Professional At Work

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

Lana DeGaetano

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

Husband starts claiming wife’s wedding photography work as his own, insists he is part of the creative process by “supporting” her: ‘I didn’t build this career for someone else to take partial credit’

Ely Bulnes

‘"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

Colleague gets 3 weeks off for jury duty but is only actively in court for 1 day, timekeeper at the company refuses to let her time theft slide: ‘It's called checks and balances’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee starts new job in 4 days while their clingy, ‘helpless’ coworker will be left to their own devices: ‘I've almost made myself insane from trying to help her’

Lana DeGaetano

Woman bans coworker from Secret Santa after unexpected employee showdown over gift exchange rules: 'You either play or you don't'

Ely Bulnes

15+ Employees share how they use corporate jargon to slight their deserving colleagues: ‘Govern yourself accordingly’

Lana DeGaetano

'Several people have been sniffed by our manager': Employee’s dramatic request to ban scents turns into HR nightmare

Ely Bulnes

Bizarre Work Moments Shared by Managers Who've Seen It All: '[She said] she couldn't touch any meats because she vegan'

Ely Bulnes

9 Years, One Corner: The Same People Caught in the Same Moments

Ely Bulnes

Work Blunders: New hire confesses to stealing coffee beans on her first day and is promptly fired: 'Someone saw it happen'

Ely Bulnes

Employee refuses to give coworker back her old office after she comes back from maternity leave: 'I enjoy actually having a nice window to look out'

Ely Bulnes

Company's South African branch unexpectedly receives $1,800 donation, manager uses it to create a successful staff micro-loan fund, only for head office to shut it down, demanding the money's return: 'Widely regarded as incredibly helpful'

Emma Saven

Coworker insists employee knit something for her free of charge but they refuse, their boss suggests they stop knitting in the office to fend her off: ‘Stupid entitled tantrum’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee momentarily rests their eyes during their shift, coworker takes a photo of them without their consent, then accuses them of sleeping on the job: ‘She knew she was in the wrong’

Lana DeGaetano