workplace-stories

'Time to work 3% less hard': Company announces record-breaking profits, cuts employee's 401ks in the same meeting

JR Atkinson

Micromanager enforces strict tracking of team's work days, all 30 employees maliciously comply by submitting extra detailed breakdown: '[The] data is lost in a heap of unusable data'

Ben Weiss

‘You're clearly not a barista’: Coffee shop employee's job is terminated by toxic manager, is still expected to finish her busy last shift without compensation

Lana DeGaetano

Employee gets even with micromanaging boss by giving debt collectors his new contact details after years of receiving their calls: '[I] provided his current number to update their database'

Brad Dickson

Employee advanced to manager position after it was discovered that his manager is living in his truck due to job-related expenses

Sienna Varady

'I am looking for average performance': Boss claims employee is setting too high expectations for clients and demands she lowers her work performance, leading to employee's resignation

Bar Mor Hazut

'He was blowing up my phone on nights and weekends': Boss refuses to stop contacting employee outside of work hours, coworkers side with the boss

Remy Millisky

'A month later, there are googly eyes everywhere': 20+ Employees who had memorably weird days at work

Remy Millisky

'You do nothing for anyone except yourself': Manager loses it after employee refuses to cover his shift in unhinged text messages

Ben Weiss

'This is the story of how I got back at them': Impolite construction workers bother hotel staffers and guests, employee finds a petty way to retaliate

Remy Millisky

Fast food worker warned never to talk back to supervisor again, malicious compliance ensues: '[But] I promised that I would never talk back to [you]'

Ben Weiss

'You want a large pizza with everything? Ok': Entitled customer gets exactly what she asked for after vague delivery instructions

Ben Weiss

'You think you know more than me?': A/V Technician puts bassist in his place

Brad Dickson

Retail worker exacts revenge on micromanager by letting innocent toddler steal from shop, setting off uncomfortable discussion with superiors

Sienna Varady

Boss rescinds job offer immediately after candidate asks them about paying schedule, claiming: ‘I don't like staff always asking about pay’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Now that is some worker solidarity': Entire restaurant quits after one worker is called out for dress code violation

Remy Millisky