workplace-stories

Advertisement

Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'

Employee forced to commute 200 miles a day is denied a promotion, quits and retroactively demands reimbursement for commute: 'In the end, [it] amounted to well over $21,000'

Horrible Bosses boss work advice Reddit reddit thread reddit story work workplace workplace-stories advice job work stories toxic-workplace PTO vacation

Supervisor tells employee they cannot take PTO on Tuesdays through Thursdays weekly, even for medical reasons: ‘We all have to make sacrifices’

Advertisement

work workplace workplace-stories coworkers work stories toxic-workplace antiwork job jobs Horrible Bosses boss Reddit reddit thread reddit story askreddit

‘Discovered my "desk" was literally a cardboard box turned sideways in a dimly lit closet’: Fed-up employees share why they quit their first days on the job

CEO enforces in-person work policy, refusing to pay for relocation of remote hires, sparks mass quitting: 'There was a veritable flurry of resignations'

CEO enforces in-person work policy, refusing to pay for relocation of remote hires, sparks mass quitting: 'There was a veritable flurry of resignations'

malicious compliance malicious-compliance-reddit malicious compliance reddit work workplace Jobs job Boss bosses coworkers workplace-stories

Employees get satisfying petty payback on landlord who evicted them: 'We had 7 days to move everything we owned'

Advertisement

'It's a private matter':Job candidate refuses to answer interviewer's questions, claiming they are too personal, interviewer tells him to leave

'It's a private matter':Job candidate refuses to answer interviewer's questions, claiming they are too personal, interviewer tells him to leave

‘Get in line pal’: 28-year-old “only” wants big money fast without effort, debt, education, or time

‘Get in line pal’: 28-year-old “only” wants big money fast without effort, debt, education, or time

Micromanager demands to know where employees are at all times by forcing them to report every move on a board, they take it one step too far: ‘Needless to say the board was very short-lived’

Micromanager demands to know where employees are at all times by forcing them to report every move on a board, they take it one step too far: ‘Needless to say the board was very short-lived’

Advertisement

'You want me to work 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM? Got it': Employee gets reprimanded for leaving early after coming into the office at 5:30 AM, cue malicious compliance

'You want me to work 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM? Got it': Employee gets reprimanded for leaving early after coming into the office at 5:30 AM, cue malicious compliance

malicious compliance malicious-compliance-reddit malicious compliance work workplace workplace-stories toxic-workplace reddit story entitled people boss

‘Your supervisor will be informed’: Security employee writes up CEO for using main building entrance after he's advised by manager to refuse entry to all staff members

work workplace workplace-stories coworkers work stories bonus reviews performance review Horrible Bosses boss toxic-boss Reddit reddit thread reddit story

Manager docks 10% off model employee's performance review bonus because he doesn't want to be friends with his coworkers: ‘I just want to do my work [in] peace’

Advertisement

work workplace employment Job Jobs workplace discussion in the workplace employment issues antiwork Horrible Bosses workplace-stories

CEO threatens to fire last remaining engineer after their teammates quit, forcing the company to cancel the project they were working on: 'You want to fire me? Oh yes please'

customer service workplace-stories jobs job work customers concrete workplace DIY Workplace - 39495173

'I started moving the bags, 2 at a time': Hardware store "employee" weighs down entitled customer's car with 30 bags of concrete

Boss bans jeans on Fridays and enforces business attire, entire team maliciously complies: 'All 15 of us [wore] hideous outfits, but all meeting the business attire dress code'

Boss bans jeans on Fridays and enforces business attire, entire team maliciously complies: 'All 15 of us [wore] hideous outfits, but all meeting the business attire dress code'

Advertisement

work workplace workplace-stories coworkers work stories antiwork Horrible Bosses bad bosses aita Reddit reddit thread reddit story reddit stories

Employee refuses HR's pleas to train their work replacement after being fired from their job: ‘I laughed in their faces’

‘Tell it to me straight, I have to look for another job, don’t I?’: Bossy coworker becomes actual boss, starts with fake encouragement but quickly turns pushy and controlling

‘Tell it to me straight, I have to look for another job, don’t I?’: Bossy coworker becomes actual boss, starts with fake encouragement but quickly turns pushy and controlling

Trending Now

Resident allows neighbors to use their backyard gate as shortcut to school, until neighbors start making demands about the yard's appearance: ‘It will never end’

Resident allows neighbors to use their backyard gate as shortcut to school, until neighbors start making demands about the yard's appearance: ‘It will never end’

21 Cooking Fails for Optimistic Home Chefs Learning to Trust the Process (May 6th, 2026)

21 Cooking Fails for Optimistic Home Chefs Learning to Trust the Process (May 6th, 2026)

Dad blames daughter of ‘not working enough’ after she switches from working 6 days a week to a mere 40-hour, 5-day schedule, she says: ‘I refuse to repeat the cycle of burnout’

Dad blames daughter of ‘not working enough’ after she switches from working 6 days a week to a mere 40-hour, 5-day schedule, she says: ‘I refuse to repeat the cycle of burnout’

Job candidate rescinds application after waiting almost 2 hours to be interviewed: 'It was literally 11:45am. Almost noon. My interview was at 10:00am'

Job candidate rescinds application after waiting almost 2 hours to be interviewed: 'It was literally 11:45am. Almost noon. My interview was at 10:00am'

Parent scolds college-dropout daughter, Madison, for being jealous that her younger sister, Becky, gets to travel to Iceland

Parent scolds college-dropout daughter, Madison, for being jealous that her younger sister, Becky, gets to travel to Iceland

Couple feels uneasy about the house they are about to close on, but don't know why, so husband drives by it one night and makes a discovery: ‘That 10 minute drive basically made the decision for me.’

Couple feels uneasy about the house they are about to close on, but don't know why, so husband drives by it one night and makes a discovery: ‘That 10 minute drive basically made the decision for me.’

Advertisement