workplace-stories

'My coworker stated that minimum wage was not meant to cover all our bills and if we needed more money we needed to get a different job': Coworker calls coffee shop job 'supplemental income,' believes coworkers should all have other jobs

JR Atkinson

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Boss gives employee $0 bonus after stellar performance review, says they reallocated funds to 'other priorities': '"Other priorities" means top management bonuses'

JR Atkinson

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Restaurant rewards nepo-hire for working one 13-hour shift, ignores employee who does it every day: 'Once I took an extra day off and was immediately labeled as "Mr. Lazy"'

JR Atkinson

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Former employers claims ex-employee owes them 20 PTO hours despite previously claiming they'd cover it: 'He can come and get it'

JR Atkinson

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7-Eleven manager schedules 17-year-old employee who gets out of school at 2:50 PM for shifts starting at 3 PM, refuses to push her start time back: 'Get here faster'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee is reprimanded for refusing to join coworker's 'mandatory' €25 birthday pool: 'There are 22 people in the group. That's potentially hundreds every few months'

JR Atkinson

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Employee loses over $2k in wages after boss knowingly implements an illegal practice, they fold when he calls them out: 'We'll no longer be paid for any set-up/clean-up time'

JR Atkinson

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'I am not comfortable sharing a room with somebody that one, I hardly know and two, I supervise': School district forces employees to share a hotel room for conference

JR Atkinson

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Boss tracks employees' bathroom breaks, employees maliciously comply, breaking down communication, and costing the company $50k: 'It's honestly beautiful to watch'

JR Atkinson

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Boss denies employee of 4 years raise and tells them to be 'grateful' they have a job at all: 'Meanwhile, he brags about his new car and vacations'

JR Atkinson

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Boss writes up employee for not working through lunch break despite automatically clocking them out every time: 'Going back 8 months, they've stolen roughly 60 hours of my time, almost $900'

JR Atkinson

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Boss tried to turns assistant into his kids' after-school babysitter for no extra pay: 'He thought I would “see it as helping the team”'

JR Atkinson

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Boss calls employee ugly in front of his entire team: 'Everyone went silent and I just sat there not knowing what to say.'

Emmy Pratt

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Workplace asks employees to work overtime for free, they all call in sick the next day: 'Manager is freaking out in the group chat about "lack of commitment"'

JR Atkinson

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Undervalued employee resigns during meeting with big clients, leaving execs red-faced: 'I had an offer from a competitor in my pocket'

JR Atkinson

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Employee finds out coworker makes $6/hr more than them despite same job and similar background: 'I feel like I've been underpaid for years without knowing it'

JR Atkinson

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