workplace-stories

'I'll take an hour of free pay': Micromanaging boss demands strict adherence to schedule, gets mad when worker does

Brad Dickson

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'Enjoy the end of your law career': College student pizza guy ends law student boss's career before it starts

Brad Dickson

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'You told me today I couldn't cook without permission': Boss insists employee ask him before cooking anything, employee complies on 'the busiest night'

Remy Millisky

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'I've been doing hers last': Employee gets even with grudge-holding coworker who keeps sabotaging her by being too careful

Ben Weiss

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'Well it's mine and I got it for my stuff': Teacher calls out annoying coworker for hogging her own personal mini-fridge

Ben Weiss

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'[They said] I intentionally sabotaged their event': Client gets mad after touching the single button sound engineer told them not to press

Brad Dickson

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'I wasn't playing games': Oil rig worker calls their boss's bluff and quits when they're denied the chance to go home and visit their family

Brad Dickson

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'He's being paid "too much"': Horrified worker shares how company wants to fire valuable veteran worker to cut costs

Brad Dickson

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'He eventually settled for a multimillion dollar payout': Company accidentally gives lawyer employee free pension after trying to push him out of his job

Remy Millisky

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'Do the job I have hired you to do, and deliver my bagels': Law firm hires and fires chef in the same day

Remy Millisky

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'I [...] thought it would be more fun to comply': Supervisor insists on making employees submit requests for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

Ben Weiss

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'They put little weights in [...] to make them feel more expensive': 30+ Professionals share their industry secrets

Brad Dickson

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'I'll never be someone's backup plan': Job candidate gets rejected, they come crawling back begging to her a week later, she rejects them

Ben Weiss

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'I hung up and ignored all calls from my boss': Restaurant boss asks employee to walk five miles in below zero temperatures, critiques their 'work ethic'

Remy Millisky

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'I dunno, I’ll have to ask my mom': 30+ Job interviewees who didn't get the job thanks to their hilariously wrong answers

Remy Millisky

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'I walked out and three people followed me': Guy rage quits during the interview process after being asked to work night shifts for free

Ben Weiss

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