workplace-stories

Employee forced to stay late for optics, puts in hours of OT for doing nothing: 'Well, you asked me to stay late!'

Ben Weiss

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Director upset that employee emailed their resignation when she's unreachable while working from home against company policy, freezes their entire bank account after accidentally overpaying them on their final pay: 'I do plan to formally escalate'

Brad Dickson

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19-year-old woman blocks fellow student from getting job: '[She] always seems to one-up me'

Remy Millisky

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New boss denies employee’s sick time over wording technicality: ‘Next time I call in, my text will only say I’m SICK’

Etai Eshet

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Woman discovers staff’s sassy and demanding behavior toward colleague while covering for her: ‘I wouldn't even call it a request. The tone of these emails are condescending and bossy’

Etai Eshet

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Petty employee gets boss to sign off on 50,000 unusable catalogs and causes 2 week delay, boss gets fired: 'It's something I NEVER would have done'

Remy Millisky

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Employee's hours get cut, then boss calls him to come in early, employee stands his ground: 'If they wanted me in early, they shouldn’t have cut my hours!'

Ben Weiss

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“When did PTO become Part Time Off?”: 21 reactions from seasoned employees offering off-grid comebacks and advice

Etai Eshet

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Company’s “No leaving break room during breaks” policy backfires as employees comply strictly, leaving managers scrambling during a work crisis: ‘I'm sorry but according to the rules YOU made, I can be terminated for completing your request’

Etai Eshet

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Job candidate gets caught in a lie during phone interview after creating fake resume: 'I [hung] up on my interviewer and blocked her'

Ben Weiss

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Ex-boss offers $250 gift card to the employee he fired in exchange for potential job candidates: 'I actually like my friends and would never recommend they try for employment at this company'

Ben Weiss

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Boss accuses burned-out worker of sabotaging the company, still wants them to work their two week's notice when they quit: 'My boss asked me [if] I was sabotaging the company'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quits toxic job, watches as former company breaks down without them: 'Kiss your business goodbye'

Remy Millisky

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‘I would not recommend hiring him’: Job seeker asks sister-in-law to be a reference when applying to the company she works at, SIL badmouths him and ruins his chances

Lana DeGaetano

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Coworker throws employee ‘under the bus’ and blames her for a mistake on a project they had equal part in, employee refuses to assist her on her next individual project: ‘She panicked’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘My boss, his boss, and the HR Director took turns screaming at me’: 3 power-tripping executives try to intimidate employee into quitting because they're unable to fire them immediately, employee refuses

Lana DeGaetano

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