workplace-stories

Employee resigns, then gets lured back with better offer, only to be fired 6 months later: 'Corporate ghouls be corporate ghouls'

Ben Weiss

20+ Job interviewers who were stunned by their entitled candidates: 'This job is beneath me. Call me when you have something good available'

Remy Millisky

'I'll find out whose stuff I'm getting when the surprise package arrives': Employer calls ex-employee 16 months after they quit for being called 'insubordinate' for using FMLA, claim they have their 'personal effects'

JR Atkinson

‘Things got personal and intense’: Employee informs boss they're seeking other career opportunities, boss retaliates by stripping them of their responsibilities

Lana DeGaetano

Employee forced to go home and change after wearing shorts, proves micromanager wrong with the help of the company handbook: 'I'm changing back into my shorts'

Ben Weiss

‘What's the point?’: Top employee steps down from organizing ‘fun’ office activities after boss accuses them of being a negative influence on coworkers, leaving the office in disarray

Bar Mor Hazut

'How about NO': Hiring manager blocks candidate after they politely inquire about the job's pay rate, all while claiming it's unprofessional to even ask

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee gets excluded from team lunch due to her dietary restrictions, she confronts manager, leading to tension in the office when team backs her up: ‘I thought I was being considerate’

Bar Mor Hazut

Boss retaliates against employee for letting their coworkers vent to them, employee stops doing all of the extra tasks they had been taking on out of goodwill: 'Coworkers should be allowed to vent to each other without it being treated like this'

Brad Dickson

'I decided to quit on the spot instead of giving them 2 weeks notice': 20+ Employees who quit their toxic jobs and abandoned their bad bosses

Remy Millisky

Retaliatory boss fires colleague before they could file a claim against her, employee fears they're next on the chopping block: ‘I am next on her list’

Lana DeGaetano

Pregnant worker announces she intends to work from the hospital while she's in labor since she doesn't qualify for paid maternity leave: 'She will be back to work in 6 weeks and she will have no PTO left'

JR Atkinson

‘Her reply: Yes, both, no extra pay’: CEO offers fake promotion to manager, promising more responsibility, a new role, and zero raise.

Etai Eshet

Director upset that employee emailed their resignation when she's unreachable while working from home against company policy, freezes their entire bank account after accidentally overpaying them on their final pay: 'I do plan to formally escalate'

Brad Dickson

Employee declines to donate to coworker's fundraiser for their dog, the rest of the office ices them out: 'Someone put up a donation tally in the break room, listing how much everyone contributed. My name was the only one missing'

JR Atkinson

19-year-old woman blocks fellow student from getting job: '[She] always seems to one-up me'

Remy Millisky