workplace-stories

15+ Workplaces that fell apart after one important employee quit

Remy Millisky

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‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Should I tell my boss how upset I am with them?’: Employee wants to skip work lunch her boss invited her to, because she doesn’t like 2 of the coworkers who are also attending

Etai Eshet

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‘You're not going to win this fight’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

Bar Mor Hazut

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15+ Employees who got fired for great reasons: 'A coworker drove 80+ MPH making a delivery'

Remy Millisky

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Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

Bar Mor Hazut

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30-year-old woman blocks male coworker for “being distant” after she stepped back to appease her jealous boyfriend, and still expected casual friendly office small talk: '[She] blocked me for respecting the distance she created'

Etai Eshet

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‘He’s trying to get me fired but he’s just too dumb to do it well’: Coworker tries to get the contractor in trouble by micromanaging and tattling to higher ups but they all ignore him

Etai Eshet

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‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: Employee refuses to work for client after they take him out of project for being too expensive, client admits they made a huge mistake

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss refuses to let employee use WFH perk, then proceeds to use it herself every week: ‘She used multiple excuses to block the staff from using the option’

Bar Mor Hazut

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15+ Retail employees who quit on the spot

Remy Millisky

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Retired coworker Jeff spots a colleague on medical leave eating dinner and decides to play unpaid HR and tells their managers

Etai Eshet

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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

Brad Dickson

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Manager refuses to let employees eat at workstation, employee books the conference room and eats their lunch there every day: ‘I'm sitting alone at a twenty-person table’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manufacturer helps client with urgent order by supplying differently specced parts at client's agreement, client still makes official complaint because the parts weren't to normal specification, manufacturer delays their orders thereafter in retaliation

Brad Dickson

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Boss admits she intentionally gave one employee extra work to test how they cope, while her coworker, Sue, slacks and leaves them handling whole project alone

Etai Eshet

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