workplace-stories

UPDATE: Freshly fired employee sabotages critically important project with petty presentation: 'It needs to be "basically ready" in 2 weeks'

Remy Millisky

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Employee at electric vehicle company gets put on a PIP after having an argument with their new manager, who was hired only 3 months ago: 'The most [foolish] man I've ever had the awful displeasure of working with'

Brad Dickson

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Job candidate drives 35 minutes and gets ghosted by job interviewer, teen employee tells them to "go home": 'You gotta be kidding me'

Remy Millisky

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23-year-old woman gives best friend-turned-slacker employee a bad performance review after they request favoritism in the workplace: ‘She FLIPPED OUT’

Lana DeGaetano

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Job candidate completes unpaid free labor for hiring manager, gets rejected for not going above and beyond: '[I] already have a full-time job [and] was only given two days to do this!'

Ben Weiss

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39-year-old employee told he's not allowed to use the break room at work because he's salaried: 'I can't get water or coffee now because it's too confusing for other people?'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets written up for not staying late one shift after covering for manager countless times before, decides to quit without notice: ‘No more fixing other people's work’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New supervisor tells employee not to bother coming in to work if he's even 5 minutes late, he just turns around and goes home every time he gets stuck in traffic, prompting a reversal of the rule: 'I won’t be coming in'

Brad Dickson

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31-year-old photographer confronts entitled mom during a couple's photoshoot, after she demands pictures of her kids for free: ‘Just snap a few, it costs you nothing’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'8/10, see me after class': Gas station employee quits job by editing petty manager's note for all to see

Remy Millisky

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'We need a doctor's note': Employee requests 3 days off due to burnout, boss demands a doctor's note, doctor demands a full month off

Ben Weiss

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Employee abruptly quits after their boss gives them the career runaround for 3 years, boss leaves a strongly-worded note along with their final paycheck: ‘It's so unprofessional’

Lana DeGaetano

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Nepo-hire claims 15-page report as her own to impress CEO, coworker ousts her: '[She] took all the credit'

Remy Millisky

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'Pinged him on Teams [...] and got ghosted again': Boss ghosts employee after they verbally confirmed their raise, won't give written confirmation

JR Atkinson

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Boss keeps calling employee by the wrong name, even giving a promotion to this nonexistent person: '[HR] had to inform my boss that such a person doesn’t exist'

Ben Weiss

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New army boss urges employees to take their PTO, entire team takes off at once, leaving new boss scrambling: 'Each of us had accumulated between 200 and 500 extra hours'

Ben Weiss

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