Like a Boss

Pushover boss refuses to fire toxic employee even as they acknowledge their failure: 'It seems like poor performance and bad behavior are actually being rewarded here'

JR Atkinson

CEO asks IT intern to use their own car to move company property against policy, intern has him brush up on the company handbook: ‘If anything gets damaged I am toast’

Lana DeGaetano

‘"I don’t care what you think, you do what I tell you to do"’: COO asks sales employee to lie to clients about their exit from the company so they don't disrupt any business relationships

Lana DeGaetano

Unorganized boss tries to blame his own mistake on an employee in front of the company owner, employee claps back with receipts: ‘The owner… patted me on the shoulder’

Lana DeGaetano

Data analyst corrects manager in an important meeting because he misrepresented a project the employee is spearheading, and is then reprimanded for making him ‘look unprepared’

Lana DeGaetano

Boss refuses to allow part-time employee to work a second job on his days off because he must be available if a colleague calls out, but does not give him on-call pay: ‘I have to show up no matter what’

Lana DeGaetano

‘The judge actually congratulated me and my lawyer’: Boss exploits employee using a fake freelancing contract and then fires her without warning, so she takes them to court for violating labor laws

Lana DeGaetano

Hotel boss forces housekeeping employees to wear uncomfortable, hazardous work uniforms in the heat of the summer, but refuses to wear one himself: 'He refuses to listen to us’

Lana DeGaetano

Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

Lana DeGaetano

‘Severely underpaid’ employee is refused a raise despite above-average performance reviews, so they call out their boss land new job with a 60% pay increase

Lana DeGaetano

Boss gives hardworking employee a mere 2% raise, expects employee to take on several coworkers' task loads in return but they refuse: ‘Why are you hiring people who are not working?’

Lana DeGaetano

‘Play stupid games, win stupid prizes’: Longtime employee puts arrogant middle manager in an uncomfortable position during a Father's Day-themed team icebreaker, exposing manager's sideways leadership skills

Lana DeGaetano

Jealous boss informs HR of a completely permissible after-work get-together that her employees attended, only because she wasn't invited herself: "[She] made a complaint that she was being ostracized’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee abruptly quits after their boss gives them the career runaround for 3 years, boss leaves a strongly-worded note along with their final paycheck: ‘It's so unprofessional’

Lana DeGaetano

‘He's calling in sick, he's sick’: Boss insists manager's team member is lying about his illness when he calls out sick, is hilariously proven wrong

Lana DeGaetano

‘I was told my time doesn't matter... So I quit’: Employee leaves company after new boss revokes her pre-approved vacation to visit her soldier husband, just so she can take vacation instead

Lana DeGaetano