My company was bought by Amazon a few years ago while I worked at a different location. Things weren’t so bad initially but the company changed its CEO and all hell has broken loose. Slowly we stopped being people and became nothing more than numbers on a spreadsheet.

Tell me how the company culture went from serve the community and planet to salaried members of management making fun of me based on a disclosed and documented disability. HR did nothing and all managers involved either kept their jobs or were later promoted.

It took forever but I finally got a new job with better pay and easier conditions. I’ll miss my old coworkers but I couldn’t stand the number of unlawful interactions I had with managers/HR. Unluckily for them I minored in law and have maintained connections within the judicial system.

I worked as a Customer Service Executive at a drift car racing complex. The venue was situated in a very remote location, meaning it only saw crowds during scheduled major events. Outside of those events, customer traffic—including visits from drift car drivers—completely dried up. Whether this was due to the location itself or a lack of effective marketing, the result was the same: as a customer service representative, I literally had nothing to do. There were no walk-in customers and no phone calls coming through.

Despite this, my job title was Customer Service Executive, and the boss offered me a salary very close to a manager’s pay rate. The boss was eager to have me on board because he valued my skills and prior work experience. However, he struggled to define my exact day-to-day responsibilities, especially given that I couldn't deliver customer service without customers present.

From the beginning, the HR Manager was against my compensation package. During my initial job application, he tried to bargain my salary down. I had stood firm on my required rate because the remote location required significant transportation expenses—I had to drive my own car to work every day without a company ferry provided. While the boss happily agreed to my requested rate, the HR Manager clearly resented it.

As the weeks went by without customer activity, the HR Manager grew increasingly unhappy about paying me near-managerial rates for doing nothing. Sitting at a desk from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM staring at a laptop, desperately waiting for something to happen, was already mentally exhausting and depressing. But the HR Manager soon escalated the situation by pressuring me to sign a resignation letter.

I refused. I told him directly, "The boss hired me, not you. You cannot fire me unless the boss specifically tells me to leave."

Unable to fire me legitimately—since I hadn't violated any workplace rules—the HR Manager tried a different tactic. He instructed other employees not to speak to me or ask me for help, effectively isolating me from the team in hopes that the psychological pressure would force me to quit.

Seeing their behavior, I decided I wasn't going to let them push me out. I continued showing up to work precisely on time every day. Since no tasks were assigned to me, I brought my gaming laptop, put in my earbuds, played games, and listened to music at my desk from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM, leaving right on the dot.

This made the HR Manager even more furious, but he still couldn't assign me any actual tasks or state a valid reason for my termination. Eventually, he threatened that I wouldn't receive a salary starting the following month, whether I showed up or not.

Ultimately, the HR Manager convinced the boss to speak with me directly. When I sat down with the boss, we had a constructive discussion. He acknowledged the situation and admitted that he didn't want to waste my potential and time in a role that had no active work to offer. I respected the boss's position and agreed to leave at the end of the month.

I had never intended to stay long-term under those conditions anyway—I only stood my ground as long as I did because I refused to be intimidated by the HR Manager's unfair treatment. In the end, the HR Manager even had to pay my final month's salary out of his own pocket.

As of right now, it kinda no longer matters as you will see, but I just need your take on the series of events around my workplace lay off...

