workplace-stories

CEO takes new hire out to business lunch, makes wildly out-of-touch comments: ''He basically asked me to make him a billionaire'

Ben Weiss

‘She stamped her foot and left’: Karen throws a tantrum at grocery store after she is $10 short of her purchase, her husband calls her out in front of entire store

Bar Mor Hazut

'A $200k mistake': Employee gets fired, costs their boss and the company $200k, employee is rehired with a raise and promotion

Brad Dickson

‘There was never a job offer’: Server successfully completes a 3-hour trial shift at restaurant only to be rejected from the job and told they just wanted free labor

Bar Mor Hazut

'Boss made a rule... and soon changed his mind': General manager instructed to carry 2 phones and "not mix things," boss soon regrets it

Remy Millisky

‘Make it work, or I’ll find someone who can’: New CFO forces senior compliance officer's hand to fire half his team, company loses $500K because they needed the employee they fired to close the deal

Lana DeGaetano

'I annoyed... him every time he set foot in the office': Bookstore worker forced to work in the dark after lazy boss won't replace broken lightbulb

Remy Millisky

'Your anonymous feedback surveys are 100% not anonymous': 20+ common lies bosses have told their employees in the workplace

Ben Weiss

'Being likable is actually more important than being good': Beleaguered workers share their hard-won advice about employment

JR Atkinson

Office worker refuses to bake a dessert for coworker's 'grandma shower': 'Ridiculous and not a thing'

JR Atkinson

Man Pretends to Be Married to His Wife's Pregnant Younger Sister for Attention at Work, She Finds Out and Reveals the Truth

Ely Bulnes

‘I got cheated out of my raise’: Employee gets snubbed by boss who refuses to approve their raise, they go over boss's head and report him as payback

Bar Mor Hazut

Customer demands refund for 20 minutes of internet downtime caused by their own mistake, customer service rep maliciously complies: '[That's] a little under 2 cents an hour'

Brad Dickson

Manager repeatedly schedules employee when they're not available, leaving them confused as what to do: 'I can't even work that day'

Brad Dickson

'I've finally decided to break free...': Coworker's witty and honest resignation goes viral

Brad Dickson

Employee is wrongfully terminated from assisted living facility after reporting them for not following regulations, despite being one of few assistants who actually does their job

Lana DeGaetano