management

Boss fires employee for taking a sick day on the spot via text, sending business spiraling down: ‘Their income dropped over 30% since they fired me’

Etai Eshet

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

‘I was pulled into a meeting with my boss’s boss, where I got yelled at’: 30-year-old coworker cries over not being invited to casual conversation then takes it to HR as an exclusion case

Etai Eshet

'I felt sorry for his son's future': Rich friend turns favor into free labor, bossing his friend and making him take orders from his entitled kid

Etai Eshet

Boss “concerned” about 26-year-old employee’s love life, turning workplace chatter into awkward lectures: ‘I don't understand why he's so concerned about my relationship he knows nothing about”

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

Company gifts longest tenured employee a watch and a $50 restaurant gift card to thank him for his 50 years of service: ‘The only bonus he’s ever gotten’

Lana DeGaetano

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

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

Etai Eshet

“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

‘We each got a bobble head of one of the executives’: 20+ Employees share the worst bonuses they've received from their jobs

Lana DeGaetano

‘I had a job offer in hand and was preparing to start work, when I get a call from HR that the offer has been rescinded’: Boss gives a poor reference to a former employee, costing them a new position within the company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

'For Christmas we got a coupon for a cup of coffee...from the coffee shop in the building. The coffee was already free': Employees share the worst "bonuses" their jobs have ever given them

Emmy Pratt

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