workplace-stories

Single mom uses PTO days for when her child's daycare is closed, boss calls her out for her request: 'Every month, there's at least one of my 5 coworkers that have taken a vacation'

JR Atkinson

Employee forced to come into work despite snowstorm emergency: 'I was told to dig myself out'

Ben Weiss

Scorned employee divulges plan to resign after dealing with narcissistic boss for far too long: ‘He spoke to me as if I was a child’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee dishes out well-deserved karma on workplace tormentor in a company meeting: ‘After that, everything shifted’

Lana DeGaetano

IT worker is blamed for coworker showing up late, says it's their fault for leaving on time: 'They’ve basically gotten used to arriving late, and the person ending the shift is stuck covering past their scheduled time'

JR Atkinson

Snowed-in employee calls off at 5 AM, boss tries to send ride share to pick them up anyway: 'The roads are so bad here'

JR Atkinson

Employees forced to return to office after years of working remotely, only to find out the company failed to rent a space big enough for everyone: ‘The desks are crammed together’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee refuses to take on new clients after handing in their notice, management accuses them of not being a team player in response: ‘I’m being turned into the villain’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘After more than 20 years working there, she was fired.’ Loyal employee fired 4 years before retirement by her former mentee, who climbed the ranks with questionable methods

Etai Eshet

Company tech support insists on only helping via voice texts, until exasperated IT manager does the same to them with all their passwords: ‘Suddenly they switched to text’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee gets promoted over more qualified but "difficult" coworker: 'I know he thinks I'm an empty suit [...] and he's completely right'

Ben Weiss

Servers discuss their restaurant regulars who tip them ‘exorbitant’ amounts: ‘[Post Malone] tips more than anyone I've ever heard of’

Lana DeGaetano

'Most job postings aren’t real': HR admits to curious employee that they advertise fake jobs to keep an inventory of candidates “just in case”, leading to heavy criticism

Bar Mor Hazut

Woman tries to "return" a coat she stole from a thrift store’s off-limits donation cart, claimed it was hers, and threw a tantrum when staff refused: ‘[She] snapped instantly from tears to rage’

Etai Eshet

Company fires employee for not immediately reporting overpayment on a paycheck despite the fact they were on a cruise: 'He said its not about the money but about integrity'

JR Atkinson

Team lead quits on the spot after upper management reprimands him for giving employees 5 out of 5 on their performance reviews: 'You quite literally will never be good enough in their eyes, by design'

Ben Weiss