management

Warehouse workers comply with a strict hair-length policy of "can't touch the collar", by wearing increasingly absurd wigs, forcing management to eventually drop the rule: 'The wigs became more and more ridiculous'

Emma Saven

'I've felt absolutely euphoric': New transfer gets treated poorly by entitled coworker, gets revenge by helping the newest hires get 100% of their commission

Elna McHilderson

'I worked at a place that gave you "points"... Every sick day:' Employees share the most non-functional sick leave policies they've had to work with

Elna McHilderson

'I have to give it to him...': Entitled manager gets humbled after claiming employee is lazy but couldn't keep up with her duties, gets upper management to give her more staff

Elna McHilderson

‘This was just one guy's way of feeling powerful’: Semi truck driver gets denied by building supply store clerk for being 6 minutes late after driving a Drywall delivery from New Hampshire to New Jersey

Etai Eshet

‘25 minutes later I get a freaked-out phone call from the head tech at the US HQ’: Remote worker ordered to return equipment mid-project maliciously complies, sending US HQ of a European manufacturer into panic until they drop the recall

Etai Eshet

‘I stood up and told her "I'm done with this conversation" and walked out’: Boss promises big opportunities, then pushes a star employee out of the loop, favoring two junior minions she hired to flatter her

Etai Eshet

‘"No OT! No exceptions!". Sure thing boss man’: New manager bans all overtime, leading to understaffed production lines, losing $120,000 in a day, and gets fired only three months into job

Etai Eshet

‘It was difficult not to pull a smug face’: Overworked employee gets heat from coworkers for leaving early, agrees to normal hours which now makes his coworkers even more overworked

Elna McHilderson

‘[My] "Coming out of your introvert shell" moment’: Quiet 51-year-old employee finally let's the office ‘Karen’ have it when she yells about parking, gets her fired 2 complaints later

Elna McHilderson

‘"You knew I could hear you, right?" and he said "Huh?"’: Coworker Darron accidentally answers call on Truck Bluetooth, trashes colleague without knowing she can hear him

Etai Eshet

‘I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it’: Fellow teacher grabs leadership role from a colleague, then learns she can’t handle the parents and spreadsheets it involves

Etai Eshet

‘I actually got to see a "shocked Pikachu" face’: Employee expected to get a $20k raise is actually offered $6k and told to “just quit” if he's unhappy, so he does and finds a higher paying job

Elna McHilderson

‘Jokes on her… [I’ve] never been happier!': Senior supervisor gets the boot only 2-weeks after college student coworker reports her for online trolling, learns harsh lesson on following colleagues on social media

Elna McHilderson

Retail worker takes district manager’s corporate cliches literally and shows up in CEO cosplay after being told to dress for the job she wants: ‘She asked my manager about it and he just shrugged and said "She's dressing for the job she wants"’

Etai Eshet

‘Trust the name before the wallet:’ Shopkeeper teaches kid a lesson in trusting humanity and kid grows up to start his own business using the trust-first method, sparks other stories of paying it forward

Elna McHilderson