employee

Advertisement

A glasses-wearing employee stands with his arms crossed, two coworkers standing out of focus in the background.

'Have you ever worked with someone who tried to get you fired?': 10 times toxic coworkers tried to put somebody out of a job

employee nfl coworkers giveaway las vegas tickets Entitled People - 47320837

Man gives away NFL tickets through an office contest, then demands $800 from a coworker after discovering he sold them to fund a trip to Las Vegas: ‘I expected him to pay me’

Advertisement

workplace-stories jobs employee hr manager job work workplace resume Reddit company Workplace - 47315973

Employee sends fake resume to the company where he works out of curiosity, leaves the link to his real portfolio, they catch him, and now he's getting in trouble with HR

Giuliana Tiscioni

christmas employee thanksgiving mother holidays Employment management employment issues organizational culture coworkers office culture workplace - 47308549

Employee Promised Their Mom a Thanksgiving Visit After Working the Holiday the Last Two Years, Then a Coworker Asked Them to Swap Shifts So She Could Spend Thanksgiving With Her Kids—Their Boss Refuses to Intervene

A man and a woman voting in voting booths

CEO mass emails employees, telling them which candidates to vote for: 'My coworkers and I are outraged.'

Advertisement

A man at a job interview

Business owner asks job applicant to shadow the employee he is replacing and not tell her that he's her replacement: 'She has been there for 11 years.'

friendship boss employee work place company policy work work life misunderstandings office life Office overworked-employees company money Workplace business - 47280389

Employee hesitates to ask for a raise after paying for the company’s ads out of pocket, because their boss is also their long-time friend: ‘We were friends for a long time before any of this’

Melissa Knudson

office kitchen employee coworkers Office money Workplace - 47281157

Employee doesn't want to contribute $15 a month for the office snacks as they bring they're own food, now the coworkers are mad: 'One even said that I benefit from having a stocked kitchen even if I don't personally eat anything'

Advertisement

Beauty salon receptionist handles appointments booking after manager's strict scheduling policty leaves her own clients without reservations

Beauty salon manager sabotages her own booking system with strict rules, forcing receptionist to turn away her favorite clients when they show up without appointment: ‘You should have known they were coming’

An employee talks to someone on a headset while holding a pen and working on her laptop.

Company mandates every employee gets Friday off, team lead complains when she's scheduled 11 Fridays in a row: 'The system doesn't call it work'

An employee pinches the bridge of his nose while taking a phone call at his desk, with colleagues sitting in the background.

Company dictates employees should take 15 days of yearly PTO to prevent burnout, reject employee's request for 6 different days: 'Rest is not a reward. It's a requirement'

Advertisement

A young developer, a 5-year-veteran of their job has been left wondering whether they are being managed out amid attempts by thier boss to delegate their tasks to an unqualified junior staffer amid AI fears.

Experienced employee told by boss to "just delegate" their work to an unqualified junior staffer, which has left them feeling vulnerable and like their boss wants to replace them: 'Meanwhile, the boss keeps talking about "improving AI adoption"'

A man in a suit with his tie loosened runs his fingers through his hair while sitting on steps outside, looking at a box of his belongings.

Employee hands in 2 week notice after 4 years' employment, gets kicked out by HR within the hour: 'I wanted to leave professionally'

Close-up of the arm of one person in business attire handing another person a stack of dollar bills.

Boss fires employee and gives them $1000 for moving costs, demands money back when they file for unemployment: 'He thought the $1000 would be enough until I found a new job'

Advertisement

getting fired employment issues employee marketing organizational culture ceo fired on spot workplace Horrible Bosses workplace retaliation Employment communication leadership philosophy - 47213061

CEO Fires Marketing Employee “On the Spot” for Standing Their Ground Against Impossible Targets: 'He expected organic traffic to increase by 45% in 4 weeks'

The boss stands with his arms crossed next to an overlay of what he supposedly said to the employee about changing his payment structure from a fair hourly rate to a new, unfair commission structure.

Boss tells mechanic he's making too much money, moves him to a pay-per-job commission—regrets it immediately when the mechanic stops managing his business for him: 'The office is filling up with customers, and the phone is ringing constantly'