workplace-stories

31-year-old photographer confronts entitled mom during a couple's photoshoot, after she demands pictures of her kids for free: ‘Just snap a few, it costs you nothing’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New American boss tries to cut British-based employee's "excessive" PTO, HR sides with employee: 'I have referred this to HR because I think this isn't right'

Ben Weiss

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'8/10, see me after class': Gas station employee quits job by editing petty manager's note for all to see

Remy Millisky

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Manager informs employees that they won't receive their pooled tips and she's donating them to a struggling coworker instead: ‘I don't know how to react’

Lana DeGaetano

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New supervisor tells employee not to bother coming in to work if he's even 5 minutes late, he just turns around and goes home every time he gets stuck in traffic, prompting a reversal of the rule: 'I won’t be coming in'

Brad Dickson

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Nepo-hire claims 15-page report as her own to impress CEO, coworker ousts her: '[She] took all the credit'

Remy Millisky

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Client accidentally sends engineer confidential documents, yet refuses to believe engineer after they claim to delete them, leading to a security dispute: ‘I didn’t mind escalating it’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Entitled boss forces overworked employee to pause payroll and prioritize new report, maliciously complies, delaying payroll for the entire company: 'You could almost see the steam coming out of his ears'

Ben Weiss

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'You don't sound sick to me': Employee refuses to give in to management pressures not to use any PTO, records conversation with boss to prove their actions are illegal

Bar Mor Hazut

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Entitled boss spells company name wrong in his emails for years, fed up employee reports it anonymously to the board of directors: ‘He lost his credibility’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'She just lied to us all to try to keep us all on her good side': 10 Employees who worked for toxic bosses

Remy Millisky

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Employee quits after getting written up for being 2 minutes late after covering 3 people's jobs for 6 months: 'I got a formal write-up'

Brad Dickson

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'Don’t want me start before 8:00? Fine!': Micromanaging boss refuses to let employee clock in before 8:00 AM, employee maliciously complies to prove a point

Ben Weiss

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'I dropped a $2,650 ice sculpture... minutes before its unveiling': 25+ Employees who made colossal mistakes on the job

Remy Millisky

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Manager approves employees' unlimited overtime for Mother's Day week, only to take it back halfway through: ‘You are doing too much overtime’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'He was gone in 5 minutes': 25+ Employees who got fired on their first day of work

Remy Millisky

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