workplace-stories

Manager discovers employee records their meetings without permission, decides to confront her about it: 'Is she building a case against me?'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Movie theater manager demands workers have availability 24/7, sees school as only valid conflict: 'I DO NOT accept you not being able to work a day because you want the day off to rest'

JR Atkinson

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Janitor quits their job on the spot after boss halved their hours without telling them: 'I am stunned than no one talked to you'

JR Atkinson

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‘You shouldn’t have a maid, you are not busy enough!’: Coworker criticizes young professor for hiring household help, tries to shame her at a work dinner for not doing her own chores, pushing the lecturer to shut it down and cut her out

Etai Eshet

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Employee convinces entire team to clock out together at 5:00 PM on the dot to send a message to their boss

Ben Weiss

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Workplace friendship starts to fade after coworker gets promoted and begins acting like the boss he used to complain about: ‘I don’t recognize him anymore’

Celeste Mello

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Manager schedules daily check-ins during employee's lunch break, employee insists on cooking during the meeting anyway: 'I made a full grilled cheese on my little desk griddle'

Ben Weiss

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'She just laughed': Boss refuses to stop overworking employee, causing overdue tasks to be forgotten until boss is forced to do them herself

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager interrupts with a message every time employee is on a call: 'It took me a while to realize it was intentional'

JR Atkinson

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'Micromanagement isn’t cheap': Manager demands detailed reports from IT consultant regarding their daily work, causing the company's IT bill to double

Bar Mor Hazut

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Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets passed for promotion despite fixing owner's mistakes for weeks, they decide to quit after getting the news: ‘I respect myself more than that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

Brad Dickson

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Company 'owns' employee's LinkedIn for the duration of their job: 'They have full access to my account including posts, comments, reactions, DMs, and all done by them, for their brand, using my name and my face'

JR Atkinson

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Annoying coworker continually pushes colleague to strive for higher position, it backfires: 'This place will fall apart without me'

JR Atkinson

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‘Should I tell my boss how upset I am with them?’: Employee wants to skip work lunch her boss invited her to, because she doesn’t like 2 of the coworkers who are also attending

Etai Eshet

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