workplace-stories

23-year-old employee is continually excluded from work events: 'They all just ignored you'

JR Atkinson

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Employee loses new job after 4 days when they complain about their PTO policy: 'They were unwilling to meet me halfway'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is laid off with no severance, then asked to complete a work project for free: 'I had asked for 6 weeks of severance, but they refused'

JR Atkinson

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Bosses accidentally include employee on email thread about her: 'They keep referring to me as “the girl”'

JR Atkinson

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Workplace replaces lunch break with mandatory 'lunch and learn' where employees present on their work

JR Atkinson

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The unnecessary workplace rules that nobody actually follows: 'She hides in the bathroom, so she can be on her phone'

JR Atkinson

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20-year-old yells at 64-year-old assembly line coworker for disrespecting her on the job: 'She told my team lead that I was “intentionally causing her to panic"'

JR Atkinson

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'A 31-minute lunch means you leave office at 7:00pm': Workplace demands 1 hour of unpaid work for every minute exceeding 30-minute lunch break

JR Atkinson

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Employee refuses to take a call during their 1-hour unpaid lunch break, coworker ices them out

JR Atkinson

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Receptionist Lies to HR About Coworker Being Condescending to Her, HR Refuses To Help

JR Atkinson

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Boss fires top-performing employee because their customer reviews weren't 90%

JR Atkinson

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Company gives out expired Costco muffins to thank workers for working in a humid, short-staffed warehouse

JR Atkinson

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Employee Making $100K/Year Is Offered a 200% Salary Increase To Go Fully In-Person, Considers Turning It Down

JR Atkinson

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Employee completes 8 rounds of interviews, travels 6 hours and works 1 shift, is ghosted with no pay

JR Atkinson

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Call Center Managers Reserves Break Room for Higher-Ups Only, Forcing Employees to Eat Lunch on a Bench in Front of the Bathrooms

Emmy Pratt

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Employee sends in their thoughtful resignation letter, manager responds with a "thumbs up" emoji

JR Atkinson

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