workplace-stories

'Ok boss, let's see what ya got': Call center Karen argues with new manager for 5+ hours to get extra day of PTO

Ben Weiss

'Open can of sardines [was] left in the office fridge overnight': 25 Workplaces that are mildly infuriating

Remy Millisky

30+ Job Search Memes on Their Hundredth Round of Interviews

JR Atkinson

'I've been waiting all day for coffee and you dropped the ball again': Office owners repeatedly ask female employee to make coffee for the entire office

Remy Millisky

Grocery store chain charges employees $2 to wear shorts during heat wave: 'Where does the money go?'

JR Atkinson

'I did exactly as I was told': Bank teller told to order fewer bills, maliciously complies and causes a huge shortage of money for the branch

Ben Weiss

'I can’t help but feel a little bit guilty': Rare plant aficionado confiscates office plants from coworkers

Remy Millisky

‘She calls you work husband.’ Man Constantly Complains About His Female Coworker to Hide His Obsession, Wife Catches On and Confronts Him

Ely Bulnes

Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

Sienna Varady

Employer fires 17-year-old employee after they miss a shift due to hospitalization, despite family phoning boss: 'At this point we are terminating your employment'

Brad Dickson

Job candidate walks out of interview after waiting 45 minutes for manager to arrive, gets called out for being unprofessional: ‘Sorry, employment is a two-way street’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employees get unpaid overtime backpaid totaling in over $300,000 by using employer's own logic against them: 'These are the rules we're just following them'

Brad Dickson

‘Trust me…’: Boss defends employees from client's unreasonable demands, securing over $100,000 in compensation for company and staff

Sienna Varady

'[Boss] gave me the power to cancel his vacation plans': 10+ Dramatic instant karma stories

Remy Millisky

'That is like 20 jobs in one': CEO gets called out for job posting with ridiculous expectations

Ben Weiss

'Feeling a spirit of pettiness overtake me, I fill the cart with M&Ms': 4 Tales of petty revenge that one retail worker got on customers

Remy Millisky