Workplaces are full of surprises, but some employees take things to a whole new level. From outrageous behavior to jaw-dropping decisions, these workers left their teams stunned. In this article, we’ll explore 15 moments when employees went off the rails, shocking everyone around them and turning their offices upside down.
- In a small town in PA there were a string of burglaries and all the victims worked for the same employer. Come to find out a lady in the HR department used her knowledge of family, living situations, and employee schedules to know when a residence would be empty.
- I worked with a guy who would vanish to the bathroom for 45 minutes and mouth off to coworkers. He made big sales, so they let it slide, until a new female manager called him out.
Instead of apologizing, he flirted with her. The next day, we witnessed him making inappropriate comments about her, clearly testing boundaries. As the day went on, his behavior escalated, and it became clear he was deliberately undermining her authority.
The whole office was divided, with some people defending him because of his sales numbers, while others felt uncomfortable and disgusted. He was finally let go. -Daniel T.
- A guy I knew got fired for being late too much.
Union tried to get his job back at arbitration, he was late for that also.
- A firefighter I used to work with got caught removing antiques from a house while it was still on fire, and stashing them in the firetruck. He was… aggressively encouraged to resign.
- I worked in a store years ago that was being renovated.
Our store manager was caught putting some boxes of floor tiles and buckets of paint in his car to use at his own house. We had a new manager the next morning.
- A guy at my old job called in sick… then went live on Instagram from a pool party.
With our manager’s niece. He was tagged in the video. The next shift, he showed up like nothing happened — got walked out before he could clock in.
- Years ago before cell phones, I had an employee that we caught going into a dark office and closing the door, then crawling under the desk with the desk’s phone.
He was making calls from there selling long distance services.
- My dad and I both work at the same hospital. He’s a nurse, and I’m in social work. One day, a new nurse saw us hug and spread a rumor that we were having an affair.
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