workplace

15+ Employees who had coworkers with bizarre personalities: 'By the time he was fired everyone in the office was being driven up the wall'

Remy Millisky

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Gossipy coworker keeps track of colleague’s time off, complains to others about their approved absences, and invents his own hardships for sympathy: ‘That family situation he referenced didn’t exist’

Etai Eshet

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Employee gets double the mileage reimbursement from his company just by simply following their own handbook: ‘Be the pain that causes the change you want to see in the world.'

Elna McHilderson

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'All the cakes melted and I was fired': 16-year-old mercifully fired from a toxic frozen sweets shop after following the contradictory orders of 2 bickering managers

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Company only pays half of minimum wage, so new teen hire refuses to show up for first shift, causes other employees to quit: ‘Good luck… You guys gonna need it!’

Elna McHilderson

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'Good luck selling air': Retail workers instructed not to stock storefront shelves, they comply despite knowing it will affect sales, resulting in a dispute with management

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Everything collapsed bit by bit’: All-star tech developer denied a raise after years of taking on more work, so he sticks to his job description as revenge, ends up getting promoted

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I am practically walking on eggshells’: Woman writes colleague ‘nasty’ notes and slams office doors to intimidate them for reheating food in their break room

Lana DeGaetano

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Non-tech savvy office mom accidentally becomes unofficial head of IT by fixing the Wi-Fi with a bag of frozen peas: ‘Someone asked if I could “optimize the cloud.” I told him I optimize casseroles.’

Elna McHilderson

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Restaurant manager tells 16-year-old employee to leave after blaming her for something she didn’t do, then tries to fire her for actually leaving not realizing it was all on camera: 'That sounded like approval, didn't it?'

Isabella Penn

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Candidate gets berated for not showing up to "their" new job, even though they never even accepted or received a formal offer for that job: 'We still hadn't discussed my salary'

Brad Dickson

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'If you're on time, you are late': Employee starts showing up 30 minutes before shift to be paid overtime after boss claims being on time is not good enough

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets fired on the spot after giving their 2-week notice, boss then calls them later begging them to come back and finish out their notice period: 'I gave 2 weeks' notice. They fired me on the spot, then begged me to finish the week'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

Elna McHilderson

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20+ Bosses whose petty rules backfired: 'Sorry, boss, as per your rules, we are off until 1 PM, no exceptions'

Remy Millisky

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Employee tricks his lackadaisical coworker, Seth, into self-sabotage, exposing that he hasn't been doing his own work and making others do it for him: 'He got lambasted for [messing] up such an important project and was put on temporary leave without pay'

Brad Dickson

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