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40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care A New Zealand owned burger chain (that I worked at for 6 years during school/college) sent all it's staff out a "Style Manual", to go with it's new uniform.

It recommended we wear MAC makeup (which is $60 a bottle over here), and said, quote: "leave for work looking hot enough to take a selfie #burgerfuel #makeup #hot #selfie". They introduced short shorts, which only went up to size 10, so a chubby girl at my work was reduced to tears having to wear men's shorts.

As a manager, I deliberately walked in looking like utter c**p and refusing to wear their precious shorts (my boss bought them a size too small on purpose so everyone's asses were hanging out). I let everyone on my shift wear what they wanted until the day I left. We didn't get paid enough to be patty-flipping strippers. What the flipping f**k.

anon , Boris Hamer Report

Final score:

376points

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freakingbee (they/them) 1 year ago

what the actual frickity frack

141points

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care That PETA actually kills animals. I'm pretty sure 10% of the people that know about PETA know this.

anon , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

365points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

You'll see people literally fighting for PETA, but PETA doesn't give two shits about the animals they "rescue". Most often they'll be sent to a kill shelter without a second thought. F**k PETA.

228points

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care **Breast Cancer awareness products**

So you would think that all of those products that are plastered in pink would have to give money to cancer research. Well if it says "breast cancer awareness" they actually don't have to. The claim is that they are *raising awareness* which is why they are pink. Intentionally misleading though.

anon , Anna Shvets Report

Final score:

329points

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Xenon 1 year ago

Even the founder doesn't want anything to do with these folks. She sued to get her name removed.

116points

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care im not sure if vile is the right description, more like ignorance. i worked at a large electronic retail chain, and on top of the storage door frame was a sign that reads “work will set you free”

google that phrase if you do not recognise its source

Gnodgnod , Jason Leung Report

Final score:

305points

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Jamie Grant 1 year ago

Arbeit Macht frei

216points

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Coca Cola

"In the 1970s, a Coca-Cola franchised bottling plant in Guatemala suffered a spate of mysterious murders of union-affiliated employees ..."

"...To date, there have been a total of 179 major human rights violations of Coca-Cola's workers, including 9 murders. Family members of union activists have been abducted and tortured...."

..."Coca-Cola has been accused of bribing the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD). In 2003 Coca-Cola donated $1 million to the AAPD. Later that year the AAPD stated that "scientific evidence is certainly not clear on the exact role that soft drinks play in terms of children's oral disease", directly contradicting their previous statements such as "consumption of sugars in any beverage can be a significant factor…that contributes to the initiation and progression of dental caries." Critics have stated it certainly appears that Coca-Cola has "paid dentists to stop saying kids shouldn't drink Coke".[37][38]..."

It just goes on and on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola

anon , Olena Bohovyk Report

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249points

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Nikole 1 year ago

With sodas, I believe the acid content is more problematic to teeth than the sugar content.

87points

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care I used to work at Walmart, and during training, they show new employees an hour long anti union propaganda film.

Three_foot_hobbit , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

247points

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Loverboy 1 year ago (edited)

I think pretty much every single big retailer does this. Target, Amazon, Lowe's, even mfing Home Depot.

86points

Right_and_Left , wikimedia.commons Report

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Abercrombie and Fitch will burn clothes that are damaged even in the slightest way. I'm talking a tiny hole from a security tag, a slight loose threading in the logo on a hoodie. They will not donate these clothes to the people that need them because it would tarnish their reputation as a 'luxury brand'

Final score:

233points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

I honestly forgot Abercrombie and Fitch was even a brand.

165points

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care On December 3, 1984, Union Carbide--now part of Dow--accidentally killed 5,000 residents of Bhopal, India, when its pesticide plant sprung a leak. It abandoned the plant without cleaning it up, and since then, an estimated 15,000 more people have died from complications, most resulting from chemicals released into the groundwater.

Although legal investigations have consistently pinpointed Union Carbide as culprit, both Union Carbide and Dow have had to publicly deny these findings. After the accident, Union Carbide compensated victims' families between US$300 and US$500 per victim.

hubhub , Tormius Report

Final score:

232points

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Not Bored 1 year ago

Nowhere near enough

82points

#10

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Not really a "company secret" but it is pretty vile.

