason I stayed in the company'

Brad Dickson

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Boss says "no overtime," employee leaves right at 5 pm when their shift is over, even though it's in the middle of a company emergency: 'Sorry, I’d love to help, but I really don’t want to violate company policy.'

Brad Dickson

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15+ Employees who had coworkers with bizarre personalities: 'By the time he was fired everyone in the office was being driven up the wall'

Remy Millisky

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Gossipy coworker keeps track of colleague’s time off, complains to others about their approved absences, and invents his own hardships for sympathy: ‘That family situation he referenced didn’t exist’

Etai Eshet

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Employee asks to work remotely while office bathroom is out of order, boss denies request: 'I’ve been skipping food and water from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on office days'

Ben Weiss

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'Good luck selling air': Retail workers instructed not to stock storefront shelves, they comply despite knowing it will affect sales, resulting in a dispute with management

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I am practically walking on eggshells’: Woman writes colleague ‘nasty’ notes and slams office doors to intimidate them for reheating food in their break room

Lana DeGaetano

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