workplace-stories

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

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

Sienna Varady

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

Remy Millisky

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

Ben Weiss

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'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

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'I'm surprised we didn't all quit that day': 20+ Fast food workers share what happened on their worst day of work

Remy Millisky

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'Once your tank is dry it's dry:' Tired workers discuss whether having a life outside of a 9-5 is possible

JR Atkinson

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Database admin gets boss fired by rerouting critical messages to his pager that go unanswered: 'His face falls, he knew right then he screwed up'

Brad Dickson

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Customer insists flooring installer does it their way, gets exactly what they asked for: 'I got paid to remove the work that I just got paid to install so I can get paid to install it again'

Brad Dickson

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‘This will be deducted from your paycheck’: Boss refuses to pay employee until they go back home and get their forgotten work badge, employee reports boss to upper management

Bar Mor Hazut

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City council demands man remove grass from home and the neighboring road or pay the price, man cleverly complies making matters worse

Sienna Varady

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Micromanager seeks to prevent 'unnecessary' expenses by making employees pay for the water costs of 'poor' outdoor laborers

Sienna Varady

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'The company ended up going into liquidation': Manufacturing boss demands overworked laborer stick to his original duties despite the fact that they've been doing every job alone, their compliance sinks the company

Brad Dickson

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'Stay in my own lane? You got it': Care facility worker told not to help clients during admin hours, boss begrudgingly has to get their hands dirty

Brad Dickson

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Employee accidentally swears at boss during Zoom call thinking he's on mute: 'Hope I still have a job tomorrow'

Ben Weiss

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On-call employee reprimanded for not coming in despite never being notified by hostile manager: 'Am I being gaslit?'

Ben Weiss

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