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Store owner finds out manager took the entire staff out for coffee instead of opening the store in the morning, considers firing manager for poor judgment: ‘They left and locked the doors’

Bar Mor Hazut

Boss demands employee stop taking advantage of their flexible hours and end workdays at exactly 4 pm, then takes it back after realizing the effects on company output: ‘He admitted he was wrong’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee asks for a raise after 3 years at the company, gets fired for a fabricated story about an interaction with a client, CEO steps in to cover his tracks: 'I asked why I was fired and he still wouldn’t even give me a reason'

Ben Weiss

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the workday ahead

Elna McHilderson

Remote employee quits job after CEO demands they attend team building events, their manager resigns in solidarity: ‘The people are poorly valued’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee overhears her coworker Megan talking about her "unmuted" on a work call, Megan tries to cover her tracks: 'I swear she loves the sound of her own voice'

Ben Weiss

Boss demands employee send him pictures of all transactions and deposits they make, employee complies, causing boss's phone to lag: ‘He has to spend a lot of time deleting those thousands of pictures’

Bar Mor Hazut

HR rescinded candidate's job offer after assuring them multiple times they got the job, claiming upper management put the role on hold: ‘There is nothing I can do about it’

Bar Mor Hazut

'You need to leave. Now': Coworker's clueless boyfriend shows up unannounced at her work, she breaks up with him on the spot in front of the entire office

Ben Weiss

‘I got paid for doing nothing’: Micromanagers tell a funeral home receptionist to stop answering the phone, then chew them out when they follow orders, end up alienating their hardest worker

Jesse Kessenheimer

Guy worked a ‘soul draining’ call center job for only one month, but will never forget the ‘power’ he witnessed from his older co-worker: 'I often wish I could channel that woman's energy.'

Elna McHilderson

Employees share the biggest ‘I’m definitely fired' moments that they got away with: ‘[My boss] just laughed so hard for about 5 minutes…’

Elna McHilderson

HR rescinds job offer despite assuring the candidate he had the position after 5 rounds of interviews: 'My job offer has been kept on hold indefinitely'

Ben Weiss

Single mom requests PTO for her daughter's 1st birthday months in advance, then gets guilt-tripped by her coworker who wants that day off for a last-minute vacation: 'Jenna refuses any compromises'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Coworker confronts employee after discovering they use their lunch break to take walks around the parking garage, employee refuses their demands to stop: ‘I’m entitled to my break’

Bar Mor Hazut

Boss refuses to believe her employee is sick, employee sends proof along with her resignation letter: 'Now my CEO is begging for me [to come] back'

Ben Weiss