workplace-stories

Man litters from coworker's car, coworker throws him out in the middle of a snowstorm: 'He probably paid $80- 100 for an Uber'

JR Atkinson

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Employee saves company $1.5 million per year, gets laid off within months: 'Instead of getting a thanks or a bonus'

JR Atkinson

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'Money is supposed to flow down, not up': Worker is asked to pitch in $50 for higher-up's holiday present despite them making 3-4x their salary

JR Atkinson

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Rich CEO tells employee 'low pay is a good thing because it entices you to be more responsible,' employee quits without notice: 'The hypocrisy is unreal'

JR Atkinson

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Demanding boss asks employee to share their live location while on emergency leave: 'It'll show them the exact location of my grandparent's house'

JR Atkinson

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Callous coworkers continually call their colleague 'Victoria' despite her name being 'Veronica,' gaslight her when she tries to politely correct them: 'It just got to me, to the point I was genuinely hurt'

JR Atkinson

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Dutiful worker puts in 2 week notice during a work assignment, company refuses to pay for his flight home: 'I hope you just got on the next thing smoking and left'

JR Atkinson

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'PTO is a right': Employer denies worker's day off request for his best friend's wedding a year in advance, tells him not to ask HR

JR Atkinson

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'A job perk that's a massive red flag': Soulless company offers a food pantry for workers struggling to make ends meet instead of paying a living wage

JR Atkinson

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Tech assistant throws herself a $2000 going away party while her boss is out of town, doesn't actually quit: 'She called it a 'social experiment''

JR Atkinson

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'She is so hurt that I wrote it': Fed-up worker writes review about toxic ex-boss who told her not to ask for a raise, boss lashes out in scathing text message

JR Atkinson

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Higher-ups refuses to give a raise to employee with 10 years of experience making $50K, hires an inexperienced employee for $80K: 'I handed in my resignation. Boss and department head were shocked'

Emmy Pratt

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'You're literally being exploited': Unpaid internship asks young employee to work 12 hours with just a 30 minute break, lashes out when she refuses

JR Atkinson

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Employee set boundary to not answer any work calls after 7 PM, boyfriend answers her bosses call on her phone at 8:30 PM and tattles on her: '[He said] I was too busy relaxing to talk'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom calls the cops on Halloween store employee after he refuses to give her a refund for a dinosaur costume for 8-12 year olds she bought for her 17-year-old son: 'The receipt literally said "All sales final after October 25th"'

Emmy Pratt

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Disrespectful 20-year-old loses ride to work after continually littering in coworker's car, gets fired for tardiness: 'There were ants inside of my vehicle'

JR Atkinson

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