workplace-stories

'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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'That's going to be one tough job to fill': Baffling job position pays $16/ hour and requires worker to share hotel rooms, interviewer laughs in recruiter's face

JR Atkinson

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Toxic workplace mandates monthly 8 AM meetings on Sundays, employees search for loopholes: 'Sounds like mandatory pay for your time'

JR Atkinson

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'The front desk clerk looked horrified and apologized': Woman drives 30 minutes to job interview at hotel chain, is sent away before the interview starts

JR Atkinson

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Assistant principal bans teachers from failing kids, insists they give students A's or B's instead of F's: 'If they know the material but don’t turn in any work, then they should have an A or B in your class.'

Emmy Pratt

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19-year-old worker is forced to work 8 hours without break, works 30 minute lunch unpaid: 'Flip the store sign to closed'

JR Atkinson

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Cultish company mandates 'emotional bonding sessions' where employees share their personal trauma: 'Most of the team were crying and hugging'

JR Atkinson

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Controlling micromanager threatens to write up employee for putting down her purse after she clocks in: 'This literally takes 2 seconds'

JR Atkinson

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'It's the only time I can see my family': Newlywed asks coworker to give up his 2-week vacation he planned 1 year in advance so she can go on her honeymoon, balks when he says no

JR Atkinson

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'Do what we say without question': Backwards workplace refuses to hire long-haired man despite the job being at a call center

JR Atkinson

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Employee is fired for giving $5 tip to its rightful recipient, exposing deceitful manager's tip-stealing scheme: 'My whole heart just sank'

JR Atkinson

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Cruel lady asks coworker if she's gained weight after she lost 70 pounds, gets offended when she calls that comment snarky: 'I'm sorry if your fishing for compliments strategy didn't work on me'

Emmy Pratt

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5-year-old daughter appears on dad's work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: 'I don't think I can work here anymore'

JR Atkinson

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