workplace-stories

Union electrician spitefully applies to low-wage jobs requiring expert skills to waste unjust employers' time in interviews

Etai Eshet

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Gen Z employees demand “tone indicators,” older coworkers study and use them seriously, but young workers still get offended, and the whole thing gets dropped: ‘I’m here to do a job. That job is not babysitting anyone’s feelings’

Etai Eshet

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Boss ignored employee for their two weeks' notice period, waits until an hour before their last shift ends to send them tasks, employee simply leaves: ‘Radio silence’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets punished for being great at his job, so he decides to stop trying at all: 'Even though I performed my duties better than the others in my department, I was effectively punished for being so good.'

María Cetra

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Boss pushes for 'virtual office' that pings management when you're idle: 'How do I push back without sounding shady?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee Quits Suddenly After Boss Piles Work on Them After Team Shrinks From 9 Workers to 5

JR Atkinson

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After hiring freeze, understaffed company posts listing for 'Chief Happiness Officer': 'I predict a whole bunch of mandatory fun'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is put on PIP after refusing to join a 10 PM work call, tries to understand if they're getting fired: ‘Is this a genuine improvement plan?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss forces employee to shave their beard 2 months into a job with no prior warning: 'They never once disclosed this'

JR Atkinson

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'Got in trouble for having a life outside of work': Boss chews out employee for taking time off during the summer

JR Atkinson

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Glassdoor rejects worker's real salary because it was 'excessively below market average'

JR Atkinson

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Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss fires employee and goes on a 3-week cruise, leaving retirement community with no one to cover weekends: ‘We’re 3 people in my department - my boss, Brian, and me. My boss just fired Brian and left’

Etai Eshet

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Top employee quits job and starts his own business after boss refuses to give him a raise, he thrives in the new business while old boss struggles: ‘What a fool’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee lies about getting married to quit, but his boss makes him work from home instead, forcing him to juggle 3 jobs and wear a disguise near the office: ‘I told my boss I moved cities’

Etai Eshet

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Boss forces employee to work during their 20-minute lunch break, employee reports it and boss retaliates

JR Atkinson

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