workplace-stories

Restaurant worker quits after 4 shifts when owner shouts at them during service: 'Finished the shift in silence and handed my notice in today'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks freelance worker to change their name so other clients can't contact them: 'If he wants exclusive rights, he should pay for it'

JR Atkinson

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Employee takes 35% pay cut in favor of hybrid work, finds out on day 1 that no remote work is allowed before 90 days: 'I quit after one day'

JR Atkinson

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Employee leaves his 7 and 10-year-old kids at warehouse, expecting contractor to babysit them without asking him to do so: 'I immediately call him and tell him to take them with you or I call DCFS'

Emmy Ward

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Man named Daniel Rivera uses a fake name to apply for jobs, immediately starts getting interviews: 'Now considering doing all future applications as Brandon Walker'

JR Atkinson

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Retail worker declines to come in on their day off after management fired 3 of 6 coworkers, management 'reconsiders [their] reliability': 'What clothing store is slammed at 8 AM?'

JR Atkinson

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Management punishes workers for celebrating coworker's goodbye with pizza and cake on their lunch break, calls it 'time fraud': 'They may restructure our office area in response'

JR Atkinson

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Boss withholds $700 check after employee quits with short notice, purposefully dodges his calls: 'My boss was clearly salty about me leaving'

JR Atkinson

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'I made the right choice quitting. Insane behavior': Boss texts former employee out of the blue to say that they've gained weight

JR Atkinson

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'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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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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