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August 8, 2026 at 7:55 am

IT Was Ordered to Ignore Problems Without Tickets — Then a Sales Executive Had an Urgent Crisis and the Rule Suddenly Didn’t Apply

Sorry that’s outside of the new protocol.

March 9, 2026 at 9:23 pm

Employee Spent 45 Minutes Teaching Coworker His Custom Report Workflow, But After The Coworker Presented It As His Own And Refused To Credit Him, He Declined To Share The Actual Template File

Man standing at his desk being frustrated over a lying coworker

His coworker sounds terrible.

January 15, 2026 at 12:15 pm

Insurance Billing Employee Has A Coworker Who Really Dislikes Her, So The Next Time Her Coworker Complains, She Decides To Do Things Differently

Talk about a hostile work environment!

November 30, 2025 at 6:15 am

Coworkers Share Their Opinions On A Social Media Post, And It Gets So Heated That The Friendship Might Be Over And The Workflow Is Suffering

She needs to get over it.

July 26, 2025 at 1:46 am

IT Support Employee Is Told Not To Fix Any Problems Unless A Ticket Has Been Submitted, But The VP Of Sales Has An Urgent Issue That Needs To Be Fixed

young man in glasses with his hands behind his head smiling at his computer

There are always exceptions to the rules.

January 12, 2025 at 6:49 pm

Woman With 2,000 Email Subscriptions Shows A New Gmail Feature That Gives Users An Easy Way To Unsubscribe

Coming soon to an inbox near you… We hope.

November 3, 2024 at 12:49 pm

Boss Took Advantage Of Code An IT Worker Developed, So They Got Revenge By Leaving And Taking His Knowledge With Him

A classy revenge for a worker who meant well.

September 15, 2024 at 8:46 am

A Manager Made Unreasonable Demands Of An Employees, So One Of Them Got It In Writing To Prove The Manager Didn’t Understand The Consequences

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Hopefully other managers in the company also learned to listen to their employees.

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IT Was Ordered to Ignore Problems Without Tickets — Then a Sales Executive Had an Urgent Crisis and the Rule Suddenly Didn’t Apply

Employee Spent 45 Minutes Teaching Coworker His Custom Report Workflow, But After The Coworker Presented It As His Own And Refused To Credit Him, He Declined To Share The Actual Template File

Insurance Billing Employee Has A Coworker Who Really Dislikes Her, So The Next Time Her Coworker Complains, She Decides To Do Things Differently

Coworkers Share Their Opinions On A Social Media Post, And It Gets So Heated That The Friendship Might Be Over And The Workflow Is Suffering

IT Support Employee Is Told Not To Fix Any Problems Unless A Ticket Has Been Submitted, But The VP Of Sales Has An Urgent Issue That Needs To Be Fixed

Woman With 2,000 Email Subscriptions Shows A New Gmail Feature That Gives Users An Easy Way To Unsubscribe

Boss Took Advantage Of Code An IT Worker Developed, So They Got Revenge By Leaving And Taking His Knowledge With Him

A Manager Made Unreasonable Demands Of An Employees, So One Of Them Got It In Writing To Prove The Manager Didn’t Understand The Consequences

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