workplace-stories

New hire spots red flags at mysterious company: 'Nobody knew what my job was'

Remy Millisky

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Boss rejects employee's report claiming it's ‘not thorough enough’, employee resubmits a 20-page detailed breakdown as a response: ‘I sent it off and waited’

Bar Mor Hazut

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20+ Unpopular policies employees had to deal with at work: 'They banned staff from drinking coffee in front of students'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidate arrives at interview only to be told that the interviewer has already left, candidate withdraws their application despite attempts to reschedule: 'Job hunting is hard enough'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Update: Entitled customer demands free coffee, cafe owner refuses: '[She] said I should honor it because she's a loyal customer'

Remy Millisky

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‘Florida isn't supposed to be cold!’: Entitled hotel customers demand refunds for their stays due to inclement weather, employee refuses to comply

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee saves company from losing 50 million dollars, boss rates them “meets expectations”: ‘One day we will learn to stop doing anything beyond the bare minimum we are paid’

Etai Eshet

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Boss interrogates and demands personal details after employee covering for coworker refuses to stay extra hours: ‘I was supposed to be off today, you’re going to agree with my terms or I’m leaving’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gets manager fired after illegal questioning over disability sparks HR investigation uncovering stolen bonuses and corporate violations, leading to their promotion: ‘[the manager] had to be escorted out of the building’

Etai Eshet

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Employee stops taking on additional tasks to help the management team after being forced to work mandatory overtime, leaving management completely overwhelmed: 'Management is drowning in them now'

Brad Dickson

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Employee tricks slacker coworker, sabotages spreadsheets, gets coworker put on leave: 'I guess he’ll be doing his own work from now on'

Ben Weiss

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Employee mistakenly receives higher raise than he should left debating how to deal with the situation: ‘I was told I would get a 50 cent raise. Somebody must have typed it in wrong’

Etai Eshet

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Boss demands employee work 21 days straight: 'Needless to say, it hasn't gone over well'

Remy Millisky

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20+ Employees who had to leave their jobs quickly: 'Nobody talks to me like that'

Remy Millisky

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Cheap company refuses to reimburse employee $20 because they didn't keep receipts, so employee racks up a $280 bill on the next work trip: ‘I went all in’

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss constantly belittles hardworking employee who keeps the business running, pushing him to find other job: ‘I’m going to quit - no two week notice’

Etai Eshet

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