workplace-stories

IT employees get kicked out of their office to accommodate shiny new marketing lead, they get revenge by leaving the office without AC for the whole summer: ‘He never thought to call maintenance about the temperature’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Maliciously talkative coworker finally gets payback for her actions: ‘Lunch break she's pacing round the building on her phone, talking, or sitting in her car, talking. But yesterday. yesterday she finally got what she deserved’

Olivia Arocena

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Employee gets laid off due to extreme body odor: ‘I genuinely felt bad for him. He had only just started the job and hadn’t really had the chance to show what he could contribute. You could tell he felt embarrassed and ashamed’

Olivia Arocena

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"Big profits, no raises, but hey here's some stale pizza and a generic thank you email": Company posts record profits, denies raises and throws a mandatory pizza party instead

Etai Eshet

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Employee sends in their thoughtful resignation letter, manager responds with a "thumbs up" emoji

JR Atkinson

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Employee's new boss wants to swap his earned department head role with a coworker's, calling it a "fair chance" that feels a lot like a demotion

Etai Eshet

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Restaurant boss comments on 16-year-old server's weight in front of customers, leaving her speechless

JR Atkinson

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HR suspends an employee and asks him to leave for playing a joke on coworker, but forgets to notify boss and other departments: ‘My phone [was] called over and over’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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80-year-old restaurant owner threatens to withhold wages if employees forget to clock out: 'Nice of Hank to provide written evidence of his law breaking'

JR Atkinson

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Employee makes a blunder on an Excel file, coworkers ice him out and talk behind his back: 'I hate corporate culture, it's full of vultures'

JR Atkinson

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Employee stops working hard after manager complains they are taking too long to finish tasks, realizes that's the key to becoming a “good" worker: ‘I'm officially done trying’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Fortune 500 company fires worker over a rigged survey metric that's nearly impossible to pass: ‘Apparently the world’s leading financial tech company couldn’t afford to keep me around anymore’

Etai Eshet

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Boss rejects employee's PTO request after not being able to find replacement for over 5 months, employee decides to quit altogether: ‘Not my problem’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Retail manager yells at employee in front of customers for trying to explain to her how to change a price in the system: ‘You completely threw me under the bus’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Woman lies straight into coworker's face, leaving him questioning how to get back at her: ‘I just sat there like “uhum”, and tried not to roll my eyes’

Olivia Arocena

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‘Why are people this miserable and pathetic?’: Entitled customer yells at a customer service agent for something he couldn’t possibly have influence over

Olivia Arocena

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