workplace-stories

Advertisement

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 44771077

Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Advertisement

workplace-stories satisfying quitting story contractor developers Workplace - 44744453

15+ Workplaces that fell apart after one important employee quit

‘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

‘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

management workplace discussion employment issues boss workplace-stories coworkers colleague Workplace - 44750853

‘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

Advertisement

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

‘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

Coworkers getting fired boss workplace-stories fired story coworkers customers - 44715013

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

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’

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’

Advertisement

management workplace discussion employment issues workplace-stories hr coworkers relationships colleague Workplace red flag - 44706309

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'

management workplace discussion employment issues boss workplace-stories hr coworkers colleague Workplace - 44694277

‘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

‘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

‘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

Advertisement

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

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’

workplace-stories retail worker satisfying quitting story employees Workplace - 44673797

15+ Retail employees who quit on the spot

management workplace discussion employment issues boss workplace-stories hr coworkers colleague retired retirement Workplace - 44674821

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

Advertisement

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance new hire work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Employment - 44681221

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

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’

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’

Trending Now

Employee Accepts New Job and Gives Notice, Then Comes Back Begging for Old Job After New Company Rescinds Offer

Employee Accepts New Job and Gives Notice, Then Comes Back Begging for Old Job After New Company Rescinds Offer

Boss demands employee stop leaving a minute early at the end of the workday, despite knowing employee also arrives early, employee responds: ‘Why nitpick?’

Boss demands employee stop leaving a minute early at the end of the workday, despite knowing employee also arrives early, employee responds: ‘Why nitpick?’

'Teenagers pushed us too far': Patient neighbors reach their limit after months of teenage craze and a late-night fence break-in, and get the family nearly evicted by texting the landlord a time-stamped video compilation

'Teenagers pushed us too far': Patient neighbors reach their limit after months of teenage craze and a late-night fence break-in, and get the family nearly evicted by texting the landlord a time-stamped video compilation

Woman Stops Accepting Her Neighbor’s Deliveries After She Ignores Two Requests to End the Nonstop Package Flood, Then the Neighbor Gets Upset When She Refuses One More

Woman Stops Accepting Her Neighbor’s Deliveries After She Ignores Two Requests to End the Nonstop Package Flood, Then the Neighbor Gets Upset When She Refuses One More

Employee interrupts team-building meeting to complain about not needing the training, leading coworkers to call employee out: 'The team looked at me in disbelief'

Employee interrupts team-building meeting to complain about not needing the training, leading coworkers to call employee out: 'The team looked at me in disbelief'

Clever manufacturing plant worker plans a 20-person meeting that no one attends, then gets even with the no-show employees: 'Management had a fit'

Clever manufacturing plant worker plans a 20-person meeting that no one attends, then gets even with the no-show employees: 'Management had a fit'

Advertisement