workplace-stories

Employee pranks messy coworker by unplugging and putting an ‘out of service’ sign on the office microwave, keeping the appliance clean for all but her to use

Lana DeGaetano

'I am the only woman manager here': Boss gives female employee written reprimand for not working 50-55 hours per week, doesn't hold male coworkers to the same standard

JR Atkinson

Boss makes overworked employee sign new contract to work 50-55 hours per week: 'I have to work 10 [...] hours a day for no additional pay'

Ben Weiss

Employee demands boss demote his coworker so that he could take their job, coworker finds out but decides to do nothing about it: ‘I'm letting him sink himself’

Bar Mor Hazut

Company boss ignores months of warnings then blames engineer when disaster strikes, loses talented employee to competitor paying $30k more

Etai Eshet

Brand new employee mortified by their interruption to video call: 'I let out a loud, audible sigh'

Remy Millisky

20+ Petty workplace dramas that got the whole office gossiping: 'Patricia stole my stapler and is denying it'

Remy Millisky

Manager calls employee ‘ungrateful’ after she expects to be paid for working overtime: ‘I'm so tired of this mindset’

Lana DeGaetano

'That's not legal at all. It's wage theft': Boss calls 20-year-old employee 'ungrateful' after she refuses to work overtime for free

JR Atkinson

Micromanager locks office supply closet to ‘save costs’ for company, employees retaliate by flooding her with emails requesting supplies: ‘Need a single paperclip? Email’

Bar Mor Hazut

Manager yells at teen worker in front of customers, customers complain and he gets fired: 'I later found out he lost his job'

Brad Dickson

Construction workers build home backwards to comply with impolite architect's instructions: 'I'm in charge here! You don't have the right to question me'

Remy Millisky

'If you don't want me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best': 20+ unprofessional comments job applicants wrote on their resumes

Ben Weiss

Accountant accidentally makes employee eat expensive meals during work trips: '$60 is more than $40'

Remy Millisky

Fully remote HR rep denies employee's request to work from home due to childcare: 'It is 100% about control'

Ben Weiss

'I'm most likely getting fired': Employee complains about boss on social media, boss finds out, now his days are numbered

Ben Weiss