workplace-stories

Bus company refuses to allow driver to work for another company due to 'conflict of interest', driver backs out of the job: ‘If you want to control my time, pay for it’

Bar Mor Hazut

Incompetent boss accidentally reveals massive pay gap while trying to relate with employee about wanting more money: ‘I'm just dumbfounded and honestly thinking about looking for a new job’

Etai Eshet

‘Manager seemed confused as to why I was still sick’: Boss refuses to accept employee's illness can last more than a day, then gets passive-aggressive when the unwell worker needs to leave mid-shift

Etai Eshet

Employee fired via web meeting by an executive she never met along with colleague finds out her boss didn’t know she was losing 2 team members: ‘my boss told us she wasn’t aware of any meetings with upper management’

Etai Eshet

Sister-in-law’s decade of mean comments stop cold when target reveals trust fund lifestyle and casually flaunts luxury items she was hiding for years: ‘she's always throwing jabs, 'jokes' about how I'm not good enough for her brother’

Etai Eshet

‘Mr. Clips his Toenails’: 15+ Office workers share their biggest coworker pet peeves and distractions

Lana DeGaetano

Chief operating officer calls employee "unprofessional" for not answering the phone during PTO days: 'Is this old school thinking?'

JR Atkinson

Entitled 11-year-old coworker’s daughter keeps stealing from everyone at work, including makeup from hidden bags, while her mother does nothing, forcing 23-year-old employee to look for creative solutions

Etai Eshet

Boss fires employee and demands she train 3 replacements without providing severance pay: ‘He said I can't leave them hanging and that I needed to be a team player’

Etai Eshet

Condescending coworker insults “uneducated” colleagues, says they deserve less pay despite needing constant help with basic tasks: ‘She’s very loud and vocal about her opinions, and can be very abrasive in her treatment of others’

Etai Eshet

Manager refuses to assign warehouse worker an assistant to help with heavy lifting, leading worker to spend the entire shift with their arms crossed: ‘I didn’t move an inch’

Bar Mor Hazut

15+ Inconsiderate coworkers and bosses who made these employees' jobs more difficult: 'Thanks for the last piece of gum'

Ben Weiss

25+ Interviews that could not have gone worse for the job candidate: 'Every answer was "I don't know"'

Remy Millisky

'My boss called my mom': Employee quits, boss refuses to accept their resignation, calls employee's mother to step in

Ben Weiss

'It triggers her into speaking tongues': 25+ Distracting Habits Coworkers Annoy Others With

JR Atkinson

'I caught a guy trying to buy a $30k boat': 20+ Employees who overspent on their company credit card

Remy Millisky