Professional At Work

Unqualified 25-year-old new hire scores promotion over the woman who trained her, company doubles down when confronted: “Favoritism is flushing her entire career down the drain”

Ely Bulnes

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‘Why are we still doing this in 2025??’: Coworker touches colleague's belly without her consent and assumes she's pregnant, woman claps back at their arrogance

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss advises hourly employee to avoid working overtime, but VP of the company keeps scheduling meetings with them after 5 PM: ‘It’s starting to get to me’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee keeps doing entitled coworker's work, gets even by keeping her from taking her break: 'She's just itching to run out of here, but she can't leave'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled coworker rejects job candidate because she's a fan of Stark Trek: 'She made the mistake of mentioning her hobbies during [the] interview'

Ben Weiss

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Employee resigns, boss notifies him two years later that he has been fired for not showing up to work: 'Your employment [...] is being terminated for job abandonment'

Ben Weiss

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Employee refuses to split referral bonus with entitled friend after they land them an opportunity for a promotional role, only to find out the company doesn't offer internal candidacy bonuses: ‘She called me "greedy"’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I think I’m going to need a lawyer’: Higher-ups force employee next in line for a promotion to take time off after an injury, then call them ‘unreliable’ despite requesting they be put on FMLA leave

Lana DeGaetano

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Micromanaging boss takes issue with employee's process, employee maliciously complies by offloading all calls and scanning duties to boss: 'I am not her secretary'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled boss refuses to allow office employee to eat lunch inside after hours of doing outdoor landscaping work not included in their job description: ‘I was being treated unfairly’

Lana DeGaetano

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Coworker throws employee ‘under the bus’ and blames her for a mistake on a project they had equal part in, employee refuses to assist her on her next individual project: ‘She panicked’

Lana DeGaetano

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HR begs employees to donate their vacation days to coworker on medical leave: 'Nah. My PTO is my PTO'

Ben Weiss

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Woman refuses to surrender her managerial role due to conflict of interest because her pregnant sister/coworker is quitting at the end of the month anyway: ‘She's insisting I demote myself’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I flat out said no’: Employee refuses to train her underqualified replacement after being passed up on a promotion she was ‘heavily encouraged’ to apply for

Lana DeGaetano

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Military healthcare professional gets unjustly denied leave, uses his medical expertise to still get a paid day off: ‘We’ll see who wins this game’

Elna McHilderson

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‘Okay!’: Helpful employee is scolded by arrogant boss for taking workplace initiative, so they fill up boss's entire afternoon with back-to-back interviews

Lana DeGaetano

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