workplace-stories

Workplace fires receptionist then splits her job between 11 people: 'So twice a week I now spend two hours answering the door'

JR Atkinson

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Toxic startup manager becomes direct report of employee they used to victimize 15 years prior: 'Karma really is a boomerang'

JR Atkinson

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'I don’t want to spend my money celebrating someone who hurt me': Coworker refuses to bring food to colleague's wedding celebration since they argue at work

JR Atkinson

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Coworker snoops and opens colleague's pay stubs, whole office turns against him after finding out his salary

JR Atkinson

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Fast food cashier notices $105 missing from the register, fears they will be fired for a crime they did not commit

JR Atkinson

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Coworker invites themselves on colleague's 1-week vacation after work trip: 'I don't particularly like the co-worker and we are not friends outside of work'

JR Atkinson

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Boss treats every PTO request like an emergency, constantly threatens to cancel employee's vacation: 'It makes planning trips difficult'

JR Atkinson

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Company rescinds job offer after a 3-month interview process when employee asks who their manager would be

JR Atkinson

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Company Ignores Applicant for 4 Weeks After Interview, Chews Him Out When He Takes Another Offer in the Meantime

JR Atkinson

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Company forces remote employees to return to the office 5 days/week, charges them $80 for parking: 'Employees don't get any kind of discount'

JR Atkinson

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Content creator gets fired and replaced by an AI; company numbers start to go wrong, so they offer to rehire her, expecting to pay her less: ‘So they failed, learned nothing and came back expecting a discount’

Olivia Arocena

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Employee shows up 9.5 hours early to his shift after mind-altering power nap: ’Yeah… I’m going back home. Clearly I’ve done enough for today’

Olivia Arocena

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Workplace charges employees $8 every time they forget their security badge: 'I would never turn it back in'

JR Atkinson

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Boss threatens to fire new employee for refusing to use their personal phone for work: 'HR is on the phone for you'

JR Atkinson

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Boss fires employee after finding out they're interviewing at other places and pays severance, doesn't realize they're already taking a new job

JR Atkinson

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Boss ambushes employee with a PIP, employee retaliates by resigning the next day

JR Atkinson

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