workplace-stories

'How about you hand me 10,000 bucks? Then I'll smile from ear to ear': Janitor struggling with financial issues is criticized for not smiling on the job

JR Atkinson

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'The guy is a manbaby': Man gets coworker the wrong candy for Secret Santa despite coworker saying he liked 'anything sweet,' faces the disdain of the entire office

JR Atkinson

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Employee bristles at workplace's demand for entire team's Spotify Wrapped data as a form of corporate team-building: 'What if someone just has unorthodox tastes that they'd rather not share'

JR Atkinson

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Horse caretaker gets fired over text after confirming they can work the upcoming weekend: 'This kind of business needs to be shut down'

JR Atkinson

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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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