workplace-stories

Employee gets scolded after one day of failing to meet daily quota, despite years of overperforming, leading employee to do only the bare minimum until quitting: ‘They lost me as an overachiever’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'She knows I'm jobless': Former employee gets rejected from ex-boss, then asked to donate to company fundraising event

Ben Weiss

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'I'll make sure it's $30 Every. Single. Time': Employee gets reprimanded for going $1.02 over expense limit, maliciously complies with boss's orders

Ben Weiss

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'I decided to be open': New boss of 4 months asks employees for feedback, gets upset at their advice

Remy Millisky

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Maintenance technician warns boss about faulty pipe, boss refuses to pay him overtime to fix it, resulting in a flooded office: ‘Pipe didn’t want to wait till Monday’

Bar Mor Hazut

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17-year-old bakery employee surprises customers with revenge on boss: 'It makes me laugh now'

Remy Millisky

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'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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