workplace-stories

‘You are no longer needed’: Employee gets fired by coworker via texts, so they criticize company's unprofessional conduct in response, gets blocked

Bar Mor Hazut

Entitled Pregnant Woman Demands Coworkers Pay Hundreds for Additional Gifts Despite Recent Baby Shower, Igniting Office Uproar

Sienna Varady

HR person incorrectly calculates 10% raise underpaying employee, confidently shares their incorrect equation when challenged: 'This was their response...'

Brad Dickson

'Sorry, this is a red flag': 20 unprofessional messages from horrible bosses

Ben Weiss

'Don't food shame me or I'll go to HR': Top 20 Mildly Infuriating HR Fiascos

Ben Weiss

Guy pulls prank on lunch-thieving coworker, causes him to get sick in the office: 'Dude, were you eating this? It's gone bad'

Ben Weiss

Karen coworker shames employee for not working hard enough: 'If I am not paid to be there, I am not going to do it'

Ben Weiss

'I was kicked off the call when they were [firing] me': Employee gets access revoked so quickly they're booted off mid-call, rejoins to give them a piece of his mind

Ben Weiss

Boss cancels remote work policy for all employees but himself: 'My boss is totally incompetent'

Brad Dickson

‘I was hired and fired within 3 hours’: Employee finishes first day on the job only to receive a message from manager informing them the position is no longer available, gets advised to lawyer up

Bar Mor Hazut

'My ex-boss refuses to send my last paycheck': Employee gets fired for calling out management on wage theft, considers class-action lawsuit

Ben Weiss

'Pay me less for exponentially more work': New hire negotiates salary based on "assistant" title, only to discover on day one that he is a department head

Ben Weiss

'You are literally working yourself into an early grave': Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household

JR Atkinson

'Don't worry, message received loud and clear': Employee puts power-tripping micromanaging Karen manager in her place by following her orders

Brad Dickson

'Let this be a learning experience': New hire quits on the spot after they get their first paycheck and discover it's 50% lower than manager promised on the job posting

Bar Mor Hazut

Woman's Coworkers Ignore Her Wedding, She Stops Going Out of Her Way to be Helpful in the Office, Workplace Tensions Ensue

Ely Bulnes