workplace-stories

Hotel boss forces housekeeping employees to wear uncomfortable, hazardous work uniforms in the heat of the summer, but refuses to wear one himself: 'He refuses to listen to us’

Lana DeGaetano

Grocery store lets the wrong employee mess up store inventory at least 6 times: "Kevin ordered too much... The Great Cereal Conundrum Part 6"

Remy Millisky

Coworker-turned-roommate accuses woman of ‘stealing’ her work promotion, then tries to kick her out of their shared apartment: ‘She DID NOT even apply!’

Lana DeGaetano

Florida amusement park manager Esther punishes employees for refusing surprise overtime and annoys staff into quitting until HR intervenes: ‘I learned from my friends at the resort that Esther turned her venom towards others’

Etai Eshet

Receptionist refuses to do anything more than her job description after manager demands she stay in her lane, CEO promotes her to office coordinator when the office collapses without her: 'That was real quick'

Bar Mor Hazut

Factory worker maliciously complies with micromanaging boss: 'I am not supposed to leave my station'

Remy Millisky

Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tells him to 'shut up and listen': 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job'

JR Atkinson

'You are never allowed in our store again': 20+ Workers who told customers to get out

Remy Millisky

UPDATE: 'He didn't take it well': New boss demands employee stay to work unscheduled overtime, employee hits him with a "no," gets fired

Brad Dickson

'It's not normal': Boss looks through employee's emails while he was on vacation, marks them unread to cover his tracks

JR Atkinson

Higher-ups reject employee's work pitch for years, then expect them to leave a 'plan' detailing the idea after they put in their two weeks: ‘I'd re-pitch the idea, every year, nothing moved’

Lana DeGaetano

Teacher tests school's strict dress code policy, claims 'sore feet' to be able to wear whatever he wants: 'There were a solid 10 of us that were [...] in blatant disregard of the dress code'

Ben Weiss

Girlfriend in her 20s tells boyfriend it's 'lazy' to want to retire at age 60: 'What are you gonna do for the last 20 years of your life?'

JR Atkinson

Manager fears her employee will be more absent once she gets married, fires her two days before the ceremony, employee retaliates: 'I got quiet fired two days before my wedding'

Ben Weiss

‘I locked a customer in the building overnight’: 20+ employees share the biggest mistakes they made on the job

Bar Mor Hazut

22-year-old nepo hire Madison breezes into her father’s firm with zero skills and a many-zero salary, pushing marketing veterans to polish exit plans: ‘The worst part is how she treats the rest of us’

Etai Eshet