workplace-stories

'Take notes of EVERYTHING you say in the meeting? Okay': Boss tries to ignore important safety concerns, "model employee" gets back at them with meticulous notes

Remy Millisky

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'I wasn’t gonna let him win': Employee refuses to let boss keep picking on him, exposes his business negligence on his last day

Ben Weiss

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'I've never been caught': Worker confesses to leaving job site while nobody is watching, stirring controversy and sparking discussion in online community

Brad Dickson

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Customer complains about internet speed, but it turns out they were getting faster speeds than they were paying for, gets slower internet than they started with: 'It's even worse than it was before!'

Brad Dickson

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'I need my full paycheck': Employee quits two weeks in after boss never draws up his W2, demands to be paid in full

Ben Weiss

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'Sounds optional to me': Employee declines optional training course, boss reprimands her, claims it was mandatory to attend

Ben Weiss

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'I quit my job and now they’ve offered me more money': Employee quits their toxic workplace only to be offered better compensation, they decline dividing readers online

Brad Dickson

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Developer embarrasses new boss and gets foolish "no overtime" policy overturned by adhering strictly to it: 'Well, it's 4:30. That's my 8 hours. I'll see you tomorrow'

Brad Dickson

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Boss finds out employee got an interview elsewhere, pressures her to resign: 'She doesn't even know if she got the job yet'

Ben Weiss

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'Call it quits before it gets too messy': New tutor denied promised hours and school district leading to impossible commute, quits before first day

Ben Weiss

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Controlling micromanager threatens to write up employee for putting down her purse after she clocks in: 'This literally takes 2 seconds'

JR Atkinson

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WFH employee gets official strike when their dog pops up in the background of a company Zoom call, company states it's because they have a ‘no pets policy’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Dude made his bed’: Egotistical colleague ruins his career, whose promotion leads to a mass resignation and his eventual firing

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee gets back at micromanaging boss by working scheduled hours after being singled out over flexible working hours: 'You will work 9 to 5 so we can watch you'

Brad Dickson

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Employees reject promotions due to the lack of increased compensation for responsibility: 'We just don't want to work like our superiors'

Brad Dickson

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'I need to be paid if he wants my help': Employee gets back at entitled boss who refused to give her a raise

Remy Millisky

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