20 HR professionals who had bizarre days at work: 'It was the most petty, childish reaction'

Every now and then, you stumble across an employee who you just know is trying their hardest to get fired. Like, if you're a receptionist who picks up the phone by picking it up then slamming it back down to end the call, you're not exactly looking for a promotion. And other people have never met a deadline they couldn't miss. Then there are the people who literally clock in, stare at a blank Word document for 8 hours, then clock out, baffling everyone around them. You're doing worse than the bare minimum, and you're just daring management to put you on a PIP or fire you outright. Still, somehow these daring workers will keep their jobs for years after they stop caring about it… which can make things pretty strange for everyone else who has to pick up the slack.

No one knows this better than HR professionals. In this line of work, you have to be very cautious about hiring and firing, and you're privy to tons of employee information, sometimes even camera footage of the workspace. Before anyone else in the workplace knows, human resources is aware of in-office spats, who's taking long-term leave, and which teams are getting eliminated.

Check out a bunch of stories from HR workers detailing their strangest days on the job. Next, see how you'd react if you were the GF who got dumped after her BF failed her Instagram "test": 'I'm apparently supposed to treat her Instagram like a job interview.'

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