workplace-stories

'This is the last time I'll be polite': Employee goes off on coworker for always bothering them while they're on Do Not Disturb

Ben Weiss

'I thought everything was going OK': Worker fired for using her phone one month after starting new job

Brad Dickson

'Let's see how that goes over': Worker told submitted report wasn't detailed enough, sends 30+ page document, bosses regret their request

Ben Weiss

'In an industry so small, your reputation is everything': Employee quits then calls out boss for refusing to pay her

Ben Weiss

'You can't use your work phone unless you're on the clock': Company suffers drop in production following employees' conformance to new guidelines, HR fails to mediate

Eleonora Bader

‘I want him fired': Boss attempts to fire employee following employee's refusal to answer work calls on weekend, HR flips the script and orders boss to give employee company phone

Eleonora Bader

‘I got my boss fired’: Boss tells employee to ‘stay in the office’, employee complies, boss gets fired as a result

Eleonora Bader

'I'm not paying that': Employee gets even with company's client following their refusal to reimburse expense report 1% over allocated budget, client loses $700

Eleonora Bader

'Loyalty will make you poor': Coworker quits after getting final raise, gets competitive offer elsewhere

Ben Weiss

'The colleague I disliked made management': 20 reasons people quit their last job

Ben Weiss

'Your coworker is a child': Coworker accuses employee of being responsible for having to pay $4,000 for hotel room

Ben Weiss

'[I] was terminated for the third time': Beloved and overworked employee gets fired for "underperforming," sparks professional dialogue on how to bounce back

Elna McHilderson

'My mom had to literally be the one to fire my sister': Mom gets unemployed daughter work twice, daughter gets herself fired both times

Ben Weiss

‘I was denied a raise, so I called the IRS': Employee finds out boss's unemployed wife makes $60,000, contacts IRS after being denied raise

Eleonora Bader

'We weren't doing the $25,000 when you hit 25 years': CEO gifts employees $25K for working 25 years, but employee going on 27 years there gets nothing

Ben Weiss

'They were all fired': CEO gets $7.5 million bonus one day after laying off 1,200 employees

Eleonora Bader