workplace-stories

Update: Job candidate holds his ground after recruiter tries to cheat him out of the proper salary range: 'The number I gave [you] is my minimum'

Ben Weiss

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‘That's when they started panicking’: Overworked employee secretly scores new job with a 50% pay raise, then quits, leaving higher-ups to put out the fires they've created

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss gives employee $0 bonus after stellar performance review, says they reallocated funds to 'other priorities': '"Other priorities" means top management bonuses'

JR Atkinson

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Employees under untracked unlimited PTO policy thrive until HR calls their vacations “excessive” and demands new restrictions their manager has to enforce : ‘Now I have to penalize them for failing to meet expectations that none of us knew existed’

Etai Eshet

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Manager yells at job candidate after they withdraw their application without informing the recruiter, claims he will blacklist candidate for wasting his time: ‘You will never find a job in this field again’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Intern with memory issues outsmarts toxic manager after she asks him to memorize and recite every detail of client interactions, turns tables by presenting every unnecessary detail of his day, forcing HR to intervene: 'They agreed it wasn’t sustainable'

Emma Saven

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Boss refuses to pay accrued PTO to employee after firing them, demands employee train their replacement in exchange for the payment: ‘This isn't what we discussed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager asks employee over text message to join meetings and assist with "knowledge transfer" after firing them: 'Are you available to jump on a call?'

Brad Dickson

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20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

Brad Dickson

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Factory employee ruins machines on purpose, loses company $30k and costs boss his job: '5 hours... to clean, fix, and replace damaged sensors'

Remy Millisky

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7-Eleven manager schedules 17-year-old employee who gets out of school at 2:50 PM for shifts starting at 3 PM, refuses to push her start time back: 'Get here faster'

Emmy Pratt

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Gem store warns thief that they stole the wrong mineral in karma-fueled public explanation letter: 'I would strongly consider throwing that... away if I were you'

Remy Millisky

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33-year-old project coordinator refuses to let 26-year-old coworker take credit for her work anymore: 'I stopped CC’ing her on everything'

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant rewards nepo-hire for working one 13-hour shift, ignores employee who does it every day: 'Once I took an extra day off and was immediately labeled as "Mr. Lazy"'

JR Atkinson

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20-year-old electronics salesman gets commission for $15,000 sale and then quits on the spot after helping a customer that nobody else would: 'I said only 4 words. "Thank you. I Quit"'

Brad Dickson

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Former employers claims ex-employee owes them 20 PTO hours despite previously claiming they'd cover it: 'He can come and get it'

JR Atkinson

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