workplace-stories

Job-seeker goes through 4 interviews only to learn they were never a real candidate in the first place: 'I was a prop in their internal politics'

JR Atkinson

Employee saves company $800,000 a year by bringing failing project in-house, only to get pushed out of the project and eventually fired: ‘They gave it to a guy who was friends with management’

Cata Holmes

Employee triples workplace productivity, but her boss still complains about her leaving early a few times, pushing her to deliberately work slower instead of making the company more money

Etai Eshet

‘I don’t get paid enough for this, I feel like putting in my 2 weeks’: Security guard pushed to quit after boss demands he drive a new coworker home after every shift, adding an unpaid hour to his commute

Etai Eshet

New boss discovers he has to share his office with the employees' break room, so he moves the break room to the parking lot instead: ‘Car emissions on the water cooler’

Bar Mor Hazut

UPDATE: ‘She decided she doesn’t like me. She has said this directly’: Coworker keeps reporting a 2-month new hire as hostile, formally filing a complaint about an audible sigh, and complaining to their boss for no reason

Etai Eshet

Manager accuses employee of being “too nice” to his team during performance review, leading employee to look for a new job: ‘I'm not good because my team likes me’

Bar Mor Hazut

New manager targets respected senior technical specialist and threatens him with a PIP, completes more tasks in 2 days than the boss did in 6 weeks before management intervenes: 'I did it over 20 times faster than him'

Brad Dickson

Manager demands warehouse employee follow closing checklist to the letter, they comply getting overtime and making the manager late to leave: 'By the time I finished everything, we were almost an hour past closing time'

Brad Dickson

Employee goes to bed after their shift got cancelled, only to wake up and find out it was rescheduled without them knowing: ‘Now I must report to HR regarding my No Call No Show’

Bar Mor Hazut

Project manager volunteers to demonstrate new software to his entire team, ends up getting everything wrong: '[I was] wrong about literally every single thing'

Ben Weiss

Manager forces convenience store employee to work 14-hour shift after coverage doesn't show up: 'My manager would rather us work 16 hours than close the store'

JR Atkinson

15-year-old employee is fired after refusing to work a 14 hour shift with no break: 'I couldn't handle working 7am-9pm my first 2 days of having a real job'

JR Atkinson

Employee confesses a major blunder, boss reacts playing music calmly, and sparks conversation about what good leadership looks like: 'This was an oddly wholesome workplace moment'

Celeste Mello

Man with 17 years of experience, an MBA, and a solid track record gets used as a human calendar for 11 months after being hired for strategic partnerships

Etai Eshet

29-year-old engineer constantly quiet-quits his job every few months, can't summon energy: 'I can perform competence indefinitely, but I can’t manufacture investment'

JR Atkinson