I used to work at Waffle House. I had just come in to start my overnight shift and I was doing my walkthrough, making a list of things for 2nd shift to finish before they left.

I checked the steam-tables and found sausage gravy and chili in it. Sausage gravy shouldn't be in the steam tables as long as this had. It gets too runny. Whatever, happens all the time, they don't usually serve it, they're just too lazy to clean it out because it cakes to the sides.

Then I take the lid off the chili.

Gross white fuzzy mold on top. And it's the stinky type. You could smell it the moment the lid came off. I called my manager over to show him. There was obviously something wrong if it was growing mold. Either sat there way too long, or steam table temps were messed up, or whatever. Don't know, don't care. His job, so I called him over. He *immediately* stirs it up and says it's fine.

Ummm.. WHAT?

He says it's not a problem, go ahead and serve it. I told him there's no way I can do that. He pulls me in close, like he's telling me a secret, and says we have to sell that chili because we have no chili made to replace it, and, anyway, food costs are too high. I told him I didn't care, and I'd be throwing it away.

He's insistent. "Throw it away if you want, but it's fine. I'd sell it. You'll just be upsetting customers if they want it and can't have it."

One more time I look him in the eye, raise my voice so the customer about 5 feet away can hear me, and I say "**I'm not selling moldy chili.**"

He just says "whatever" and storms off. I immediately texted my store manager and district manager. No answer. Next morning I e-mail corporate. No answer. Couple days later I e-mailed Department of Labor and the Health Department. Got a "thanks for the head's-up" e-mail. Nothing ever happened to the guy. As far as I know (still friends with many of the employees there and the rumor mill is worse than middle school) no one (corporate, DoL, HD) even contacted the store or management.

SadBrontosaurus , Jon Tyson Report

Final score:

216points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

I'm suddenly very happy I have never had the displeasure of eating at a Waffle House.

128points

#11

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care I am a manager at a fast food restaurant (I won't name it because I unfortunately still need my job there) and my regional manager told me I'd 'volunteer' hours or get fired. I asked about certain laws against this and was told that he could fire me for something else, the cameras at said store don't even work. I also had to close the store down by myself, also off the clock, because "managers should fend for themselves." Upon being hired as a manager, I was told I could move up in the company indefinitely. They then fired my boss for her getting paid too much. That's the legitimate reason they used. I'm not even sure how that works. The whole company is corrupt and I wish I could find a new job. Seriously, I was nearly fired because my till was short about 200 dollars. When they checked the cameras (they worked then, this was years ago) they saw it was the district manager's daughter. The matter was dropped and she still works there. I hate my job. None of this is really a 'deep dark secret' but I felt the need to vent.

FerociousOreos , Kentaro Toma Report

Final score:

180points

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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

That’s the worst, I hope they find something better, I got fired at my first restaurant job for the same thing, the son took the money while his dad/owner was away on holiday and blamed me, but his dad was awesome and checked the camera and hired me back the day he came home

50points

#12

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care KFC goes to some pretty crazy lengths to protect their secret spices...only three people in the world know what they are, and they are never allowed to travel on the same plane, or be in the same vicinity.

That's next level s**t.

lukedimarco , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

170points

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guyx23 Premium 1 year ago

Sure, but approximate recipes can be easily found online. It's a spice mix, not nuclear rocket science

139points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

Food Theorists covered this on YouTube. They weren't terribly impressed.

20points

Beruthiel45 1 year ago

I know of several YouTube channels where the content provider experimented and with their knowledge of food were pretty certain they had the correct ingredients. One said however that they knew what they were but not the ratios or amounts. Corporate secrets are just marketing tools.

12points

Gary 1 year ago

Also its not exactly fantastic is it?

3points

Valdemar 1 year ago

That's called guessing and is nowhere near approximate. Competition tries it snd very rarely figures it out and if they do they can't use it legally unless they want to get sued do bad they lose the company. The big companies are not even going after the secret recipe of their Competition and will even help protect it such as in the case of the Coke employee who tried to sell the recipe to Pepsi who contacted Coke and the FBI and helped set up a sting operation to bust the guy under corporate espionage.

3points

RedCorvette 1 year ago

Not the same though, a lot of people tried but I think KFC is holding on to another secret.

