workplace-stories

Nurses are denied OT but then find a loophole to infuriate their micromanager: 'Don't want to pay me 7 minutes of overtime? Mmmkay, pay me an hour'

Ben Weiss

'Only a grifter would do that': Shady coworker 'borrows' coworker's designer clothes and jewelry, won't return them after 1 year

JR Atkinson

'I was the one who actually did a lot of the work': New lieutenant embarrasses incompetent boss during important meeting after doing the bulk of the work

Ben Weiss

'I forwarded boss's own email back to them': Boss tells employee not to cover for two coworkers to avoid giving him another raise, backfires when both coworkers are out

Ben Weiss

Customer refuses to pay for oil change, demands mechanic put old oil back in: 'His truck might last another year at best'

Brad Dickson

Boss makes employee get doctor's note, doctor gives them even more time off: 'Now he’s paying me 4 days, 32 hours. He can’t refuse a second of it'

Brad Dickson

Awful boss gets comeuppance after employee writes essay to entire staff about his poor management: 'My toxic work environment has just worn me down'

Ben Weiss

Job candidate rejects recruiter's request for free, unpaid work during interview process: 'I was asked to produce a full list of tasks for [free]'

Ben Weiss

'Instead of quitting...people started eating donuts in front of management and being fired on the spot': 20+ Ultra petty reasons people got fired from their jobs

Remy Millisky

‘I have never heard of this policy’: Boss freezes employee's pay after he returns from vacation but 'fails to report back to work', leading to a dispute when he is not paid for weeks

Bar Mor Hazut

‘I don't care about your rules’: Karen gets banned from charity shop after she dumps her trash at their doorstep and screams at manager after they refuse to accept it as donations

Bar Mor Hazut

Client disregards advice resulting in faulty $10k order of embroidered company t-shirts: 'Have fun refunding a $10k order!'

Brad Dickson

Customer leaves negative review on car dealership after they try to scam him, leading employee to beg customer to take the review down: ‘I am going to be fired’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee gets buried in busywork when boss sees their clean desk, going forward they pretend to be busy with decoy files and folders: 'I learned my lesson'

Brad Dickson

'I clock in every day [and] play video games or whatever': Employee automates all their work being able to complete their 8-hour work day in 10 minutes from home

Brad Dickson

'I had to train myself': New hire tasked with huge project, boss refuses to let up on deadlines until new hire quits

Remy Millisky