workplace-stories

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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'Unless you're getting paid OT, don't work 12 hour days': Company fires employee, forces coworker to take on 2x their work for no pay increase

JR Atkinson

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HR retaliates at employee's boyfriend under the guise of them breaking the rules, girlfriend suggests she's jealous: 'It's pretty evident she no longer likes me'

JR Atkinson

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Retail worker pretends to not speak English to avoid bad-mannered customer: 'So I looked her [...] in the eye and said, "No hablo inglés"'

JR Atkinson

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Entitled shopper demands Instacart driver carry 22 packs of water up 17 flights of stairs for $8 tip, harangues him when he refuses: 'Do you think it's legal?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is written up for not answering a work text while on vacation: 'They actually gave him a formal write up for delayed communication'

JR Atkinson

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Woman spies on ill coworker at home to verify he's unwell, mistakes him for his neighbor and tries to rat on him: 'He immediately calls HR and lets them know'

JR Atkinson

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Manager demands front desk employee arrive at 7:53 but won't pay them until 8:00, resulting in 7 minutes of unpaid labor each day: 'Do I tell him I know the law and stand my ground?'

JR Atkinson

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'I was supposed to work from home today?!': Boss tells employee they must come into office with less than 8 hours notice after a 2-week vacation

JR Atkinson

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'Sorry, it's not in my job description': Snarky ex-coworker who refused to help trainee answer simple question gets bitter revenge when the two cross paths again

JR Atkinson

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