jobs

'She said "I forgot that I worked here"': Employees reveal the most unusual excuses they've ever heard from someone calling off work

Lana DeGaetano

Boss schedules employee to work during their vacation, threatens to fire them if they don't come in and hires someone to replace them: 'Turns out while I was gone he tried to replace me with someone who quit after 2 days'

Brad Dickson

24 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (August 15, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

Employee resigns after they fall ill while moving and have to take sick leave, their boss slowly unravels, escalating to accusations: 'My boss went nuts and I quit, but now my CEO is begging for me back, should I return?'

Brad Dickson

Employee gets falsely accused and fired after asking for a raise when they hadn't gotten one for 3 years: ' I asked why I was fired, and he still wouldn’t even give me a reason'

Brad Dickson

'He was on the Zoom call the whole time': 30-year-old remote worker bashes talkative colleague Jake in front of the entire team

Remy Millisky

Boss asks employee to stay late on a Friday when it's already 4pm, the employee tells them they can't because they already have plans, boss says they're not a "team player": 'I've been working here for 8 months and I always stay late when needed'

Brad Dickson

UPDATE: 'I just deleted thousands of hours of work from my old job': Worker quits and leaves 18 other workers without access to critical video files

Remy Millisky

23-year-old refuses to give her 50-year-old coworker a ride home from work after she repeatedly called her stupid: 'She stated that I was being immature and holding a grudge'

Emmy Pratt

20+ Times fed-up customers acted like total Karens: 'He really wanted to get me out of that shop'

Remy Millisky

2 retail clothing store employees feud over store sections they're working in: 'Aileen says... "They are always picking favorites here"'

Remy Millisky

23 Photos of Bulldogs and the Ridiculous Jobs Their Humans Think They’d Slay

Laurent Shinar

HR rep lectures candidate after he rejects their lowball offer, telling him he should have been "grateful for the opportunity": 'I have 4 years [of] experience and know my value'

Brad Dickson

'That's it, I'm outta here': Dramatic coworker named Ginger pretends to quit 2 times to avoid work, realizes he went too far

Remy Millisky

37-year-old dad insists stay at home mom of 12 and 14-year-olds get a job so she can support the family after he retires: 'She called me ungrateful and accused me of not appreciating all the hard work she does in the house'

Emmy Pratt

20+ Workers who got fired for ridiculous reasons: 'I got fired from a grocery store for being too enthusiastic'

Remy Millisky