Horrible Bosses

Gym manager reprimands personal trainer for staying home during blizzard travel ban despite their clients canceling: 'I'm expected to find an alternate route to work'

JR Atkinson

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Boss micromanages employee's office supply use, keeps track of every paper clip: 'Grown adults feel like children asking permission to use stationery'

JR Atkinson

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Employee resigns, coworkers and bosses say she's not a 'team player,' call her out behind her back: 'As if I’ve betrayed the team or something'

JR Atkinson

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‘My boss clearly adores his family and I love it!: Wholesome interaction between employee and new boss heals company from the damage their past disrespectful boss caused

Elna McHilderson

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Snowed-in employee calls off at 5 AM, boss tries to send ride share to pick them up anyway: 'The roads are so bad here'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks employee making $62K to front $2300 for a business trip, calls him broke because he can't afford it: 'You need to plan better and have an emergency fund.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss denies employee lunch break for being 8 minutes late, employee takes break and quits: 'I clocked out and went 'to the deli''

Ally Perry

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Manager contacts employee's personal phone number while she's on her honeymoon, she feels her boundaries have been violated: 'I'm not trying to escalate. I just want boundaries respected'

JR Atkinson

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Managers rejects employee's 2 week's notice, tells them 2 weeks starts after they hire a replacement: 'That's how someone tries to squeeze free labor out of you while shopping for your replacement'

JR Atkinson

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Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: 'I muted both, marked them as read, and didn't reply'

JR Atkinson

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Food service boss denies loyal employee's request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: 'I'm not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated'

JR Atkinson

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Corporate client makes businessman work 2 months of unpaid overtime, pay large invoice he sends by mistake 1 year later: 'The worst working experience of my life'

Ally Perry

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Boss adds new job responsibilities that weren't in the job description every week, tells employee she should be grateful when she pushes back: 'I’m watching coworkers burn out left and right from the same creeping scope expansion.'

Emmy Pratt

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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

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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

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Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: 'He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.'

Emmy Pratt

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