workplace-stories

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

Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Brad Dickson

Company 'owns' employee's LinkedIn for the duration of their job: 'They have full access to my account including posts, comments, reactions, DMs, and all done by them, for their brand, using my name and my face'

JR Atkinson

Annoying coworker continually pushes colleague to strive for higher position, it backfires: 'This place will fall apart without me'

JR Atkinson

‘Should I tell my boss how upset I am with them?’: Employee wants to skip work lunch her boss invited her to, because she doesn’t like 2 of the coworkers who are also attending

Etai Eshet

Manager catches employee working 2 full-time remote jobs at the same time: 'Apparently he took 2 weeks PTO when starting out, and then went right back to work the other job'

JR Atkinson

Manager forces employee to submit shorter reports, employee complies and then get reprimanded for not being detailed enough

Ben Weiss

Graphic designer complies with client's vague demands to make his logo more "noticeable" by submitting pitch deck with 80% increased size

Ben Weiss

15+ Workplaces that fell apart after one important employee quit

Remy Millisky

‘You're not going to win this fight’: General manager demands employee give up their desk at “hot desking” office, employee books the space again out of spite

Bar Mor Hazut

15+ Employees who got fired for great reasons: 'A coworker drove 80+ MPH making a delivery'

Remy Millisky

Fast food worker finds out about their first shift 30 minutes after it starts, manager berates them for not knowing: 'Well, I'm simply not in town today'

JR Atkinson

Employee hands boss their two weeks' notice, only for boss to demand they stay for longer, employee refuses: ‘You should be glad I'm giving you this’

Bar Mor Hazut

30-year-old woman blocks male coworker for “being distant” after she stepped back to appease her jealous boyfriend, and still expected casual friendly office small talk: '[She] blocked me for respecting the distance she created'

Etai Eshet

‘If you go, you're fired’: Boss denied employee's time off request after discovering their summer vacations are at the same time, employee refuses to reschedule

Bar Mor Hazut

‘He’s trying to get me fired but he’s just too dumb to do it well’: Coworker tries to get the contractor in trouble by micromanaging and tattling to higher ups but they all ignore him

Etai Eshet