toxic-workplace

'We had to use 7 minutes of our 10 minute break to get scolded': Retail worker quits mid-shift when boss says they can't take a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes

JR Atkinson

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'Okay Karen, lemme just summon the CEO of Target for your crusty tank top': Entitled retail customer tries to return a clearly used shirt and demands to speak to the manager, doesn't realize she's already speaking to the manager

JR Atkinson

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'I'll find out whose stuff I'm getting when the surprise package arrives': Employer calls ex-employee 16 months after they quit for being called 'insubordinate' for using FMLA, claim they have their 'personal effects'

JR Atkinson

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'Shove it where the sun don’t shine': Woman unleashes karma on her cheating ex-boyfriend when he tries to schmooze her despite having a new girlfriend, getting her revenge and saving his next victim the heartache

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Pregnant worker announces she intends to work from the hospital while she's in labor since she doesn't qualify for paid maternity leave: 'She will be back to work in 6 weeks and she will have no PTO left'

JR Atkinson

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Employee declines to donate to coworker's fundraiser for their dog, the rest of the office ices them out: 'Someone put up a donation tally in the break room, listing how much everyone contributed. My name was the only one missing'

JR Atkinson

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'The kind of guy who emails you at 2 AM and follows up at 2:05 AM': Employee quits in the middle of the workday after terrible boss questions his 'commitment to the company' after leaving on-time

JR Atkinson

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Supervisor mistakes employee's medically necessary dental crowns for 'grillz,' writes them up for violating dress code: 'I'm not sure how to navigate this level of stupidity'

JR Atkinson

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'Many people are living a miserable life that they can't stand': Coworkers call out coworker for preferring plans with fiancé of 7 years to happy hour after work

JR Atkinson

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'Go in sick and call in an anonymous health department complaint': Fast food boss says he will fire dishwasher if he calls in sick on more time despite employee only calling in 2 times

JR Atkinson

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'By privilege he means leaving the time my shift ends': Manager asks workers to work 9 hour shifts when max is 8, demands they come in on Saturdays

JR Atkinson

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Remote employee's 5-year-old daughter appears on video call during 8:30 PM meeting, HR demands he return to office: 'Stop working those preposterous hours'

JR Atkinson

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Nursing home asks admin workers to help with landscaping at the beginning of each shift, suggest they bring their own rakes: 'Use up all PTO. Find new job.'

JR Atkinson

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'My mid-year review which should have been completed in July wasn't completed until November': Boss gives $0 bonus to employee after they find a new job, boss claims they 'need improvement'

JR Atkinson

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'Aren't you the guy who told everyone in the office I cheated on my husband with a white or Asian man?' Mom calls out her husband's coworker who said he couldn't be the father of her baby because of his race in front of their boss

Emmy Ward

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'Have we really been reduced to this?': Boss fires worker after he breaks his wrist on his own time, coworkers lament their replaceability

JR Atkinson

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