work

‘Time to start butchering their names’: Entire office refuses to call employee by their rightful name for over a year, employee calls them out to HR

Ben Weiss

IT guy gets promoted by arriving late at 9 and leaving at 2 to attend a sites they can't access after their warnings about the ineffective process are ignored: 'You want me in 3 places at once? You got it!'

Brad Dickson

‘My boss stole my bag and threw it away’: Boss tosses employee’s bag in the dumpster after office hours, HR intervenes and sides with boss

Ben Weiss

Boss uses employee's email to write a fake review for his business, employee finds out: 'This is really shady'

JR Atkinson

Envious coworker is upset that his supervisor gets remote work privileges, then proceeds to bad-mouth the supervisor to their shared client while under the influence: ‘Coworker was promptly fired’

Lana DeGaetano

PhD student, fed up with her caffeinated coworker Anne, plans to take back her coffee maker when she graduates, leaving Anne to brew alone: ‘She stopped making coffee at her home because she knows she can make it at work. I am her source of caffeine’

Etai Eshet

Employee told he is going to lose all of his leave by the end of the year, takes it all at once, leaving projects struggling to be completed: 'Use all your PTO before December 31 or lose it? Alright, don't mind if I do, even if the project burns...'

Brad Dickson

'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

Ben Weiss

'I'm just doing my job': Front desk receptionist detains the CEO in the lobby for security approval after a company-wide email puts them on blast for the new 'NO EXCEPTIONS' policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boss reprimands employee for showing too much personality in emails, employee complies and gets accused of sounding too cold: 'I thought you didn't want personal touches'

Ben Weiss

Jealous boss informs HR of a completely permissible after-work get-together that her employees attended, only because she wasn't invited herself: "[She] made a complaint that she was being ostracized’

Lana DeGaetano

18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

Brad Dickson

Woman creative puts her foot down and refuses to attend her boyfriend's family events after he fails to defend her against their harsh criticisms regarding her line of work: ‘I was hurt and felt completely blindsided’

Lana DeGaetano

Delusional direct report refuses to accept that his manager is in charge of him, manager gets even: 'Adam has openly claimed he doesn’t technically report to me'

Ben Weiss

18-year-old retail employee gets scolded for being 6 minutes late to work, then takes their manager's demands literally as payback: ‘If you can’t be here on time, don't come in at all—so I didn't'

Jesse Kessenheimer