3points

Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 1 year ago (edited)

That's like saying approximate recipes for Coca-Cola can be found online--"approximate" is specifically not "exactly". The point is not whether an individual can replicate it but more importantly, can a competitor do it. Apparently, not to this point, or someone would have marketed that product already, allowing KFC to remain as one of a kind in its market as, say, Wendy's is in its. I mean, square burgers instead of round: anyone could look that up, it's not rocket science.

0points

Mary Peace 1 year ago

Do you actually want to know the ingredients? I wouldn't eat this food.

0points

Loverboy 1 year ago

Not only that, but the factories that make the mixes only make 2-4 of the ingredients, and other factories will make the rest. They will then be shipped together, and there's a ton of protocols the employees have to go through, it's a bunch of bs tbh.

28points

ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago

Does anyone know that "The Colonel" stole the recipe from a little ol' black lady?

1point

Edgar 1 year ago

All these efforts for a mediocre result. It's junk food anyway.

21points

David 1 year ago

Hopefully y'all realize it is just a dog and pony show. Their spices are not that amazing. But if you make a huge deal out of it like they are you can help sell product. Plus there have been people alleging for years they do know and while I can't confirm, I do note the knock off recipes seem to get good reviews. == "KFC’s 11 herbs and spices are salt, thyme, basil, oregano, celery salt, black pepper, dried mustard, paprika, garlic salt, ground ginger, and white pepper. Paprika is used the most liberally, followed by garlic salt and white pepper, then celery salt. But each ingredient plays an important role."

18points

The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago

Three different “salts” seems right

8points

bob_the_farmer 1 year ago

coca cola does something similar to keep their recipe

11points

Shark Lady 1 year ago

I read spices as spies at first and was very confused as to why KFC needed them!

5points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Considering that number 1 is salt, the rest don't matter so much.

5points

malaixa 1 year ago

KFC's secret recipe is so sacred, it makes the Ark of the Covenant look like a Happy Meal toy.

4points

Momten Jillian 1 year ago

The recipe was published. I tried it and it was the same. Black and white pepper notes were spot on. Google it you'll never pay 3× what it's actually worth again if you know how to cook

3points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

Pretty sure I tried that one or maybe a similar one. I'm a terrible cook, but it was pretty damned close.

-1point

Donkeywheel 1 year ago

Who is stupid enough to believe that s**t?

2points

Gary Davidson 1 year ago

Uhhh, no. It was exposed years ago. See this Chicago Tribune story for the details of how it was exposed and why... https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html

1point

Bored Templar 1 year ago

That's just an advertising technique. You can find all the ingredients online because they can't be secret

1point

Cyber Returns 1 year ago

The 'secret' recipe can be found online, for example, this is from Allrecipes: According to the recipe, which is called 11 Spices, the top-secret ingredients (and measurements) include: 2/3 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/2 teaspoon basil 1/3 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon celery salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon dried mustard 4 teaspoons paprika 2 teaspoons garlic salt 1 teaspoon ground ginger 3 teaspoons white pepper The spices are mixed with 2 cups of flour to create the iconic KFC breading.

1point

Amanda Hunter 1 year ago

AND the Chickens suffer terribly before being killed.

0points

Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 1 year ago

No one cares.

0points

Stephen Hutchison 1 year ago

Sometime in the 70s I saw a lab analysis of KFC's coating (back then it was Kentucky Fried Chicken) and they declared that it contained salt, white pepper, black pepper, wheat flour, and MSG.

0points

Vytas Navickas 1 year ago

B>S>a lab analyzed it it'S SALT, WHITE PEPPER, MSG THATS IT

0points

Pudgy Panda 1 year ago

If you ever watched Puppetry of the Pen*s you will never look at KFC the same way again 🤢

0points

Sandra Llewelyn 1 year ago

Anyone working at KFC has access to the packets the stuff comes in, surely can't be that hard to analyse a pack

0points

Robert D 1 year ago

Yeah, it always struck me as assigning military base level security to a trailer park.

0points

Nuku Nyara 1 year ago

I found a copy cat for the "11 herbs and spices" mix they use but in my opinion this one is waay more tasty because it has "24herbs and spices" and it still tastes like KFC secret "11 herbs and spices and I order it on Amazon: Bragg Sprinkle Herb and Spice Seasoning https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIXDF8K?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_dp_WZNW75MEVGGFSM8DS035"

0points

Zaach 1 year ago

It's like they never heard of spectrographic analysis

0points

Linden 1 year ago

Didn't one of the family members already accidentally reveal the recipe by letting journalists photograph the family scrapbook?

