workplace-stories

'Never put anything in writing': Worker sends scathing email after unnecessary meeting, dividing the internet

Brad Dickson

'The cops were called': Karen arrested for accosting customers she mistook for employees, who play along to send her over the edge

Brad Dickson

'After this I want to quit': Employee requests PTO to attend family funeral, boss asks for proof of the service

Ben Weiss

'Lots of unqualified people selling hearing aids with a 500% markup': 20+ shady industries to be on the lookout for

Ben Weiss

'How is this even legal?': Boss refuses to let coworker leave, gets him fired from new job and back to his old job

Ben Weiss

'They're threatening to sue my new job for "theft of talent"': System Engineer's new employer gets sued by their last one who laid them off

Brad Dickson

"Oblivious" lawyers refuse to let bookkeeper make simple phone call that would save the firm $125k

Brad Dickson

'Did my employee rage-quit, or did I fire her?': Manager joins HR to figure out what to do about twice-fired employee

Remy Millisky

'It came out to like $2,400 after legal fees': Hospitality worker sues boss after claiming he was underpaid, worker wins in court

Isabella Penn

'I fired a guy for trying to drive a scissor lift down the stairs': 25+ Safety watchdogs who were caught off guard by careless companies

Remy Millisky

'I never offered any solutions to that company again': Egotistical boss overrules software developer's plan with their own, leading to their quiet quitting

Brad Dickson

Update: 'My boss has not acknowledged my two-week notice': Toxic boss avoids talking to night shift worker about quitting up until their last day

Remy Millisky

'[I] stormed out of the office': Worker told that they won't be getting their annual raise despite overachieving performance

Brad Dickson

'The majority of the staff quit within months': Boss tries to make employees start work 20 minutes early, workers retaliate and make a pact to arrive early every shift and hang out together in their cars

Isabella Penn

'I made the mistake of assuming he was telling the truth': Boss tells employee he'll drive her home from work before a snowstorm hit, ends up ghosting her and left her stranded

Isabella Penn

'Enjoy litigation and demotion': Employee gets back at former boss for stealing his ideas and firing him, eventually takes over boss's new company and demotes him

Ben Weiss