workplace-stories

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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'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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