workplace discussion

28-year-old graphic designer and 5-year company veteran discovers they're making less than 2 college graduate new hires: 'I'm supposed to train people who make more money than me'

Brad Dickson

Manager forces employee to submit shorter reports, employee complies and then get reprimanded for not being detailed enough

Ben Weiss

Fast-food new-hire finds themselves 30 minutes late for their first shift when the manager forgets to tell them they were hired and scheduled, leading to a tense phone call: 'It's not my responsibility to inform you about your schedule'

Brad Dickson

30-year-old woman blocks male coworker for “being distant” after she stepped back to appease her jealous boyfriend, and still expected casual friendly office small talk: '[She] blocked me for respecting the distance she created'

Etai Eshet

‘He’s trying to get me fired but he’s just too dumb to do it well’: Coworker tries to get the contractor in trouble by micromanaging and tattling to higher ups but they all ignore him

Etai Eshet

Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

Brad Dickson

Retired coworker Jeff spots a colleague on medical leave eating dinner and decides to play unpaid HR and tells their managers

Etai Eshet

Manufacturer helps client with urgent order by supplying differently specced parts at client's agreement, client still makes official complaint because the parts weren't to normal specification, manufacturer delays their orders thereafter in retaliation

Brad Dickson

Job candidate sends pointed email to HR over company's hiring process, gets a scathingly unprofessional response from the CEO

Brad Dickson

Boss admits she intentionally gave one employee extra work to test how they cope, while her coworker, Sue, slacks and leaves them handling whole project alone

Etai Eshet

Boss denies 25-year veteran employee’s fully prepared PTO request, blocking their vacation despite having plenty of accrued time off

Etai Eshet

Employee realizes how miserable they are in their current role after being appointed temporarily to another team: 'I wasn't waking up dreading the day [anymore]'

Brad Dickson

Employee acts like her manager’s director, constantly second-guesses completed work, and creates fake emergencies: ‘She is constantly acting like we are not doing our jobs’

Etai Eshet

Retired manager comes back 1 day after heartfelt retirement party, leaving employees feeling tricked out of their money emotions and patience with management

Etai Eshet

Manager repeatedly ignores developer's warning, resulting in $228k of incorrect transactions: 'The system did exactly what it was told to do'

Brad Dickson

Employees discuss why they quit their jobs only a few days (or hours) in: ‘[I was] working 12-13 hours a day’

Lana DeGaetano