0points

Addi Moore <3 1 year ago

exactly like what if i was one of the people, hope nobody comes and asks me where and who the other people that know the spice recipe then kill me then hunt them down. that would be quite a predigament if only i were telling the truth (nervous laugh).

0points

Linda C 1 year ago

KFC can keep their secret spice recipe, they really ain't all that. Way too salty for my taste & way too over priced.

0points

Andrea Wylie 1 year ago

hubby quit working there the day the manager told him to "wash off" slimy, expired, rotten chicken and fry it up anyway. He told the manager "We are in a hub of schools and senior retirement homes.. they ALL EAT HERE. I Quit."

0points

P Mo. 1 year ago

In corporate life, high level execs of the same company are usually never allowed to travel on the same plane. Also BOD members too. More common than you think.

0points

Kat-Renee Kittel 1 year ago

One of their main ingredients is no secret - MSG. In everything they make including the green beans. Just warning for those who get severe allergies from MSG.

0points

Niall Mac Iomera 1 year ago

All this for the blandest fried chicken ever

0points

Apps 1 year ago

There are two kinds of tasters - overtaster who thinks everything food/dish is bland without screaming hot sauce pour over it and undertasters who think a dash of salt and pepper IS seasoning.

-1point

SillyPandaBunny 1 year ago

Honestly, I can’t understand why any adult would work a fast food job. That is a job you work at as a teen to have something to put on a resume for later. Lots of companies have paid training programs that can get your foot in the door to a better career. Might not pay more than a fast food job at first but then at least you have the experience and skills to move up into better positions

0points

Shelli Aderman 1 year ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-are-kfcs-11-herbs-and-spices/

0points

J. Guigon 1 year ago

Not that unco0mmon actually. It's a very common risk management practice. The share price of a publicly traded company can be drastically affected if several executives/board members are killed or injured at once, affecting thousands of shareholders.

0points

Jessi Lovely 1 year ago

Two are probably salt and pepper. Is it not illegal though to not disclose the ingredients in case of allergic reactions?

0points

Lily from England 1 year ago (edited)

i don’t like KFC. so i don’t care either way. 🤣

0points

Valek Fermiga 1 year ago

As one of the three people who know, I can tell you it's : unicorn tears, elf nose hair, nail file clippings, Jamie Lannisters eyelash, Aldi's own brand gravy, salt, pepper, ginger and a dash of dragon sneeze for extra flavour - enjoy!!

0points

Mad McQueen 1 year ago

Funny. I have it. There was a photo taken a long time ago with it sitting on his desk. With enhancement I was able to read it. If anyone wants it ask I'll post it.

0points

Mad McQueen 1 year ago

Here it is I found it!!! Mix with 2 cups of flour. These are all TABLESPOONS and was from a hand written paper. ———————— 2/3 salt. —————————1/2 thyme. ————————1/2 basil. —————————1/3 oregano. ————————1 celery salt. ————————1 black pepper.———————1 dried mustard. ——————4 paprika. —————————2 garlic salt. ————————1 ground ginger. ——————3 white pepper.

0points

Apps 1 year ago (edited)

Haha - #11 on this list, you don't say?! Oh, are there 11 herbs and spices in this recipe?! The Colonel btw, ended up hating the company he sold his secret recipe to because they changed it. So, he marketed his original recipe under a new name which is 99 - X, that you can still buy online today. Just search for Chicken seasoning 99 - X.

0points

Cynthia Carter 1 year ago

They've been touting this secret BS for decades. Our local KFC has horrible chicken, can get way better at the local Winco grocery store

0points

Jeremy James 1 year ago (edited)

I have a jar of it in my spice cabinet. The one ingredient that may surprise you is ginger. The recipe is right here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html

0points

Spittnimage 1 year ago

Get someone with an excellent palate, they can tell you what's in it.

0points

Binky Melnik 1 year ago

Am I the only one who remembers many years ago that the recipe was leaked and it turned out to be nothing but salt and pepper, that they’d abandoned all the spices years before? I didn’t dream it, did I?

