workplace-stories

Grocery store employee posts her salary on social media, manager tries to fire her after uproar: 'Take it down!'

Ben Weiss

'I got fired and cost the store approximately $30,000': Retail employee refuses to work two jobs at once, boss doesn't realize they quit

Remy Millisky

Employee closes up shop after coworker doesn't show up, gets reprimanded by HR for not covering their shift: 'Trying to suppress laughter at the idea I might work an unplanned double-shift'

JR Atkinson

'My boss... asked me if he could borrow $1000': 25+ Bosses who had ridiculous requests for their employees

Remy Millisky

‘It's not my responsibility to work shifts that aren't assigned to me’: Employee wrongfully reprimanded by entitled management after refusing to work overtime for a no-show co-worker

Lana DeGaetano

Employee gets caught running a program that automates their entire job, leading to an unexpected conversation with IT: ‘I was hoping they would offer me a job’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Fine. I'm out': Jealous professor demands student stop helping other members of staff saying that they're "too involved," student backs off causing havoc

Brad Dickson

Restaurant guests demand entry 5 minutes before closing, server complies, only to refuse their orders as soon as the restaurant closes: ‘I got the last laugh'

Bar Mor Hazut

After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

Sienna Varady

'I said no': Manager ‘rewards’ top-preforming employee with more workload but no raise, they purposely lower their work pace to spite them

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee demands public apology from boss after being accused of a mistake he didn't make: 'If you shame me publicly, you must apologize publicly'

Ben Weiss

'Tyrannical management took away my desk fan': Boss punishes employee for leaving desk fan running overnight, makes him struggle in the heat

Ben Weiss

'You're fired... now give us all the passwords': Retail manager realizes they're going to be fired, decides to mess with company passwords

Remy Millisky

‘You're useless anyway’: Entitled customer repeatedly scolds front desk employee, claims that "his" Presidential Suite was taken despite the room having been booked until 2025

Lana DeGaetano

Fired employee contacted a year later to recover important company files: 'How do you not make a backup of your entire company's directory?'

Ben Weiss

'My new coworker needs to be fired': Office worker asks for advice for dealing with a technologically illiterate nepo-hire

Remy Millisky