workplace-stories

Employee considers quitting during week 1 of new job making 3x their previous salary because of disorganization: 'Is this a joke?'

JR Atkinson

'Did the right thing, paid the price': Employee reports team lead to management after discovering they altered reports for clients, gets fired for speaking up

Bar Mor Hazut

Teacher walks out mid-shift on her last day after an admin yells at and follows her for taking a brief call, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes

Etai Eshet

Biotech employee starts planning to quit after their boss expects them to train the fresh-out-of-college new hire they gave the promotion to :‘[She’s] asking me to hold her hand through tasks daily’

Etai Eshet

Manager discovers employee records their meetings without permission, decides to confront her about it: 'Is she building a case against me?'

Bar Mor Hazut

Movie theater manager demands workers have availability 24/7, sees school as only valid conflict: 'I DO NOT accept you not being able to work a day because you want the day off to rest'

JR Atkinson

Janitor quits their job on the spot after boss halved their hours without telling them: 'I am stunned than no one talked to you'

JR Atkinson

‘You shouldn’t have a maid, you are not busy enough!’: Coworker criticizes young professor for hiring household help, tries to shame her at a work dinner for not doing her own chores, pushing the lecturer to shut it down and cut her out

Etai Eshet

Employee convinces entire team to clock out together at 5:00 PM on the dot to send a message to their boss

Ben Weiss

Workplace friendship starts to fade after coworker gets promoted and begins acting like the boss he used to complain about: ‘I don’t recognize him anymore’

Celeste Mello

Manager schedules daily check-ins during employee's lunch break, employee insists on cooking during the meeting anyway: 'I made a full grilled cheese on my little desk griddle'

Ben Weiss

'She just laughed': Boss refuses to stop overworking employee, causing overdue tasks to be forgotten until boss is forced to do them herself

Bar Mor Hazut

Manager interrupts with a message every time employee is on a call: 'It took me a while to realize it was intentional'

JR Atkinson

'Micromanagement isn’t cheap': Manager demands detailed reports from IT consultant regarding their daily work, causing the company's IT bill to double

Bar Mor Hazut

Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Bar Mor Hazut