workplace-stories

Entitled coworker tattles on her coworker to HR for not inviting her to his wedding: 'She filed a complaint saying I was being "exclusive" and "creating a hostile environment by leaving people out."'

Emmy Pratt

'Enjoy your holiday and don't bother coming back': 15+ Bosses who got to tell their least-favorite employees, "You're fired"

Remy Millisky

Manager makes request at 4:30pm for employee to stay late, employee declines and manager throws temper tantrum: 'Nah, bro! Your emergency is not my emergency'

Ben Weiss

'I made the mistake of giving 6 months notice': Entitled manager forgets to hire new employee, spends 4 months doing double the workload

Remy Millisky

High-achiever "quiet quits" and gets a job in a different area of the company with better pay when manager ignores their repeated warnings about impending issues, watches as the disaster happens exactly as they predicted: 'My new job is a piece of cake'

Brad Dickson

'Ben had been living in the office since late May': Intern gets away with sleeping in the office for two months before getting caught by another employee

Ben Weiss

Inspiring female employee embarrasses 'tall and loud' male boss by calling him out during team meeting: 'My coworker told our boss, "You're not intimidating"'

Remy Millisky

Hotel guest times 7-minute wait on stopwatch, forgets own name during check-in, demands feather-free room accommodation, then complains about slow service he created through obstinate behavior

Etai Eshet

Employee demotes herself to force boss to work triple hours before getting him fired for misconduct: ‘I spoke to the regional manager that week and asked to be moved’

Etai Eshet

Hotel guest throws tantrum at reception after finding out the breakfast buffet opened 15 minutes earlier than usual: ‘That is unacceptable’

Bar Mor Hazut

Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

Brad Dickson

Entitled employer gives unsolicited advice after job candidate withdraws application: 'Accepting only easy opportunities is probably not going to take you as far'

Ben Weiss

18-year-old nursery employee leaves greenhouse without telling his boss because the temperature was 130 degrees: 'I cannot work in conditions above 115 degrees'

Emmy Pratt

Guy contacts government worker on LinkedIn demanding he find him a $100k job because they had small talk in 2018, claiming it’s his civic duty as a public servant to help: ‘He asked me to send him my CV so he could copy it’

Etai Eshet

‘Finish the day or you're suspended’: Greenhouse employee leaves work early without telling anyone after being forced to work in 130°F weather, manager demands they return immediately

Bar Mor Hazut

‘There has been an absurdly high number of complaints’: Hotel reception employee wishes he called in sick after dealing with impossible guests featuring a disoriented woman insisting AC doesn’t work while standing under it

Etai Eshet