workplace-stories

'[He] routinely attempts to fax me when I have no fax machine': Employee baffled by their nepo-boss's odd workplace requests

Remy Millisky

'I was told I'd be making $15/hr, flat': Housekeeper blindsided by employer at resort after salary keeps changing

Ben Weiss

'I refuse to do so': Senior employee forced to record bathroom breaks

Brad Dickson

'People got passive aggressive': Micromanaging boss asks employees to give more updates, they maliciously comply to prove a point

Ben Weiss

'I quit at the register on Black Friday': 20+ People who got back at their bosses before joyfully quitting

Remy Millisky

'I'm not used to being managed like I'm a child': New boss requires employees to notify every time they go to the bathroom, employee debates taking it up with HR

Ben Weiss

'Nope': Remote worker forbidden from working from sick father's house forced to take PTO, then asked to visit client during that PTO

Brad Dickson

'Do not work for free': Employee pressured by Karen coworker to come in early for unpaid work, employee refuses

Ben Weiss

'Rep has horrible body odor': Employee has had it with coworker's B.O. problem, files a complaint to management

Ben Weiss

'They backtracked real fast': Data analyst laid off without notice, offered reinstatement 'at reduced pay' when things began falling apart

Eleonora Bader

Workers Share The Fastest Ways They've Seen Someone Get Fired

Emmy Pratt

'I found a bandaid in my pizza': Restaurant goers (and employees) recall the most disgusting thing they ever saw dining out

Jesse Kessenheimer

'First day on the job, gave another coworker a wet-willy': 20+ stories where people got fired on day one

Ben Weiss

'You are not allowed to clock out': Micromanaging boss chews out employee for clocking out early, employee maliciously complies and gets extra pay

Ben Weiss

'I'm an extremely patient person and have never done anything like this before': Interviewer over 45 minutes late for interview, candidate walks out

Brad Dickson

'The company is losing thousands of dollars every single minute': Printer room worker forced to train their lazy replacements who refuse to listen, costs the company "tens of thousands"

Brad Dickson