0points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

But…I found it in the internet!

0points

Dan Holden 1 year ago

It's not even that good

0points

Bloodyklaws 1 year ago

There was a story about someone who had a selfie and in the background was the recipie on the bulleten board. It was the original written by the founder.

0points

sally tanner 1 year ago

I've read that their chicken brine is based in beef broth. Maybe that's the secret.

0points

Sunshine Sunshine 1 year ago

Just like the royal family 😂😂

0points

Me 1 year ago

Seems like the bookkeeper could determine the ingredients and possible quantities.

0points

Jordi Sharpe 1 year ago

Who cares? It's garbage.

0points

Jigsaw's Puzzle 1 year ago

Isn’t Coca Cola formula like that too

0points

Rowan_the_raging_raven 1 year ago

I want that one show where all the authority figures but one die but KFC version

0points

VonBlade 1 year ago

As someone who likes KFC, and has tried all the clones, something KFC do is different to peoples guesses, just like something about Coke is different to Pepsi etc.

0points

Jack S 1 year ago

I don't see why they're so bothered. It doesn't even taste that great.

0points

Lara Verne 1 year ago

Well that's ridiculous.

0points

ʇı ɓnɟ 1 year ago

but evil, just crazy

0points

WiggleJiggle the Emo Penguin 1 year ago

I think Coca Cola also does this?

0points

DC 1 year ago

... that is a PR stunt entirely. How many reasons, after all, would they have to travel in the same vehicle anyway?

0points

Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

2 cups all purpose white flour 2 tsp table salt 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1 1/2 tsp dried basil 4 Tbsp paprika 1 tsp dried oregano 1 Tbsp celery salt 2 Tbsp garlic salt 1 Tbsp black pepper 1 Tbsp dry mustard powder 3 Tbsp white pepper 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1 Tbsp MSG, optional

0points

Brooke Schmidt 1 year ago

They care more about spices and prices than actual living animals... What happened to us...

0points

Jessica SpeLangm 1 year ago

Good thing I prefer my local chicken place that isn't a chain. I don't care what their spice recipe is, I just want the best fried chicken.

0points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

SpongeBob would be proud.

0points

TheAnimalLady 1 year ago

🎼🎶Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea🎵🎶

-1point

benstella 1 year ago

What's the point in keeping them away from eachother if they both know the recipe?

0points

John Smith 1 year ago

What’s wrong with that? 🤔

0points

Genny McD 1 year ago

And KFC isn't even good

0points

Spencer's slave 1 year ago

I don't eat KFC because I know how they grade their chicken for human consumption.

0points

Barbara Kayton 1 year ago

Seriously, there are so many fast food places that serve chicken, no one would care.

0points

B T 1 year ago

It’s MSG we’ve known that for years.

0points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago (edited)

And yet is bland fried chicken after all.

0points

Bent Screw (she/her) 1 year ago

Tbh, KFC is not that great

-1point

Michelle C 1 year ago

This one is understandable!

-1point

Asher Tye 1 year ago

Geez, easier to get pentagon secrets than KFC's

-1point

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

I actually find that interesting

-1point

#13

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care I was in the Marines for 5 years. Other than a few absolutely SHINING examples of macho-ism and fitness the vast majority of the force is fat, lazy, disgusting, ignorant pieces of human s**t. Literally some of the worst people I've ever met. Sorry to my fellow Devil Dog's but you f*****g know its true and if you don't you are that slob.

anon , Hannah Skelly Report

Final score:

165points

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Cynical, Burnt And Jaded 1 year ago

Not the first time I've heard this. Must be something to it.

55points

#14

I work for an insurance compnay....yes yes they are all evil. We are taught/told that if a potential client lives in a not so nice area we are to make it as difficult as possible to give them our product (as we cannot flat out say no becasue i live in Canada and its the law). So if they live in low income housing we would ask for an impossible amount of paper work add surcharges and/or make them wait up to a month for us to "process the paper work".

Just_Joey_Sims Report

Final score:

159points

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Sharon Peters 1 year ago

Another "poor tax" like high payments for bad/no credit

100points

#15

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care My last job trained us how to deal with "people of lower socioeconomic status." It was a class on how to understand poor people and why they're different from other people. There were charts and videos all explaining how not to think of them as irresponsible, but to understand that their uneducated selves have a different, poor culture. It was one of those situations that leave you looking around the room wondering if anyone else sees how absurd the situation is.

