management

15-year-old poultry farm supervisor gets talked down to because of his age, ‘promotes’ mean employee to waste duty: 'As it turns out, you still don't want to [mess with] your boss even if he's 15.'

Elna McHilderson

Boss demands a “good reason” for every vacation request, so an employee maliciously complies, inventing dramatic tales: ‘My boss still gets visibility uncomfortable whenever I come to ask for time off, it's kind of hilarious to me’

Etai Eshet

Vegan colleague Crystal caught on camera eating a coworker’s beef lasagna, exposing her as the one behind the missing lunches: ‘Now she brings a salad every day and avoids eye contact like we didn’t catch her in 4K with beef on her breath’

Etai Eshet

Small salon shop owner overcome with heartwarming gratitude after her team throws her a surprise birthday party: ‘They don’t know that it’s the only birthday celebration I’ve had since I was 7…’

Elna McHilderson

Tech team lead Monica spends months blaming new hire for her every mistake, until he finally collects proof and reports her to HR: ‘Now Monica’s being “investigated” and I’ve become office enemy #1’

Etai Eshet

Manager forces HR to hire his ‘crush’ even though she was the least ranked candidate, costs the company thousands of dollars: ‘Turns out, hiring your crush isn’t as cute when the company starts losing money.’

Elna McHilderson

Manager enacts new policy that puts speed over accuracy, employee notices a mistake but gets forced to ‘follow policy to the letter,' company losses $12,000: ‘You got it boss!’

Elna McHilderson

New hire finds herself navigating her male colleagues’ fragile egos, left wondering how to succeed at the job without shattering their inflated self-worth: ‘Eli is emotionally reactive, I can sense Ben feels Insecure’

Etai Eshet

Coworker demands a $500 loan from a colleague’s tax refund for her Cancun vacation, gets offended and starts office gossip when refused: ‘Bestie, that refund is already spent on adult responsibilities, not funding your trip to Cancun’

Etai Eshet

Employee asks manager to repeat himself during virtual meeting, manager screams "NO!" at him: 'Now I'm completely checked out'

Emmy Pratt

Woman refuses her mother-of-two colleague’s demands for unpaid, non-work-related errands and babysitting every weekend: ‘Just because I don’t have children doesn’t mean my time is worthless’

Etai Eshet

‘I don't make the rules, I just work there’: 56-year-old Shelly blames her coworker for the company’s new policy change, yells at her face, and starts office rumors

Etai Eshet

Manager refuses to give employee a $10K raise, hires less skilled employee to replace him for $15K more than his salary: 'What's the point?'

Emmy Pratt

'[Her] child is allergic to dogs, not anyone actually in the office': Dog parent blindsides work team with surprise pup visit, says backlash was ‘overblown’ after office Karen complains with an angry email to management

Blake Seidel

HR involves employee’s manager over a simple vacation question, turning routine time-off plans into a workplace headache and family-fueled stress: ‘My mom works there too, she told me I messed up big time’

Etai Eshet

Coworker Todd schedules “urgent” Zoom meetings just to read emails everyone already got, turning Tuesday mornings into a collective eye-rolling contest: ‘I’m not even mad anymore. I just want to know what planet Todd lives on’

Etai Eshet