employment issues

Engineer files HR report after her male boss expects her to handle admin tasks mid-presentation because: ‘Come on, it's not that hard. Women are naturally better at this stuff anyway’

Etai Eshet

Hiring manager refuses to hire his cousin, Evan, after HR catches the 24-year-old lying on his résumé, choosing integrity over nepotism: ‘Now my aunt and mom are furious with me for “humiliating” him’

Etai Eshet

Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

Brad Dickson

Employee gets even with petty coworkers after they keep misspelling their name: 'It’s been effective at making sure they don’t do it again'

Ben Weiss

‘I feel really disrespected. I’ve already gone above and beyond what was required of me’: Boss begs preschool teacher to stay past her contract, using guilt and emotional pleas while offering barely any extra reward

Etai Eshet

Burt-out employee trains her helpless coworker for 9 months, quits just to get away from her when she still won't stop asking questions, leaving her helpless: 'Everything I had taught her seemed to go in one ear and out the other'

Brad Dickson

Substitute teacher refuses to donate her limited PTO to full-time staff who used up theirs, even though she barely gets any benefits herself: ‘I was told I was being inconsiderate and need to be more helpful. Like what?’

Etai Eshet

‘Sweetest taste of justice I ever experienced. I [will] never let any of my future employers walk all over me after that’: Employees team up to expose a heartless boss, triggering an inspection that shuts their agency down and delivers hard-earned closure

Etai Eshet

Worker gets laid off, told that they're "expendable," gets hired by their former employer's biggest client and watches as the former employer loses clients and even contacts them for "advice": 'Feels good knowing they made a mistake undervaluing me'

Brad Dickson

Remote worker hired, then told she has to come in 3 days a week despite stipulations in her contract, HR ignores her dispute: 'My team is spread across states anyway!'

Ben Weiss

Boss takes full credit for tech employee's presentation, employee goes to VP before boss's performance review: 'Guess who didn't get credit for strategic contributions?'

Ben Weiss

‘She demanded I send an apology email to the whole team. I told her I would not lie just to make her look better’: Employee refuses to apologize to boss after exposing her for taking credit mid-meeting, and the boss responds with silent treatment

Etai Eshet

HR leaves worker stuck on bogus PIP after he exposes boss’s unfair treatment and gets her moved, pushing him to find new job: ‘No one has removed it or apologized for how messed up this all was’

Etai Eshet

‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

Etai Eshet

Candidate walks out of interview after interviewer is 1 hour late and opens with irrelevant personal questions about their family: 'If you can't answer, then I don't think we can continue'

Brad Dickson

‘I’ve been with this company for 20 years and this is how they’re doing me’: New managers try to force 20-year employee to quit after a department merger, piling on extra work and inventing dress code and shoe violations

Etai Eshet