employment issues

Start-up boss tells employee to 'de-couple income from work' when their checks start arriving late

JR Atkinson

Comments

Hotel worker ignored for months by entitled coworker, refuses to switch shifts for her and shuts down her sudden attempt to act like they’re still friends

Etai Eshet

Comments

IT worker is blamed for coworker showing up late, says it's their fault for leaving on time: 'They’ve basically gotten used to arriving late, and the person ending the shift is stuck covering past their scheduled time'

JR Atkinson

Comments

Woman refuses to quit her job when boyfriend secretly spends $15,000 on a camper van, quits to travel full‑time, and expects her to follow: ‘We can survive living in a van for a few years with our savings but what about the future??’

Etai Eshet

Comments

Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: 'A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor'

JR Atkinson

Comments

Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn't something to take lightly. It might end up working’

Etai Eshet

Comments

Remote worker refuses to babysit during work hours after her sister belittles her “online job” and takes her flexibility for granted: ‘She started acting like I am free by default because "you are at home anyway"’

Etai Eshet

Comments

Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’

Etai Eshet

Comments

‘Someone's gotta keep the lights on’: Man pays full $2,800 rent and covers every expense, working 70-hour workweeks in cybersecurity, while girlfriend contributes $200 monthly and complains about him never being around

Etai Eshet

Comments

‘I tap the guy on the shoulder and ask, “What’s the problem?!”’: Entitled gym patron tries to kick out lead trainer’s daughter who came to get her mom after work, only to get shut down once the trainer steps in and sets him straight

Etai Eshet

Comments

Candidate takes a week to consider job offer, recruiter has a biting response: 'Please do not assume you still have an offer from us'

JR Atkinson

Comments

'You’re manifesting my business's failure': Dispiteous boss accuses employee of "manifesting failure" of her business

Brad Dickson

Comments