workplace-stories

'My sister REEKS and honestly makes me gag sometimes': Woman tells new-grad sister she's not getting jobs because of her bad hygiene, not sexism

JR Atkinson

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Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, to see how they respond: 'It was a test of desperation'

JR Atkinson

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18-year-old nursery employee leaves greenhouse without telling his boss because the temperature was 130 degrees: 'I cannot work in conditions above 115 degrees'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss emails new employee at 11:27 PM to tell them to come in at 7 AM for their first day: 'Completely unreasonable'

JR Atkinson

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Entitled expectant mother demands coworker give up her desk so she can have it despite coworker reserving it: 'You're young, find another'

JR Atkinson

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Corporate Influencers are Trying to Romanticize the 9-to-5, and It’s Not Working

JR Atkinson

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Grocery store worker is 'fired' after trial shift, gets told off for not coming in to work: 'A colleague called me angry asking why I am not in'

JR Atkinson

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Manager scolds employee for saying 'sure' instead of 'yes' when he asked him to do a task: 'I told him to do something, it’s a command from his manager, not a request.'

Emmy Pratt

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'He hires 10-20 unpaid interns and gets them to do all the work': Manager refuses to give a recommendation letter for unpaid intern, claims it's against policy

JR Atkinson

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Employee hits 10-year anniversary at engineering job, boss rewards him with either a pizza kit or angel figurines worth $60: 'You actually get gifts?!'

JR Atkinson

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Boss requires housekeepers to wear skin-tight pants and non-breathable shirt as part of work uniform, workers claim it's a health hazard: 'He refuses to listen to us because he thinks they look great'

JR Atkinson

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23-year-old forces her coworker to constantly cover her shifts because she has a boyfriend and he's single: 'I figured you'd be fine with it since you don't have a girlfriend or kids to worry about.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I locked a customer in the building overnight’: 20+ employees share the biggest mistakes they made on the job

Bar Mor Hazut

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Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tells him to 'shut up and listen': 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job'

JR Atkinson

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'It's not normal': Boss looks through employee's emails while he was on vacation, marks them unread to cover his tracks

JR Atkinson

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Girlfriend in her 20s tells boyfriend it's 'lazy' to want to retire at age 60: 'What are you gonna do for the last 20 years of your life?'

JR Atkinson

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