workplace-stories

'They literally said "The stars weren't aligned" for that date': 20+ Clients who had workers laughing behind their backs

Remy Millisky

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'Go complain about your boss [...] on me': Boss sends passive aggressive email about punctuality, employees retaliate, boss apologies with free lunch

Ben Weiss

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'You fired me cause you didn't like me': Overworked employee asks to be paid as much as coworkers, gets fired, rejects boss's request for sit down

Ben Weiss

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'I had over 80 hours of PTO': Employee gives notice, loses all their PTO

Brad Dickson

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'My intern [is] benefitting from pretty privilege': Jealous employee gets into tense argument with intern after discovering office secret

Ben Weiss

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'We’re being taken advantage of': Boss refuses to pay employee for requested vacation days but closes restaurant for his own vacation

Ben Weiss

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‘I was denied a raise, so I quit’: Boss denies IT employee 5-10% raise, employee quits, leading to boss paying 40% extra for replacement

Eleonora Bader

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'We're both receptionists': Karen boss demands employees babysit her newborn

Brad Dickson

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'They didn't like that': Ten workers quit on the same day after having their requests ignored

Brad Dickson

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'I shut down a lawsuit with a single question': Company tries to sue employee for leaving their job

Brad Dickson

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'Don't wanna give me a new contract? Fine': Employee quits job after boss refuses to make them an official manager

Remy Millisky

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'Yesterday was my last day': Employer makes worker "jump through hoops" to take PTO, quits instead

Brad Dickson

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‘My boss cut 40% of my pay; I quit’: Employee quits after getting 40% pay cut, employee's resignation ends up costing company hundreds of thousands of dollars due to canceled projects

Eleonora Bader

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'[I] was told to "actually read the policy". So I did': Employee complies with company meal policy after bosses demand $1.50 in overages

Remy Millisky

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'Tell the judge, and let them handle it': Business owner warns employee to do 'whatever it takes' to get out of jury duty

Remy Millisky

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‘We’re short-staffed, so you can't quit': Boss demands new hire work unpaid overtime due to being short-staffed, leading to quiet quitting

Eleonora Bader

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