workplace-stories

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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Employee gets berated for sitting during 12-hour shift despite having a doctor's note, quits on the spot: 'I won't be in tomorrow. Or ever again'

Ben Weiss

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Teen working at local grocery store shows their boss why they don't "always" offer to take people's groceries out to their car: 'He emphasized it was the store policy and I need to offer help to EVERYONE'

Brad Dickson

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'You're fired... now give us all the passwords': Manager creates 100 character long passwords for company after being fired

Remy Millisky

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Business traveler spends $218 on taxi after company refuses to reimburse his train ticket: 'No can do... order me a taxi'

Remy Millisky

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Boss invents fake conversations to demand employee return to the office full-time, leaving the employee weighing HR complaints against quitting: ‘This isn’t the first time my boss changed his mind, and then blamed me for misunderstanding’

Etai Eshet

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Employee complains to tech support about broken printer, IT guy discovers employee completely soaked it: 'I found pools of water in ridiculous places'

Ben Weiss

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