This boss got a little overeager about enforcing the rules. As a manager, this man thought he could make up rules for his employees to follow. But that's not always a manager's job---usually, they're supposed to make sure everyone else follows the rules and regulations. This manager was trying to solve an ongoing issue at his workplace, which was that employees were constantly late. Every office treats latenesses differently. Some take a militant stance that everyone should be in their seats at…

You have to mess up royally to get fired on Day One, but the reality is… it happens. We often talk about what compels people to walk out of a job interview or what has made people quit on the spot. However, if we haven't experienced this already, one day we are going to find ourselves on the other side of this conflict and in the unfortunate position of having to fire someone for inappropriate behavior. Maybe you all didn't do enough of a good job during the hiring process to be sure that this…

You wake up every day and drive into the office to do your job… and there's a comfort in that dull mundanity, a consistency. You've got a mortgage to pay and a family to feed, so you're happy (enough) and more or less resigned to the arrangement. Yet, as time goes on, you find yourself doing more and more work, your coworkers are leaving, and no one is being hired to replace them, leaving their workload split up amongst those remaining. The company is floundering—that's easy enough to see—and u…

Not every boss is serious and hard-working—some are so goofy, they barely get any work done at all. Much like the lovably cringe Michael Scott, the boss from “The Office,” these people had bosses who seemed to want to do anything other than work.

When you go out of your way to attend an interview, no one really owes you anything, but you might expect that you'd be treated with a little common decency—and that a little thing called decorum would be followed. Sure, there's nothing in writing, and no commitments have been made, but by going out of your way—and out of pocket—to put a vote of confidence in them and their process, you'd hope that you might actually get to sit down in a room with them… Not receiving a cancellation via text and…

Certain things in life bring with them a certain finality… Like getting fired, signing up for a mortgage, or having kids. But it's important to note that they also bring with them opportunity... Opportunity for new pathways and new experiences—even if those experiences are more mundane than the ones that came before. The reality is that when one door closes, another one opens, and you'll likely find that you end up in the right place eventually, even if you really wish that that initial door ha…

This remote worker despises their office, and they're prepared to go to great lengths to keep their work from home routine . Before the dark years of the early 2020s, probably not a lot of people did remote work or even really knew what it was. Remote working was a thing you did while on vacation, but not something you'd do full time. While we all had to huddle at home for months on end, many of us got remote work jobs for the first time. Suddenly, it became an acceptable norm for workers to do…

It's never too late to realize your colleagues and managers do not have your back. As a younger person in the 21st century, it's fairly easy to enter the working world armed with cynicism about everything, but for many people, the deluded notion of “your work is your life” is a hard one to shake. Despite all the signs around you saying otherwise, there are still some folks out there who foolishly cling to the idea that all the hard work will be worth it when you get that one promotion. Of cours…

It's pretty safe to say that forcing our the only worker in your company who knows the contacts and data for all of your suppliers would be—well… logistically, a bad idea. It would be common sense to, at the very least, tactfully make sure that you understand the ins and outs and inner workings of their role before you decide to bully them out of the company. But, if you're the sort of manager or employer who is willing to use this strategy as a management tactic, it's probably safe to say that…

This data analyst wasn't able to access data … what did their workplace expect them to do all day long? Communication between departments at an office can be a struggle sometimes. This is especially true if the person works at a large company. When there are hundreds of employees, even simple tasks may have to go through a dozen workers before it can be started. Sometimes it seems like just to get one task done, five meetings have to happen first. This kind of red tape can really slow people do…

It should be no surprise to any worker in this day and age that companies usually have a far greater hiring budget than the budget for retention and raises for existing workers. Hiring and filling positions is a priority, and there is little consideration of the fact that they fail to offer competitive rates and incentives to their workers to encourage them to stay, which is the reason why they need to hire so many new workers in the first place. It makes logical sense when you quickly lay it o…

There is nothing more eye-roll-inducing than confirming your suspicions that your boss does not follow the same rules you are expected to follow. It's like when you're in school and you're expected to complete the math test without a calculator. Then, later that day, you see your math teacher grading the same test with a calculator right by her side. If authority figures are unable to lead by example and to live up to the same set of expectations they enforce onto others, then they shouldn't be…

This dude is the kind of coworker we all dream of having: he's not afraid to push the limits , and he is hilarious while doing so. This is a story about telemarketing calls that would not stop. Perhaps you yourself are familiar with telemarketers. They were incessant during the 1990s and early 2000s: it was common to receive call after call during dinner time. You and your family would be sat around the table eating a chicken dinner, only for a random number to call and start asking questions.…

There are many ways to get even with your boss after you were unjustly fired, but revealing company secrets has got to be the most high-stakes option. Now, as someone who does not have the guts to pull this kind of petty revenge off, I have to step back and marvel at some of these folks for speaking their truth. That being said, they did do it behind the anonymous safety net of this r/AskReddit thread, but still, I guess we should give credit where credit is due. As for my company secrets, that…

This person came by to “forgive” some employees who made him mad, but then he started yelling at them instead. In an odd video posted by u/galaxystars1, a bystander is filming inside of a AAA as a (former) customer flips out. There are two sides to every story, and we only see a small segment of what happened here. But as the upset customer says, he had a 26-year-long membership with AAA, and the company cancelled it. Though they don't say why, someone mentions that this dude shows up often to…

Quitting a job can feel like freedom, especially if you get to stick it to your boss on your way out the door. No one is irreplaceable at their job, but it's nice when your workplace makes you feel appreciated. Employees can be motivated with positivity, like raises, bonuses, or even pizza parties. But some bosses choose a cheaper and meaner route: they simply remind their employees constantly that they should be grateful for the work, because the company could get rid of them at any time. Plac…