hr

Upper management bans above-average reviews to avoid raises, pushing employees to question why they should even try: ‘I was shocked when I got a “met expectations,” 3/5 across the board’

Etai Eshet

‘Made me feel awful—he completely invalidated me’: Boss publicly mocks new hire on first week, prompting employee to leave meeting feeling defeated and questioning their abilities

Etai Eshet

Employee refuses boss’ demands to commute during active tornado or be fired: ‘So yeah I’m looking for another job’

Etai Eshet

Boss demands remote employee commute ten hours weekly and surrender control over non-work schedule, forcing her to reconsider her future: ‘I feel like if I give in once, it’ll just continue to happen’

Etai Eshet

HR employee single-handedly establishes a company's mental health day policy to improve office morale, gets a private ‘thank you’ from the burnt out coworker that inspired them: ‘I realized HR could be more than just paperwork’

Jesse Kessenheimer

“Your boss isn’t traveling 190 miles just to fire you’: 17 calming reactions to a scared employee spiraling over a lunch invite

Etai Eshet

Coworker sends entire office into fabricated crisis looking for “missing” item she hid to teach one worker a lesson: ‘I honestly don’t know whether to be annoyed or just baffled’

Etai Eshet

Manager turns an approved short vacation into layoff ultimatum, leaving 5-year-strong loyal employee stuck and unsure: ‘I've worked every holiday, hardly call out or request days off, picked up shifts, and never had any issues’

Etai Eshet

‘I had a job offer in hand and was preparing to start work, when I get a call from HR that the offer has been rescinded’: Boss gives a poor reference to a former employee, costing them a new position within the company

Etai Eshet

Power-hungry boss singles out employee, sets them up for failure and fabricates mistakes forcing employee to weigh whether to expose her or walk away: ‘The final blow came when my performance grading was adjusted retrospectively’

Etai Eshet

“They're just stressing people to come up with lists of who to fire if they don't quit first’: Company forces employees back to an unworkable office with missing equipment, non-functional workspaces, and zero effort to support them

Etai Eshet

‘The very next day, I wrote my resignation letter’: Boss targets introvert employee, denies raises, and sets impossible deadlines, forcing her to quit

Etai Eshet

‘Tell it to me straight, I have to look for another job, don’t I?’: Bossy coworker becomes actual boss, starts with fake encouragement but quickly turns pushy and controlling

Etai Eshet

‘Get in line pal’: 28-year-old “only” wants big money fast without effort, debt, education, or time

Etai Eshet

‘Resignation can be rejected???’: 20+ advice for handling the silliness of “needing” approval to quit your job

Etai Eshet

‘Because you are the poors’: Curious employee wonders why Elon Musk can run multiple companies remotely but they can’t have multiple remote jobs

Etai Eshet