workplace-stories

Coworkers compete for the same management position, one instantly freezes the other out: 'She’s been ice cold and goes out of her way to avoid interacting with me'

JR Atkinson

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Boss approves employee's email asking client for a raise, backtracks and chews them out when client denies it, cuts their salary by 30%

JR Atkinson

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'I’m not going to wake up at 8am just to make sure someone doesn’t need their shift covered that day': Coworker sets boundaries with colleagues, they call her out for not covering on her day off

JR Atkinson

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Coworkers snoop through colleague's private social media just to screenshot and send to manager: 'She sent them a selfie I took at home and put on my Instagram story'

JR Atkinson

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Coworker pressures colleague to us AI tool to write simple 2-sentence email, colleague pushes back: 'It would take about ten seconds to write myself'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks remote employee to drive over 3 hours to the office with less than 24 hours warning: 'I said no, then he basically begged me'

JR Atkinson

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Man considers leaving 6-figure front desk job because he doesn't 'fit in' with wealthy environment: 'I just feel like I’m faking it all day'

JR Atkinson

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Remote employee quits, boss forces them to travel across the country and stay 3 months to finish their work: 'No is a complete sentence'

JR Atkinson

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Employee leaves job of 5 years with no fanfare, regrets spending years in a toxic environment: 'I left like a ghost'

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands employee for leaving at 5:10 when his hours are 8:30-5: 'It's the worst work culture I've ever encountered'

JR Atkinson

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Hotel worker ignored for months by entitled coworker, refuses to switch shifts for her and shuts down her sudden attempt to act like they’re still friends

Etai Eshet

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Job's strict PTO policy means new employee has to work September through June with no days off: 'Turns out PTO can be theoretical'

JR Atkinson

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Boss messages employee at 8 PM, laughs when employee says their contract says 9-5: 'You disregarded your own boundaries by replying to him'

JR Atkinson

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Every time employee takes a PTO day they still end up 40 hours/week to cover it, nullifying the PTO: 'I should've worked 24 hours but I worked double that'

JR Atkinson

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Boss promises promotion to employee for 6 months, rug pulls them at the last minute: 'I fee so used also because I worked so hard and delivered way beyond my targets'

JR Atkinson

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Boss denies raise to $15/hr worker, immediately starts criticizing them when they ask: 'They forced you out. They were calling your bluff'

JR Atkinson

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