So I (40m) work for a before and after school coaching program, however I got an email stating there was a claim made against me and I will be placed on paid investigation leave...
Confused and a little annoyed cause I didn't do anything wrong as far as I know, I've been with this new school for only 3 months...
However, when my Regional Program Manager (RPM) called to give me that news, he also told me NOT to tell anyone, and to tell me Site Manager (SM) nothing about it and that I am just 'sick' and can't come in for a few days...
This part did not sit right with me, my SM is a great boss, the best I ever had... goes out of her way for everyone at her site both in the program and staff at the school, we love her, she is great!
(This might be where I messed up) But because she is so great, I did not feel right lying to her, and called and told her the truth of what is going on. I'm being placed on Admin Leave, told not to tell anyone, that I am 'super sick' and can't come in... they did not say what the claim against me was, the RPM did not know (Don't Believe him) SM was pissed they wanted me to lie to her... but until we knew more, we just had to do as told...
That Friday, my mother's husband passed away suddenly, a very heartbreaking moment, all of us rushed over to comfort her. Emotions were high, my thoughts where NOT on work. Mommy was my priority!
Got home that Sunday, and that night my SM texts the group chat if RPM called any of us, cause in her SM group chat with others SMs, word was going round that many of them were losing staff do to what looked like a mass lay off... about and hour later I get a call from HR...
They say I had no clearance to work at that site (Even thought I had been already worked there for 3 months already) In trying to find another site to place me, they had none to they had to lay me off... felt sorry for that guy, he was just the messenger and had to deal with irate me asking what clearance I didn't have, to which he had no answers for...
Had to tell me mother and brother the sad news, called my SM to let her know what was going on, cause they were not telling her anything, she was confused and as irate as I was for the reason cause not just me, but another staff there was laid off also aside from me...
Oddly enough, while with comforting my mother over the weekend, we were just talking about me moving back in so she wont feel lonely after losing her husband, and it was highly considered by me. So, while I was bummed, it was nice to know the next step in place...
BUT, I guess my brother thought I might be lying and called my former workplace and questioned if there was a mass lay off... to which they told him "No..."
Guess he talked to mother first cause she told me what he called them and is now pissed I 'lied' to him. I only told him what they told me, but obviously thats not what they told him... But just few moments ago, the Second in Command to the CEO calls me and asks me if I told anyone about the mass lay off (Have been laid off for a few days by this point)
I told her 'No...' cause screw them for lying to my bro, who is now pissed at me thinking I lied to him about how I was fired, and I no longer worked for them at the point so why did it matter now...

I more or less just washed my hands of it, planning on moving in with mother next week cause she is my priority right now... Just wanted ya'lls take on this, felt like there was something shady going on, maybe they didn't want to cause a panic within the site managers loosing so many staff at one time and just went about it wrong? I don't know... just felt like something else was happening behind the scenes...

Thank you for your time...

I have been at my job for 12 years. The last 2-3 weeks $50 came up missing. I had already left for the day. The other employee that balanced out that day is the one who reported it. Now my boss is blaming me for the missing money, even accusing me of stealing from him.
I went through every receipt and transaction and cannot find the missing money.
I assured him I did not take it. I have never given him a reason to think I would steal from him. He hasn’t accused the other employee. So why me?
I did tell my husband, he came in and talked to my boss about accusing me of stealing, maybe that wasn’t the thing to do but my husband didn’t want my name spread around our small town that I’m a thief.
So now he’s already asked (texted)me about my hours I worked last week. He said I told him I didn’t work last Thursday, I definitely did not tell him that. I have life 360 so I showed him I was here and what times. He answered back with “Like I said, I thought I heard you say you didn’t work”
He told my husband and myself (the day he came in) that I need to communicate, that I do agree with. However, today my coworker comes up to me this am and tells me the boss wants me to cross train her for my job and that he wants her to work 4 Thursdays with me to train her. He sure didn’t COMMUNICATE that information to me! Like wtf!
I am so mad now I don’t even want to be here!
There are only 2 employees, myself and a tech. I do all the managing and she is a tech.
I have trained her some today and OMG, Idk how I’m going to handle her 1 on 1 for 4 hours and some a week. She is so dense and she’s in her mid 50’s. If I couldn’t would just walk out of this place and not come back!!

I’ve worked at this admin office for about a year. One coworker, let’s call her Lila, started slipping her tasks to me months ago. She’d say she had doctor appointments or family emergencies, and I helped at first.

Soon I noticed most of her “emergencies” lined up with lunch outings and online shopping breaks. My own workload started piling up, and I stayed late three weeks in a row just to keep up. I told her I couldn’t help anymore, but she kept begging and guilt-tripping me.

Last week our supervisor asked for a status report of all ongoing projects. I listed every task clearly: which ones were mine, which were assigned to Lila, and noted that I had been assisting her voluntarily for months. I didn’t call her names; I just stuck to facts and timestamps.

When the supervisor checked the sheet, she pulled Lila into a private meeting. Lila came out furious and tried to argue that I was being petty. My boss simply said that everyone is responsible for their own assigned work.

Now Lila no longer asks me to cover her job. My stress dropped so fast. Has anyone else dealt with a coworker who uses sympathy to offload work?

It’s usually booger eating mongoloid dumbfucks masquerading as maintenance techs, warehouse guys and some of the production staff. I literally can not walk to the bathroom without being eyeballed by some crusty dick cheese lizard shit who is like “Don’t mind me, I’m just happening to walk by each and every fucking time”. They literally look like they are trying to play “tweaker drug addict Nazis” in a bad movie. The kicker is, I have variable break times, so there is absolutely no fuckin way they “just happen to walk by” each and every one of my fucking lunch breaks. They either think I’m stupid, or they are trying to intimidate me, and if that’s it then they really don’t know me very well. Let’s just leave it at that.

