workplace-stories

Boss demands hourly employee wash workplace linens at their own home: 'He's saving money for the company at your expense':

Remy Millisky

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Boss-employee romance turns office into personal love nest, leaving coworker third-wheeling their jobs and taking on unfinished tasks: ‘it didn’t really bother me until it started to affect my job’

Etai Eshet

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Employee forced to take the red-eye home, refuses to come to work the next day, leaving boss scrambling: 'I came back to work the following day to a flurry of emails'

Ben Weiss

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UPDATE: 'CEO didn't understand what my department did apparently': New employee decides she's a supervisor and refuses training, workers maliciously comply with her demands

Remy Millisky

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'Either reduce my hours [or] pay me more!': Employee working 6 days a week forced to take a 30% pay cut, hands in his resignation and gets job with a top client

Ben Weiss

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15+ Employees who watched their coworkers get fired: 'HR cleaned out his desk within 10 minutes'

Remy Millisky

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15+ Bosses who had the worst workers: '[She was] sleeping on the job. She was a lifeguard. Fired on the spot'

Remy Millisky

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Employee gets fired after never showing up to work, uses ex-boss as a reference, he maliciously complies: 'IF you can get Karen to work for you, you will be VERY lucky'

Ben Weiss

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Employee finds out boss is getting fired after HR offers them her position, leading employee to consider giving boss a warning: ‘Should I tell her she's getting fired?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'My interview was at 10:00 AM': Job candidate waits two hours for his interview, walks out and gives HR a piece of his mind

Ben Weiss

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Boss draws names to decide which two ‘lucky’ employees would win a $100 bonus for meeting company goals: ‘You know, we didn't HAVE to do that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Management fires entire team out of nowhere, then tells them they can reapply for limited spaces: 'I don’t know where that leaves me'

Ben Weiss

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30 Job candidates who gave bizarre answers to their interviewers: 'Is this going to take long? I'm parked in a 15 minute spot'

Remy Millisky

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Employee quits job after entitled coworker steals his commissions, only to be hired back as a consultant who gets to boss the coworker around: ‘It was brilliant’

Bar Mor Hazut

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30 Workers who could not get along with their bad bosses: 'He said... "That's the worst idea I ever saw"'

Remy Millisky

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‘I think I’m going to need a lawyer’: Higher-ups force employee next in line for a promotion to take time off after an injury, then call them ‘unreliable’ despite requesting they be put on FMLA leave

Lana DeGaetano

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