workplace-stories

IT guy gives boss ultimatum after his PTO request was put on hold until he trained his potential replacement: 'Approve my 1-week PTO or accept my 2-week notice'

Ben Weiss

Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: 'That's what people who are quitting do'

Emmy Pratt

'I'm only working for 7 hours each day': Website manager agrees to manager's strict work hours, but commenters advise them about a more pressing issue

Remy Millisky

Boss makes employees come into work during a hurricane: 'Call-offs during this time will not be accepted'

Ben Weiss

‘I should’ve never fallen into the trap’: Entitled boss revokes employee's WFH privileges because it's simply more convenient for her, sparks feud in a 1:1 meeting resulting in tears

Lana DeGaetano

Work cancels employee's shift 10 minutes before their shift was supposed to start, they quit: 'I've had enough'

Brad Dickson

‘The tow truck is on the way’: Driver refuses to move his truck after it constantly blocks office entrance, employees report him as payback, leading to a costly dispute

Bar Mor Hazut

Employer deducts last year's bonus from pay after worker gives notice: 'Company just deducted last years bonus out of my last paycheck after quitting...'

Brad Dickson

Top 20+ strange jobs people actually had and (mostly) loved: 'Working as a professional sleeper for sleep studies'

Ben Weiss

'Sorry man, can't let you in': Movie theater employee gets to stop annoying teens from buying tickets

Remy Millisky

'On Mondays, I would show up to work on and not do anything': 20+ Workers who couldn't stay professional on the job

Remy Millisky

Coworker CC's everyone at work on iconic resignation email: 'I've had a great time here watching the walls change color slower than my career progression'

Ben Weiss

'He... had to delete 40 pages of emails': Boss insists web developer send him emails for every 404 error

Remy Millisky

‘They thought they were being smart’: Entitled diners get kicked out of restaurant after server catches them bringing outside drinks and disguise them as the restaurant's

Bar Mor Hazut

‘You're also a liar’: Male Karen refuses to take ‘no’ for an answer, demands to have hotel shuttle driver be his private chauffeur for his shopping excursions

Lana DeGaetano

Remote software engineer completes their work in 25 hours with 30% above average productivity, wonders if they're wrong for not for doing so: 'I average 200-250 tickets a month'

Brad Dickson