antiwork

'You are literally working yourself into an early grave': Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household

JR Atkinson

Comments

'That's a trick': New employee is reprimanded for showing up with coffee, despite arriving on time and ready to work

JR Atkinson

Comments

'It's giving MLM/pyramid scheme': Shady job recruiter puts 10+ applicants in a public group chat, exposing everyone's phone number

JR Atkinson

Comments

'Being likable is actually more important than being good': Beleaguered workers share their hard-won advice about employment

JR Atkinson

Comments

'It's time to pay me': Shifty boss offers stellar employee lump sum instead of a raise, keeps delaying the payment

JR Atkinson

Comments

Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: 'That's what people who are quitting do'

Emmy Pratt

Comments

'Time to work 3% less hard': Company announces record-breaking profits, cuts employee's 401ks in the same meeting

JR Atkinson

Comments

Employee sends in one-month noice, toxic boss makes them fire innocent coworker before they leave: 'So happy you were able to escape'

JR Atkinson

Comments

Worker brings in hundreds of million of dollars in revenue, works from 4 a.m. to late at night, quits after her annual raises don't even match inflation: 'It didn’t matter. Nothing I did was respected or valued'

Emmy Pratt

Comments

Employee closes up shop after coworker doesn't show up, gets reprimanded by HR for not covering their shift: 'Trying to suppress laughter at the idea I might work an unplanned double-shift'

JR Atkinson

Comments

Cafe worker bakes cookies to share with coworkers, boss takes them and sells them to customers: 'That any boss would be that cheap, lame and petty, [...] I'd be looking for the exit'

JR Atkinson

Comments

'I'm not coming back': Toxic boss cancels employee's shift last minute despite employee's 1.5-hour commute

JR Atkinson

Comments

Boss reprimands employee for coming in 15 minutes late after working 12 hours the day before, maliciously complies to a strict 9-5 schedule: 'Mind you my boss works 10-3 every'

Emmy Pratt

Comments

'My manager is now literally stalking me': Boss sends worker to knock on colleague's door after they didn't reply to an email

JR Atkinson

Comments

Man is forced to work on his wedding day despite asking for leave 6 months prior: 'His job will not remember this sacrifice'

JR Atkinson

Comments

Job seeker purposefully tanks interview after recruiter tries to lowball him: 'I was told this role would pay $Y but sure, I could put in $X amount of effort instead'

Emmy Pratt

Comments