workplace-stories

Coworker pressures colleague to us AI tool to write simple 2-sentence email, colleague pushes back: 'It would take about ten seconds to write myself'

JR Atkinson

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Retired manager comes back 1 day after heartfelt retirement party, leaving employees feeling tricked out of their money emotions and patience with management

Etai Eshet

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Manager repeatedly ignores developer's warning, resulting in $228k of incorrect transactions: 'The system did exactly what it was told to do'

Brad Dickson

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15+ Employees who made expensive mistakes: 'My coworker hit reply-all on an email... the silence in the office was so loud'

Remy Millisky

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Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without her consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

Lana DeGaetano

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Man considers leaving 6-figure front desk job because he doesn't 'fit in' with wealthy environment: 'I just feel like I’m faking it all day'

JR Atkinson

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New hire refuses to sign non-compete contract after receiving it weeks into their role, demands a meeting with CEO instead: 'I have no choice but to walk away'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Remote employee quits, boss forces them to travel across the country and stay 3 months to finish their work: 'No is a complete sentence'

JR Atkinson

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Managers discover an employee's social media account, then proceed to ‘gang up’ on her by hazing her on the job: ‘They were writing a physical list of my failures’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employees discuss why they quit their jobs only a few days (or hours) in: ‘[I was] working 12-13 hours a day’

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee leaves job of 5 years with no fanfare, regrets spending years in a toxic environment: 'I left like a ghost'

JR Atkinson

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10+ Employees who quit their jobs on the spot: 'Best feeling ever'

Remy Millisky

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Disgruntled employees discuss the fallacy that is unlimited PTO: ‘It's only unlimited PTO on paper’

Lana DeGaetano

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Fired employee wins $17K after former law firm employer refuses to pay his earned commissions: ‘They thought they could rip me off $4k and turned into substantially more’

Etai Eshet

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Boss calls employee he fired on Christmas, asking for unpaid weekend help as a favor "as a friend” after his wife and only other worker quit, but the former employee refuses

Etai Eshet

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