Horrible Bosses

Employee discovers that her boss is looking to replace her, files a report with HR: ‘My boss was fired’

Ben Weiss

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Employer revokes 2x and 3x bonus incentive to work weekends and holidays, is shocked when nobody decides to work those days resulting in missed deadlines: 'The company now stands to lose close to a 6 figure amount in penalties for missed turnaround times'

Brad Dickson

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Top-performing salesperson happily resigns after new toxic manager tries to undermine their approach to sales tasks: ‘Know your worth’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee offered 2% raise after their 4th year at the company and a year of record-breaking profit, exceeding revenue targets by 40%: 'Bragging about record profits and expected us to just smile'

Brad Dickson

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Boss begs for former employee to come back after entire department falls apart, employee considers his options: 'My salary increased by 120%!'

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant manager laughs at employee when he asks for 2 consecutive days off after working 6 day weeks since starting: 'He literally laughed in his face'

Brad Dickson

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Manager draws fire from HR for his "bias" for not rewarding single-mother employee with the same raises and bonuses as her better-performing coworker: '[Since he] is willing to put in extra hours (maybe 5-10 hrs per week), he gets more done'

Brad Dickson

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Regular customer demands retail worker stop smiling and drop her cheerful customer service act, she complies, leaving the customer to deal with the uncomfortable reality of her request: '[I] would stop even smiling as she'd approach the counter'

Brad Dickson

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Management asks employees to pick up their managers' work after layoffs without an increase in pay: 'We went from weekly 1-on-1s and actual support to a 15-minute standup once a week'

Brad Dickson

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Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: 'I muted both, marked them as read, and didn't reply'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker attempts to push their work onto employee, employee refuses to accept it, inciting discord amongst their team: 'My manager is asking if I could be more flexible'

Brad Dickson

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Employee with plenty of accrued PTO asks for one unpaid day off, but her boss denies it and invents fake rules to justify it: ‘I went by HR again, and they confirmed she’s wrong and the info she’s been telling me is not true’

Etai Eshet

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Workplace encourages workers to be available 24/7, creating an unsustainable workplace culture: 'If you miss a message, they act like you personally sabotaged the company, I’m paid for 40 hours, not 168'

Brad Dickson

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Worker describes their frustration at their coworkers who refuse to take time off even during their vacations, creating a culture where everyone is expected to be constantly connected: '[They have] zero boundaries with work life balance'

Brad Dickson

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CEO is tricked into adopting AI-generated song as the new "company anthem" causing frustration among other workers: 'This needs to get to the marketing team so they can send it to the investors and use it to attract clients'

Brad Dickson

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Food service boss denies loyal employee's request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: 'I'm not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated'

JR Atkinson

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