workplace-stories

‘I literally laughed’: Job seeker storms out of interview after their interviewer asks them how they ‘handle’ unpaid overtime, sparks debate about salaried vs hourly employees

Lana DeGaetano

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Fired employee gets payback by deleting thousands of hours of work after discovering his team was still using his folder: 'This is my drive and my work'

Ben Weiss

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'I've been set up for failure': Boss informs overworked employee their annual bonus would be $0, insulted employee quits on the spot in response

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I obviously assumed there was a baby inside of that stroller': Restaurant server discovers diner brought wild animal inside

Remy Millisky

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'Gave notice, got fired instead': Employee quits job but offers boss to stay until they find replacement, only to be told to leave effective immediately

Bar Mor Hazut

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“Your boss isn’t traveling 190 miles just to fire you’: 17 calming reactions to a scared employee spiraling over a lunch invite

Etai Eshet

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30-year-old refuses to trade vacation days with 35-year-old coworker for her family trip: 'Just because I don’t have kids doesn’t mean my time off is any less valuable'

Ben Weiss

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Employee discreetly looks for another job, only for boss to find out and demand they stop the search, employee refuses to back down: ‘I cannot stay at this job’

Bar Mor Hazut

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20+ Employees who quit their toxic jobs on the spot, surprising their bosses: 'I really needed that job... but I didn't need to be treated that way'

Remy Millisky

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Coworker sends entire office into fabricated crisis looking for “missing” item she hid to teach one worker a lesson: ‘I honestly don’t know whether to be annoyed or just baffled’

Etai Eshet

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Three overworked coworkers quit within days of each other, company tanks, CEO gets desperate: 'What's is going to take to keep you?'

Ben Weiss

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22-year-old employee emails company CEO each time coworkers don't answer their emails, asks if it's a "big deal": 'You [are] being high maintenance'

Remy Millisky

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Manager turns an approved short vacation into layoff ultimatum, leaving 5-year-strong loyal employee stuck and unsure: ‘I've worked every holiday, hardly call out or request days off, picked up shifts, and never had any issues’

Etai Eshet

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HR begs employees to donate their vacation days to coworker on medical leave: 'Nah. My PTO is my PTO'

Ben Weiss

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‘I'm not taking some kid into my home without the parents knowing’: Man calls the cops on an unsupervised 2-year-old wandering around the neighborhood, gets scolded by a neighbor because he didn't assume guardianship of the toddler

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘We each got a bobble head of one of the executives’: 20+ Employees share the worst bonuses they've received from their jobs

Lana DeGaetano

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