workplace-stories

'My position was eliminated': Ex-employee snags top client from agency, old boss panics after losing their business

Ben Weiss

'My emails become unnoticed by the manager': Manager claims employee isn't doing enough work because their work gets lost under coworker's mountains of updates

JR Atkinson

15+ Employees whose coworkers are driving them up the wall: 'He doesn't get my social cues of when I want to end a conversation'

Remy Millisky

Nepo-baby coworker tries to override her dad’s approval of a 3 PM leave to work from home arrangement with a colleague but gets shut down by her boss-father: ‘He told me it has nothing to do with her, she has no authority’

Etai Eshet

Woman refuses to sign a no-pay NDA sent by a now-elected official Ex, she had a brief 3-month campaign romance with years ago: ‘I was 22 at the time and he was 24, I figured I’d never have to see him again’

Etai Eshet

Arrogant coworker takes credit for project, demands a promotion and gets fired instead: 'Sometimes the trash takes itself out!'

Ben Weiss

Employee resigns, upper management fails to convince him to stay after refusing to relinquish in-person office requirement: 'They know very well I've been unhappy for 10 months'

Ben Weiss

Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn't provide severance: 'I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services'

JR Atkinson

After remote employee is forced to start workdays from the office, they decide to commute on bike, resulting in only two hours of active work a day: ‘I was paid to cycle around'

Bar Mor Hazut

Company only allows PTO on 'sick days,' forcing employees to lie about their time off: 'That’s basically no PTO with extra steps'

JR Atkinson

Boss demands employee take on an extra role with no additional pay, employee complies but only completes tasks for the second role, boss gets fired: ‘You failed to do your job’

Bar Mor Hazut

Chronically unreliable coworker calls her colleague mid‑vacation, demanding a ride home from work, and gets blocked immediately: ‘She wanted my sister to drop everything, drive all the way to work, pick her up, and take her home!’

Etai Eshet

SpEd Teacher treats para as personal assistant and substitute, quits when told to stop, and explodes online when the school accepts her resignation: ‘she had them run errands all over the school when they were supposed to be helping the students’

Etai Eshet

‘What? You don’t like me finally calling you guys out?’: Fed‑up employee calls out coworkers who keep dumping their work on her, firing back to expose their fake incompetence

Etai Eshet

Wannabe luxury YouTuber demands his videographer move in with him so they can film content whenever he wants: ‘I’ve already started looking into new jobs’

Etai Eshet

Employee refuses to promote company's products on their personal social media platforms, despite having a big following, boss insists it's wasted potential: 'Get your followers to join'

Bar Mor Hazut