workplace-stories

Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: 'He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.'

Emmy Pratt

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Sole remaining engineer resigns leaving no one on the project when he is denied a $40k raise for increased responsibility his coworker and friend is forced to resign to care for their father: 'I cost my ex-employer $500,000 and two years of productivity'

Brad Dickson

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‘"I don’t care what you think, you do what I tell you to do"’: COO asks sales employee to lie to clients about their exit from the company so they don't disrupt any business relationships

Lana DeGaetano

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Shoplifter conjures a half-baked excuse for stealing a charger from a convenience store, then books it when he's caught red-handed: ‘"I put them there because my hands were tired"’

Lana DeGaetano

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15+ Employees who couldn't make it 1 day without getting fired: 'They hired me but never told me, so I was fired'

Remy Millisky

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Immature boss starts playing petulant games with his employee, assigning her no work for days because she expressed a need for rest once: ‘She's been removed from their Slack channel’

Lana DeGaetano

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Team working 50 hours per week all quit at the same time: 'If there's anything we can do to keep you, let me know'

Remy Millisky

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Employee gets even with petty coworkers after they keep misspelling their name: 'It’s been effective at making sure they don’t do it again'

Ben Weiss

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‘I feel really disrespected. I’ve already gone above and beyond what was required of me’: Boss begs preschool teacher to stay past her contract, using guilt and emotional pleas while offering barely any extra reward

Etai Eshet

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Burt-out employee trains her helpless coworker for 9 months, quits just to get away from her when she still won't stop asking questions, leaving her helpless: 'Everything I had taught her seemed to go in one ear and out the other'

Brad Dickson

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Colleague gets 3 weeks off for jury duty but is only actively in court for 1 day, timekeeper at the company refuses to let her time theft slide: ‘It's called checks and balances’

Lana DeGaetano

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15+ Workers who quit on the spot: 'It was worth it to watch [the manager] stand up to the VP like that'

Remy Millisky

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Manager asks employee to stay an extra 5 minutes while clocked out, employee wonders if that's legal: 'I'm honestly pretty frustrated'

JR Atkinson

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Sanitation worker gets even with Karen neighbor by avoiding her house and making her pay tickets and a fee: 'She finally got the hint after about 2 months'

Remy Millisky

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CEO asks IT intern to use their own car to move company property against policy, intern has him brush up on the company handbook: ‘If anything gets damaged I am toast’

Lana DeGaetano

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Substitute teacher refuses to donate her limited PTO to full-time staff who used up theirs, even though she barely gets any benefits herself: ‘I was told I was being inconsiderate and need to be more helpful. Like what?’

Etai Eshet

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