work

‘We have the exact same job position, I’m not her helper’: 67-year-old coworker treats her peer like a “little helper,” publicly corrects every move, driving her millennial colleague to the brink quitting

Etai Eshet

Employee brings her crying baby to the office, coworker tells HR, and immediately regrets it: 'What if she isn't supposed to have the baby with her? Did I just tell on her? Should I have tried to resolve this myself?'

Emmy Pratt

Boss fires employee's dad, karma strikes years later when the boss comes to the company the employee is now managing looking for work: 'The look of panic in his eyes set in'

Brad Dickson

'Mandatory corporate fun is not optional': Boss issues written warning when employee declines to attend brewery party 2 hours away

JR Atkinson

Employee stops giving entitled coworker rides to and from work after she repeatedly slacks off on the job, refuses to do her any more favors because she's so ungrateful: ‘She's taking advantage of my kindness’

Lana DeGaetano

Entitled employee in her 60s "accidentally" retires: 'Pinnacle level pettiness'

Remy Millisky

20+ Employees who were hired and quit on the same day: 'I won. 4 hours of work, for $12,646'

Remy Millisky

Supermarket stock worker sets a precarious chocolate bar trap, deliberately overloading shelves after a snarky demand from a manager: 'Like a cocoa avalanche waiting to happen'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Manager scolds game developer for deviating from script to find errors, complies and ignores major bug: 'No deviations. Just follow the document as written'

Ben Weiss

Boss calls employee into their office over 'attitude problem' when employee scoffs at being asked to complete a non-urgent task: 'He's picking on you because you aren't always a people pleaser'

JR Atkinson

Single man goes to HR over flirty coworker who feels "deceived" after finding out that he is not married despite wearing a ring on his left finger: "She seems to be one of the types who likes to go after married men"

Ely Bulnes

Employees share over-hyped dream jobs that sound glamorous until you actually do them: 'I'm 44, a little late to start a new career... but here I am'

Isabella Penn

Client tells graphic designer to stop "pestering" them about the project, panics 3 weeks later when they forget and their sidelined project has made no progress: 'We’ll reply when we’re ready'

Brad Dickson

Company asks employees to contribute money for boss’s gift, then gives it back, when they ask for it yet again, employee refuses: 'It's just I could really use that $10 to buy lunch or something'

Emma Saven

‘It came crashing down Monday morning. Lewis was immediately fired’: “Influencer” colleague at marketing company impresses the boss with celebrity selfies and wild stories, gets fired and flees the state when his web of lies falls apart

Etai Eshet

‘I tell the truth, Bob doesn't get the job’: Credit-stealing coworker Bob rides colleague’s $10M company turnaround success for a decade, then a reference call exposed his lies, costing him his dream job

Etai Eshet