work

Senior engineer outsmarts an arrogant new hire when the newbie tries to play office politics, shattering his misplaced corporte confidence: 'He quit out of embarrassment'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee begs for 3rd shift in interview process, is given all 1st shift while giving newbie 3rd: 'I already have a commute 45 min to an hour and in that rush hour it takes me almost 2 hours to get there'

JR Atkinson

Boss agrees to let employee work from home after 3 PM daily, boss's daughter gets annoyed when she challenges her on it: 'She has no authority'

Ally Perry

Guy responds politely to job rejection email, ends up scoring an interview in a positive turn of events: “Life is strange’

Lana DeGaetano

Company demands former employee pay back $5000 for training program after he resigns, docks salary if he refuses : 'This demand was never agreed upon'

Ally Perry

'I guess I'm a cat person now': One unexpected workday rescue transformed a lifelong dog person into a devoted cat pawrent

Sarah Brown

Wealthy siblings try to pressure their older sister into surpassing her budget for group trip to Europe, she refuses to budge: ‘They all felt that they were subsidizing me’

Lana DeGaetano

Arrogant coworker takes credit for project, demands a promotion and gets fired instead: 'Sometimes the trash takes itself out!'

Ben Weiss

Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn't provide severance: 'I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services'

JR Atkinson

Manager excludes new hire from Friday pizza meeting until she has worked for 90 days, gets annoyed when she tells department head: 'Now there's no more pizza meetings'

Ally Perry

Company only allows PTO on 'sick days,' forcing employees to lie about their time off: 'That’s basically no PTO with extra steps'

JR Atkinson

Boss denies employee lunch break for being 8 minutes late, employee takes break and quits: 'I clocked out and went 'to the deli''

Ally Perry

Boss refuses employee expenses because one receipt is over by £0.03, ends up owing £250 when they resubmit their expense sheet according to company guidelines: 'I found all the extras'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Mom, who has been unemployed since 2006, expects her son to drop out of college so he can work full-time and pay her mortgage: 'She insists it’s her house but will not contribute financially.'

Emmy Pratt

Job seeker flawlessly redesigns company's app for job interview, company uses their design but refuses to hire them: 'It was 85% my work. I got a generic rejection email.'

Emmy Pratt

Online handbag seller refuses to send bag to entitled customer after they demand a refund for two past orders, leading to a dispute on the site: ‘I decided to cancel the order’

Bar Mor Hazut