Alpha_Blonde , Ev Report

Final score:

157points

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Soph the Loaf 1 year ago (edited)

Ah yes, "the poors", an entirely different breed of human /s

116points

#16

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care I work at one of the biggest producer of soups worldwide. When you would know how the machine looks and how rare they get cleaned you would NEVER eat instant soup. The first time we did a weekend cleaning, i puked becouse it was so disgusting.
Sorry for mistakes im on phone

Lokrano , sq lim Report

Final score:

155points

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Soph the Loaf 1 year ago

Noted, I shall now do my best to cram this post out of my mind and continue eating my delicious, delicioius soup

92points

#17

The bank HSBC does any kind of s**t, from money laundering to financing warlords. It was actually founded to profit from the opium wars and has been fined multiple times for any kind of crimes.

misopog_on Report

Final score:

134points

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Not Bored 1 year ago

I've always knew that banks laundered money. The laws are a minor inconvenience. Who's going to turn down money

32points

#18

Despite the greenwashed, worker-friendly image, Trader Joe's routinely uses sweatshop labor and partners in companies that use human trafficked labor. On top of that, they refuse to sign the Coalition of Immokalee Workers petition to bring tomato picking prices up to a (relatively) living wage....a move that companies like Burger King and Taco Bell were perfectly willing to make. They also use an opaque and questionable "self-audit" system to verify their products are organic, non-GMO, gluten free etc...a move that bucks an industry-wide trend towards using third parties to verify.

MyOwnHurricane Report

Final score:

121points

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mysterious 1 year ago

The regulations for calling your product organic are barely there, however literally every plant is genetically modified. Just because you object to the "gene editing" part of gmos doesn't change the fact that selective breeding is also genetic modification, just a less precise form of it.

59points

#19

The agency I work for provides services for people with developmental disabilities. They have a positive, uplifting mission statement, and market the agency as such. However, in reality, all they really care about is milking Medicaid for every penny, and expanding the agency in order to create an empire (instead of improving what they have; quantity, not quality). It's disgusting.

DPool34 Report

Final score:

118points

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Shane S 1 year ago

Insurance companies aren’t the only bad guy. Case in point. Everyone in America is out to profit on your healthcare.

41points

#20

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Worked at a start-up web design firm a few years back. We were making a browser-based city builder game, and my job was creating little Flash mini-games that could be played in it for resources bonuses and such. There was one game that kinda evolved, got out of hand, and we fleshed it out into a full-fledged standalone game as a means to get attention for our project by submitting this game to Newgrounds and such. Kind of a "hey, if you like this game, I make many more like it for this browser-based city simulator!"

Totally legit operation too.

Until I found out what the company President was doing. He was going to the other games featured on the sites I submitted to, creating accounts, and dumping on other games. He was giving one-star reviews and 0/10's and thumbsdowns, all shamelessly, all w***y nilly, and dropping the same copy/paste comment to them all. "This game sucks, you should play this game instead:" and he'd link to my game.

I'm glad that company dissolved and that fat opportunistic f**k isn't in charge of anything anymore.

anon , Arif Riyanto Report

Final score:

110points

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RenaissanceWaffle 1 year ago

Poor guy was just trying to make a good game

18points

#21

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Large American restaurant chains and their use of microwaves for almost everything.

projectseven Report

Final score:

108points

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freakingbee (they/them) 1 year ago

did that microwave picture move for anyone else when you scrolled down?

120points

WesleyDonaldson , wikimedia.commons Report

#22

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Victoria Secret uses child slaves

Final score:

104points

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A C 1 year ago

Unfortunately too many companies we all use do....

66points

#23

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care The restaurant was only dimmed not to be fancy but rather hide the mouse hole problem

softdragon , Henry & Co. Report

Final score:

103points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

No, it was for the at-mouse-phere.

169points

#24

Apple has an in house security firm which essentially works the same way as a private security firm for diplomats. Essentially, they are a part of Apple but exist on their own. I don't know if they still do this but here is how it used to go down...

When Apple believed a leak had come from a department they would send in this security firm. The guy in charge would go to the manager and tell him to step out and calmly tell everyone to activate their screen savers and place their phones on their desks. No one is allowed to talk during this time.

