workplace-stories

Boss announces employee's departure at company meeting despite employee fully staying there: 'Everyone was asking where I'm going'

Ben Weiss

'It's time to pay me': Shifty boss offers stellar employee lump sum instead of a raise, keeps delaying the payment

JR Atkinson

‘I'm literally not anyone's enemy because I had a baby’: Woman comes back from maternity leave to a sour boomer co-worker harassing her about taking the time off, HR gets involved

Lana DeGaetano

Bride invites 9 out of 10 of her coworkers to her wedding, the 1 coworker calls out his exclusion during department meeting: 'I could see the bride's face visibly change'

Emmy Pratt

'We're praying for you but you're fired': 17-year-old gets fired from first job for not personally calling in sick after getting admitted to the hospital

Ben Weiss

'I've learned my lesson…': Employee finishes assigned work early, boss finds out and sends employee to a different state to complete other's tasks, leading to a dispute when they return

Bar Mor Hazut

New manager faces resistence from older subordinates who refuse to recognize their promotion: 'The employee responds to any form of feedback as a personal attack'

Brad Dickson

'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

Remy Millisky

'Got fired 4 hours into my first day': Karen coworker gets new warehouse employee booted for working too slowly

Ben Weiss

'A cook… once served "rare" chicken': 25+ People who were staggeringly under-informed

Remy Millisky

Employee refuses to give in to Karen coworker's demands to show up early for unpaid work: '[I] do not work for free'

Ben Weiss

Guy gets fired because company ran out of computers for him: 'They [fired me] to save...$4,500...at a company that makes BILLIONS of dollars'

Ben Weiss

Company sends warning emails to employees who are ‘mouse jiggling’ instead of working, causing employees to look for other ways to avoid work: ‘I hope they are bluffing'

Bar Mor Hazut

'That's not a valid excuse': Employee calls in sick only to discover boss wrote them up for 'no call no show', they reports manager to HR in response

Bar Mor Hazut

'I had the misfortune of working for the laziest manager I've ever known': Overworked auto parts store assistant manager quits at the worst possible time

Remy Millisky

Employee confesses burnout to boss then finds job posting for their position online: 'Today, I see my job posted [at] a higher rate'

Ben Weiss