workplace-stories

Boss gets fired, blames employees and bombards coworkers' phones with accusatory messages: 'He called me 28 times in the span of an hour'

Isabella Penn

‘You should’ve read the terms and conditions': Hotel clerk refuses to give guest their money back after they try to cancel a non-refundable room, guest demands compensation

Bar Mor Hazut

'Now he is getting teased at work': Lie backfires when husband tells wife not to come to business dinner

Remy Millisky

Employee triumphantly claps back at bosses after sending the wrong email blast: 'Everyone minus *insert CMO and director names*, it was a pleasure!'

Ben Weiss

‘Is this a joke?’: Micromanager demands to be notified whenever work-from-home employees step away from their desks

Sienna Varady

Stubborn client's refusal to use ticket system leads IT employee to ignore him completely

Sienna Varady

‘Go (work somewhere else) team’: Company cuts employees' hours but demands they double the sales, employees collectively decide to do the bare minimum instead.

Bar Mor Hazut

'He wanted to see every line of code in this project': Company CTO accuses freelancer of "faking" project results

Remy Millisky

'It is exactly as she wanted': Designer gives nightmare client the "ugly" website design she insists on, then refuses to change design

Remy Millisky

Insecure CEO tries to force job candidate to delete review after interview gone wrong: 'We want to ask you to delete this comment'

Ben Weiss

'Out of touch with reality': Customer tries to order 800 pieces of chicken and 5 sheet cakes with zero advance notice

Remy Millisky

Coworker gets final raise after 10 years at the company, resigns and gets 15% salary bump at new job: 'Loyalty will make you poor'

Ben Weiss

Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: 'Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing'

JR Atkinson

'By the time she'll notice, I'll be long gone': Employee quits job, micromanager demands they send onboarding documents for next hire, employee sends glitched files instead

Bar Mor Hazut

Hiking guide gets called out by her new boss for wearing only a sports bra, she wonders if she's wrong: 'Is it inappropriate to hike in a sports bra?'

Brad Dickson

Work demands employee pay for personal calls, employee demands payment for calls they take outside of working hours: 'I should be getting overtime each time I pick up the phone'

Brad Dickson