workplace-stories

Employee quits job after getting verbal offer from another company, only to then be told the position got frozen and discover they hired someone else: ‘I don't know what to do’

Bar Mor Hazut

Overworked employee doing a 3-person job solo gets denied PTO for a two-day vacation after her company laid off the rest of the department and never replaced anyone

Etai Eshet

Boss demands employee 'evaluate' whether leading people is for him after getting too emotional in a meeting, employee is left wondering if he still has time to flip the script: 'Everything doesn’t scream trust. We have lost this trust in you.'

Olivia Arocena

Daughter quits stable job of 10 years to work for her father, he fires her within months

JR Atkinson

'A huge whopping file 2.5 inches thick of my personal ChatGPT account, Gemini Account, and conversations with co-workers': Boss reveals they've been recording employee's full personal history, uses it against them

JR Atkinson

Dad convinces daughter to leave her 10-year stable job and join his business, then fires her after one disagreement

Etai Eshet

Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

Bar Mor Hazut

Coworker insists every discussion happen on a call, then ghosts meetings and delays project for weeks, forcing manager to step in: ‘She’s withholding the information I need to do my work’

Celeste Mello

Employee takes over desk at work by leaving his trash all the time, coworker adds even more trash to it until manager notices and intervenes: ‘No more camping at the desks’

Bar Mor Hazut

Worker refuses to help her colleague, Melinda, with a project after Melinda left her to handle a two-person job alone while sick, giving her a taste of her own medicine

Etai Eshet

New data analyst discovers they're retiring employee's replacement, decides to quit after uncovering the amount of work they are forced to take over: ‘I'm out’

Bar Mor Hazut

Woman stops caving to her coworker’s 4-year-old’s hide-and-seek demands after weeks of guilt, finally refuses the kid’s interruptions

Etai Eshet

Former employee refuses to help boss and colleagues when they ask questions about the vacant job, then decides to block them when they fail to stop: ‘Kindly kick rocks’

Bar Mor Hazut

23-year-old employee asks her coworker what he is bringing everyone for lunch tomorrow, is met with disapproval from 63-year-old teammate. ‘[They] said we should just be grateful he is bringing us something.’

Olivia Arocena

Employer demands $2,700 back from 18-year-old employee after their payroll error: 'I’m just so irritated'

JR Atkinson

Job shifts employee's daily schedule from 7:30-4:30 to 12-8 with no notice, leaves them no choice but to comply

JR Atkinson