human resources

Coworker threatens to report colleague to HR after a friend brings them coffee at work: 'They received an email from an unnamed employee who felt I might have received more than a coffee'

JR Atkinson

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Job applicant gets rejected for role, faces criticism for being try-hard in HR interview feedback: 'Our team values authenticity'

Ally Perry

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Coworker goes through colleague's phone and finds texts calling her annoying, starts spreading rumors about her in the office: 'I never leave my phone out in the open, so that means she had to go through my stuff to get it.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR sends biting email to applicant who declined their interview request, claim they lack 'professionalism': 'I’ve already accepted a job and joined'

JR Atkinson

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Employee refuses to donate his PTO hours to a coworker who he barely knows: 'Amy said that not donating is really selfish'

Emmy Pratt

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New employee clocks in and out on time, faces judgment for not adding another hour to their workday: 'The rest of the team comes in around 8 AM and stays until 6:30 PM or later'

Ally Perry

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HR director accidentally forwards list of layoffs, employee reads his own name on the list: 'Years working here. I'm devastated at the lack of integrity and now what do I do?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee turns tables on cruel coworker, faces HR meeting after he gets offended: 'He is just disrespectful and a bad person'

Ally Perry

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Employee reports her office crush to HR for flirting with her after he showed up to the office Christmas party with his fiancée: 'He is just naturally charming and wasn't flirting at all.'

Emmy Pratt

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Professor asks male and female coworkers to share a bed on research trip to NYC, claim to have no other option: 'She was creating a big fuss about it'

JR Atkinson

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Nosy HR manager asks 24-year-old employee why she hasn't had her adult braces taken off yet: 'It's $500 and I make $15 an hour.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR tries to discipline employee for missing a meeting they weren't invited to, double down when their mistake is revealed: 'What do they want me to do? Telepathically sense meetings?'

JR Atkinson

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Manager discovers that the new hire is an employee from his previous company whom he fired for lying on his resume: 'The higher-ups are aware of the situation and don't seem too concerned about it.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR department demands woman lead morale-boosting company "culture initiative", protests when she refuses: 'Someone said I have good vibes because I bring muffins sometimes'

Ally Perry

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'I've landed 5 interviews in the past 6 weeks': Job applicant cold calls company HR departments, claims he was asked to schedule an interview without applying

Ally Perry

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'10,735 days since a candidate has been called back': The job market is miserable for applicants, and recruiters don't help

Ally Perry

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