The security guys will then go around and download the entire contents of every workstation there onto laptops and then do the same thing with their phones. The reason they can do this is because they give free Apple products to their employees to use but since they not only made the product but "gave" it to them they have the right to invade their employees personal data.

After that they wrap up and walk out without a word and everyone is left to ponder if someone will be getting fired, whether that's due to being the source of the leak or the security guys finding something else.

Moral of the story: Be careful what gifts you accept from an employer.

h0bb1tm1ndtr1x Report

Final score:

101points

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago

For real, are there any rights left in the us? Try this s**t in Europe, the company is done by the end of the year but above all your « security guys » won’t leave the building in good condition.

52points

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#25

Not me. My mother retired as a nurse from Veteran's Administration Hospitals. She states there where rats commonly visible in the food preparation areas in the basement of the building. The food they serve our veterans. Overall the place was pretty unhygienic but that was the worst. Nobody in staff ate from the cafeteria.

f0k4ppl3 Report

Final score:

80points

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JoMeBee 1 year ago

This is not surprising. The upscale mall food court near me has a similar problem, and has for decades. I worked in the same department that had the health inspectors. We'd always ask them where it was safe to eat...

18points

#26

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Not huge, but if we have less than two of the size you're looking for in the back we're 'out'. We make better revenue and reviews from those 48 hour online deliveries. So if you order from our in store computer with the free shipping you're probably getting something a 150 feet away from where you're standing.

JehovahsHalibut , rupixen.com Report

Final score:

79points

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UselessKnowledgeFont 1 year ago

Yes, Kohls. Figured that out when I received the same shoebox with incorrect shoes twice. Would have loved competence and what I actually ordered

22points

#27

The director of the law center for people with disabilities here can't read and is a lecherous creep who fired two advocates and shipped our supervising attorney to an office 700 miles away for reporting him to the board for sexual harassment, then had the receptionist/secretary deported. Over a million dollar budget and does NOTHING to help people with disabilities.

NVAdvocate Report

Final score:

79points

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ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago

WHOA. A huge "Keanu Reeves" WHOA on this. WTAF???

15points

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#28

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care We test makeup on babies. Chinese children are cheaper than rabbits.

anon , Jhong Pascua Report

Final score:

77points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

That sentence is horribly depressing. I can't verify, but this sounds made up and I'm really hoping it is.

89points

#29

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Big Mac sauce: Thousand Island dressing.
McChicken sauce: Hellmans mayonnaise.
I tell people this all the time but they insist "it's different"

anon , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

72points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

No, actually, Big Mac sauce is not Thousand Island dressing. And McChicken sauce? I always just assumed it was mayonnaise, wasn't aware people thought different.

44points

#30

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Dunkin donuts at fenway park serves regular coffee as decaf. Kinda scummy for people that are trying to get off caffeine.

EDIT: Due to the upvotes I will post the email I got about my complaint. Ridiculous -

Dear SgtDowns,

Thank you for taking the time to contact Dunkin' Donuts. We always appreciate hearing from our guests. It's important to us to get feedback both good and bad about our products and the service you receive at our restaurants. We will make sure your comments get heard and shared with the appropriate people.

At Dunkin' Donuts we value our guests and are committed to making your visits to our restaurants a pleasant experience. We look forward to the opportunity to serve you again soon.

Bob
Guest Relations Coordinator

Case #8223131

SgtDowns , Zheka Boychenko Report

Final score:

68points

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SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

I feel like I live in a Dunkin-less island, or something. I don't even know where the closest one is. And I've never met a single person who is unhappy with that.

34points

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#31

AT&T- they have a good amount of the public and the government by the balls. They answer to no one and they call the shots

Dfwflyr Report

Final score:

66points

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Sharon Peters 1 year ago

Why does it feel like we live to consume for the corporations, like a sick symbiotic relationship

35points

#32

It's probably an open secret, but the claw machines where you try to win plush toys at arcades have a payout percentage that is set by the staff. The payout is calculated based on the unit price of the toy and the cost per game on the machine. No matter how much claw-poising skill you bring, you're not going to win until you've spent a few times the price of the toy playing the game (not you specifically, but whoever else has played before you as well).

aardvarkyardwork Report

Final score:

61points

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hitex 1 year ago

The claw machine = training the child to gamble early ... house always wins

54points

#33

American Apparel hires based on attractiveness and promotes based on willingness to f**k the CEO.

