workplace-stories

Candidate finds interviewer's insistent line of inappropriate personal questioning off-putting, they leave: 'We can’t continue this interview'

Brad Dickson

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20+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: 'I protested my write up and told them... they had no idea what they were doing'

Remy Millisky

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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'

Ben Weiss

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

Lana DeGaetano

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‘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

Lana DeGaetano

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

Ben Weiss

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

Remy Millisky

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

Bar Mor Hazut

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

Etai Eshet

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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’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'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

Ben Weiss

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‘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

Lana DeGaetano

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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’

Lana DeGaetano

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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'

Brad Dickson

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

Remy Millisky

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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'

Ben Weiss

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