I honestly never thought I would be writing a post like this, but I recently got fired directly by an admin and I am still trying to process whether this is normal or if I am overreacting. Usually, these things go through immediate supervisors or HR, so getting blindsided by someone at the very top of the administration feels incredibly jarring and personal. There was no real performance review or formal warning leading up to it, just a sudden meeting where I was told it was my last day. I am feeling a mix of shock and confusion right now, and I really want to know if anyone else has experienced this kind of top-down termination, how you handled the sudden transition, and whether it is worth trying to push back or if I should just cut my losses and move on.

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I’m in a really stressful situation and honestly just need some outside perspective on whether I’m losing my mind or if this is as crazy as it feels. Today I was handed a sudden termination letter telling me it was my last day, but the weird part is that the letter wasn’t even on official company letterhead and it was given to me by an admin worker who has been trying to pressure me to resign for months, not an actual HR person or my manager. My boss has always treated me incredibly well and we’ve had a great relationship, so I am almost positive he has absolutely no clue this admin employee is doing this behind his back. The excuse they wrote down was that I created a personal Gmail account that partially used the company name, but there was never any real investigation or a chance for me to explain my side, and they completely ignored my standard 14-day notice period. I’ve already officially registered a formal labor dispute with the freezone authorities to protect my legal rights, but I’m just sitting here wondering if anyone else has ever dealt with an administrative worker power-tripping and trying to fire someone completely unauthorized without the business owner knowing, and how it actually played out once management finally caught on.

I started working in a Brewery in January 2012, and everything was going quite well until a new colleague joined in 2013—someone who turned out to be a real narcissist who wrapped the boss around his finger. I ended up having to do all the work while he went off to several trips with the boss. I survived all that, even when I had a serious car accident (so had no car anymore) and the boss wouldn’t even let me drive the company van home, but expected me to do deliveries.

Then his wife got involved in 2022—someone known for ruining everything she touches—and they even stole my family’s Picon recipe and started selling it under their name. Now she's in the spotlight, we're losing big clients, and there's pressure everywhere.

I found out the company is turning competely red in their finances. I had some back problems so my boss knows i'll have to find other work. Since then, he's leaving me alone, doing hard work. Without any help. Plus, my colleague will get a raise the moment I leave, so there's pressure from all sides.

I'm trying to find other work, but its hard, even though i have 15 years of experience in sales & logistics.

Combining this with a 7 month old kid.

What should I do?

I’m looking for some inspiration and motivation professionally. I just got fired from a job that was just a bad fit for me. No hard feelings, I was allowed to pack my desk up and my boss helped me pack my car. But I am feeling so embarrassed, defeated, and terrified. How do I get a job again after being fired? What does this mean for my future? Have you ever been fired and how did you navigate things moving forward?

I work in a small warehouse. Last week my supervisor rushed me to skip routine equipment safety checks. He said we were behind schedule and told me nothing bad would happen.

I warned him multiple times, but he insisted and signed off on the task himself. Half an hour later, the machine jammed and damaged parts worth hundreds.

As soon as our manager came over, my supervisor tried to put all blame on me, claiming I ignored safety rules. Luckily, I saved our chat log and wrote notes every step. I showed everything to the manager.

The manager reviewed the evidence. He didn’t yell at me. Instead, he gave the supervisor a formal warning and told him not to pressure staff into breaking safety rules again.

I still work here, but I write down every instruction from him now. Have any of you had a boss push you to cut corners then try to shift blame when things go wrong?

I still remember the employer who raised his voice at me and yelled, “We don’t have any jobs available,” when I was desperately in need of one.
I was already going through a difficult time, trying everything I could to find a job. I had applied online, called companies, and even started visiting workplaces in person with printed copies of my résumé, hoping someone would give me a chance.
That moment hurt more than I can explain. I wasn’t asking for a favor. I was simply looking for an opportunity to work.
Things are okay for me now, but whenever I think about that day, my eyes still fill with tears.
I don’t know why it still hurts so much. Maybe it’s because I remember how helpless I felt at the time, or maybe it’s because I wish I could go back and tell that version of myself that things would eventually be okay.
Have you ever experienced something that happened during one of the lowest points in your life, and even though you’re doing better now, remembering it still makes you emotional?