workplace-stories

15+ Bosses who had the worst workers: '[She was] sleeping on the job. She was a lifeguard. Fired on the spot'

Remy Millisky

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Management punishes workers for celebrating coworker's goodbye with pizza and cake on their lunch break, calls it 'time fraud': 'They may restructure our office area in response'

JR Atkinson

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Secretary proves to the office who's really in charge after she puts boss in his place for attempting to go against a long-established policy: ‘She's the Real Boss’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss sends a 4am email demanding employee attend a 7am conference, then blames them for not driving 2 hours and missing booth setup: ‘My boss is notorious for never reading an email’

Etai Eshet

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Boss-employee romance turns office into personal love nest, leaving coworker third-wheeling their jobs and taking on unfinished tasks: ‘it didn’t really bother me until it started to affect my job’

Etai Eshet

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“You can’t keep telling us what to do”: 35-year-old man puts new entitled 25-year-old female coworker in her place after she demands they change the entire office rules for her, causing HR stir

Briana Viser

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Railroad supervisor loses company $940,000 after his demand to change workers' schedule causes massive production delays: ‘He turned three shades of purple’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss withholds $700 check after employee quits with short notice, purposefully dodges his calls: 'My boss was clearly salty about me leaving'

JR Atkinson

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'My interview was at 10:00 AM': Job candidate waits two hours for his interview, walks out and gives HR a piece of his mind

Ben Weiss

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30 Job candidates who gave bizarre answers to their interviewers: 'Is this going to take long? I'm parked in a 15 minute spot'

Remy Millisky

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Teen working at local grocery store shows their boss why they don't "always" offer to take people's groceries out to their car: 'He emphasized it was the store policy and I need to offer help to EVERYONE'

Brad Dickson

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'I made the right choice quitting. Insane behavior': Boss texts former employee out of the blue to say that they've gained weight

JR Atkinson

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30 Workers who could not get along with their bad bosses: 'He said... "That's the worst idea I ever saw"'

Remy Millisky

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Management fires entire team out of nowhere, then tells them they can reapply for limited spaces: 'I don’t know where that leaves me'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets berated for sitting during 12-hour shift despite having a doctor's note, quits on the spot: 'I won't be in tomorrow. Or ever again'

Ben Weiss

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'You're fired... now give us all the passwords': Manager creates 100 character long passwords for company after being fired

Remy Millisky

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