10+ Employees share their office dramas

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  • Two workers swap stories about the latest office drama.
  • Did they really think this would be funny...?

    Responsible_Try_... The 'hot gossip' today was a company-wide email announcing that we were all getting a 15% 'inflation adjustment' raise, effective immediately. People were actually cheering in their cubicles until they scrolled to the very bottom and saw a tiny, 2-pixel-high font that said 'April Fools.' There is a
  • non-zero chance our HR director gets tackled in the parking lot by 5:00 PM. You don't joke about rent money.
  • The employees must've found this hilarious

    SingMeALoveSong A woman called us all pissed off because we sold her daughter a car without her permission. The daughter is a grown woman of sound mind.
  • Piping hot tea

    cal... One of the managers said it will be ok to not finish the SharePoint migration before it stops being supported on Friday because she got the deadline extended. No one but me knows that she cant even ask for the extension until after the deadline, so all of the critical workflows that everyone uses for documentation are going to
  • quit working. And most people work 9/80s so they will be off on Friday which means a bunch of people won't notice everything going to shit until Monday. But hey, this person is a manager and said they have grand plans for the SharePoint migration and I
  • should back off. So I am taking Monday off and will enjoy watching shit shit show unfold remotely.
  • clearlychange More retirement announcements. This is the first time in my career where people are leaving en masse. It's weird. And they're not boomers - everyone is older Gen X - the boomers were never - here these people have been the elders of the office for 20 years. Company
  • doesn't plan to replace. anyone and people give the usual notice. It's going to be a dumpster fire.
  • Employees laugh and gossip together.
  • Bad luck!

    TheF AndUgly Ol... A guy at work got a speeding ticket last week. He asked me today for the in-car GPS / video because he swore he wasn't speeding. Video showed him pass two 30mph speed limit signs while driving 46. Sorry, dude. I was hoping it would help you, but it wasn't meant to be.
  • Who wouldn't want to know what happened to make her leave like that?

    pimpfriedrice My coworker came in sometime during the off hours, took all her personal shit from her cubicle, and left her badge on our bosses. desk. It was a fun morning. I love drama that doesn't affect me.
  • Zjoee They recently hired then fired a guy who was going to be project manager and VCIO. He was fired because he brain was just ChatGPT. Like he couldn't function without running it by ChatGPT first lol.
  • Office workers exchange knowing glances about some ongoing company drama.
  • Oh my...

    compiled_glitch Management announced a 'surprise' team-building event on a Friday afternoon. Everyone knows it's just a distraction because the project deadline is impossible and the budget is gone..
  • VerityPushpram Oooooh this is currently happening As it turns out, one of my colleagues has been rather busy with at other colleagues - both male and female - I personally know 5 people who are involved At least three marriages have blown up as a result
  • AlternativeWeird... Got to know about affair b/w a senior married co worker and new joiner from another team.
  • This is the kind of tea we want

    LazyMistake8446 I found out my coworker has been neglecting an old co- signed student loan leaving it to the co-signer to pay it off due to their negligence
  • Workplaces like this can't be saved

    ChocolateandLips... It becomes clearer and clear with each given day that people have no idea how to use our system and instead of asking those who do, they go blindly make adjustments hoping it with all work out Narrator: it didn't
  • wood_good My boss wasnt happy with the stain finish on our wood cabinets so he threatened to not pay us.
  • LusciousHam The company's equipment we sell is out of stock and the executives keep saying we have more coming. But the warehouse manager told us in private no PO's have been approved for more equipment. Then yesterday
  • our expense program had a pop up saying operation was halted due to nonpayment. So yeah looks like the company ran out of money.

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