workplace-stories

Boss issues formal warning to employee during her approved vacation in Cabo for missing a meeting added to her work calendar while she was out of the country

Etai Eshet

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Boss reprimands worker for clocking in from break at 12:01 instead of 12:00: 'How fast do I quit?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee demands more benefits after their promised pay increase in new contract turns into major pay cut: ‘I will move on if my demands aren't met’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager tries to get employee to work during PTO, giving her personal number to a contractor and listing her as on-call for tasks she was never hired to do: ‘I said “absolutely not!” I am taking a paid vacation and will not be coming in’

Etai Eshet

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Remote job asks employee for a full video of their workspace so a third party vendor can do a 'safety assessment': 'Your employer wants supervised access to your home'

JR Atkinson

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Boss refuses to try employee's organizational methods and demands things done his way, employee follows, until boss realizes he was wrong: 'He couldn’t find what he needed'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee CC's entire 40-person team on every email per his manager's request, clogging everyone's inbox: 'I was just following the policy he set'

Ben Weiss

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Employee finds job listing of both of her roles split up into entry-level jobs, boss refuses to tell her anything

JR Atkinson

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Employee resigns, boss tries to cheap out by offering $20 less per hour than what he's worth to keep him on as a contractor: 'Their offer was not acceptable'

Ben Weiss

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Security job only schedules worker 2 days/week at $15/hr, forbids them from taking any other jobs: 'In case someone calls off last minute'

JR Atkinson

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Entitled boss causes 8 employees to resign, understaffed company demands he cancel his vacation to Disneyland: 'His family went off on holiday without him'

Bar Mor Hazut

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New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

Ben Weiss

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Employee considers quitting during week 1 of new job making 3x their previous salary because of disorganization: 'Is this a joke?'

JR Atkinson

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'Did the right thing, paid the price': Employee reports team lead to management after discovering they altered reports for clients, gets fired for speaking up

Bar Mor Hazut

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Teacher walks out mid-shift on her last day after an admin yells at and follows her for taking a brief call, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes

Etai Eshet

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Biotech employee starts planning to quit after their boss expects them to train the fresh-out-of-college new hire they gave the promotion to :‘[She’s] asking me to hold her hand through tasks daily’

Etai Eshet

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