workplace-stories

'I made the mistake of going back': Guy quits job, gets lured back with enticing offer, only to be let go six months later

Ben Weiss

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'She spouted all types of lies to HR': Threatened manager tries to push out star employee, employee exposes boss's incompetence

Ben Weiss

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Retail job candidate reports their power-tripping interviewer to HR: 'I hope she calls me back so I can decline'

Brad Dickson

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'I'm quitting tomorrow': Employee discovers her boss planted a hidden video camera, bails without notice

Ben Weiss

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Entitled boss furious when employee doesn't come in for work after instructing employee to stay home: 'I was joking'

Isabella Penn

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'If you’re going to talk a big game... be sure you can play it': Assembly line worker insists he can do the job of two workers, coworker calls his bluff

Remy Millisky

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'Oh, people like to work late': 20+ Workplace red flags that scream, "Don't work here"

Remy Millisky

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'Why can't I get paid?': Boss uses rainy weather to justify delaying payment to employees

Ben Weiss

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'Employees weren't happy with their wage': Department head informs employees she'd deduct their wages if she could, demands they "be mindful"

Remy Millisky

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'Everyone has to come in for eight hours on a Sunday': Boss enforces mandatory "deep clean" on a Sunday, employee refuses to comply

Ben Weiss

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'She accused me of not having a true goal for my career': Job candidate pushes back after hiring manager goes from praising work experience to insulting it during interview

Isabella Penn

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'You fire one of us, you fire all of us': Senior staff member fired for arriving late, coworkers band together to rehire the underappreciated worker

Sienna Varady

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'Manager changed my schedule as a power move': "Control freak" manager tells employee to get over their new hours, regrets it days later

Remy Millisky

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Company call goes south over VP's remarks after no one gets a raise: 'If [you] only want to work 40 hours a week [...] you should leave'

Ben Weiss

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'I'm just doing my job...': Hotel clerk pushed to the brink after wife demands access to husband’s hotel room despite not being listed on the booking confirmation and refusing to verify her marital status

Sienna Varady

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'You want to send me home? Sounds good!': Micromanager sends employee home for violating uniform, employee pulls out company handbook to prove him wrong

Ben Weiss

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