Edit: it's on gawker so I guess not so secret.

http://gawker.com/5564171/life-at-american-apparel-the-employees-speak

tealparadise Report

Final score:

56points

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Apps 1 year ago

Wow - I thought gawker was shut down years ago.

1point

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#34

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care My company does retail audits. Stores essentially pay us money to tell them they're being stolen from. It's likely that the majority of us do what we can to ensure it looks like they are being stolen from.
Tl;dr: We lie to liars to make sure we can all still lie to each other for money.

Yogimast_er , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

54points

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SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

Having worked many years in retail, please put your mind at ease. The stores are 100% being stolen from. Sometimes, it's even customers doing the stealing.

66points

#35

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Former sous chef at PF Changs. Don't eat chicken lettuce wraps. It's basically all the parts of the chicken you would normally throw away ground up, mixed with ground water chestnuts and rehydrated mushrooms. Tossed in a wok with what we call dark sauce (tons if salt and sugar). We basically turned waste into our most popular app.

brianbadluck , wikimedia.commons Report

Final score:

54points

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Soph the Loaf 1 year ago (edited)

As long as it's safe to eat and not going to make anyone sick, why not help cut down on food waste?

151points

#36

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Walmart doesn't sell walls.

Ryalre , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

53points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

And sorry to break it to you, but Apple doesn't sell apples either.

82points

#37

I work for a private ambulance company that will charge to take you to a hospital when you dont need to go. Also they dont train us how to drive and someone eventually hit a pedestrian. Best part is they left them on the side of the freeway.

anon Report

Final score:

53points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

I fell down steps and shattered my pelvis on concrete but was able to call 911. The EMTs loaded me onto the gurney then T-boned my parked car with it. I wasn't even in the ambulance yet!

30points

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#38

I work at a large scale events venue in Australia. We host conferences and corporate banquets among other events.

Often with the larger banquets the clients will have a sponsor for whatever they are drinking like a beer or wine producer, so they freight the supplier's drinks to our venue (in bulk, like pallets full) and we serve it. There is no tracking procedures for the booze apart from how much we received in freight and how much goes back to the supplier.

After these functions the stock control guys skim off dozens of cartons of booze to be stowed away in a storeroom. Considering this happens on a fortnightly basis on average, they have pallets full by the end of the year then they get rid of it all (they take it home or use it for our staff xmas party).

I've often thought if they tried to fire me I'd just email all the alcohol producers in Aus and tell them we've been flogging their stock for years. Considering the taxes they are stung by it would be a pretty big deal (cheap carton of beer in Aus is $40 retail).

TL,DR: Events venue steals beer and wine off suppliers by the pallet load then either drinks it or uses it for staff parties. Woo!

YejRev Report

Final score:

49points

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Sharon Peters 1 year ago

Sounds like a work perk

25points

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#39

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care The honest answer: absolutely nothing. Most big companies have huge some-not-so-secret-skeletons in their closets and that people still don't shy away from using their products/services.

kcman011 , Hunters Race Report

Final score:

47points

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Sonja 1 year ago

Well, it's not like you have many alternatives. Those big companies made pretty sure that you're dependent on them and there's no legal way around them in a bigger scale. Just try to avoid Nestlé and good luck with that. They own at least shares from almost everything. And no, it's not possible to go completely off grid for everyone. A few parties here and there can pull it, but the wide mass still can't and won't ever be able to for those companies seizing land left and right too

33points

#40

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care The toilet seat covers in public restrooms do nothing.

anon , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

39points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

The lids? They do block the aerosol flush spray. But I wouldn't sit back against it and always put toilet paper on the seat. I was out all day today, and used a few public toilets. I saw gross stuff, man. If you have small boys, please clean up the piddle they leave on the seats. Just clean up after yourselves. Do some multiple flushes if you have to so you prevent clogs. Treat the washroom better than your own.

22points

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#41

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care I think if people actually saw Taco Bell squirt that meat out of a hose onto that tortilla, they'd have a lot smaller appetite (for like five minutes, then they'd eat it anyways).

Edit: I'd like to point out that both of these instances happened quite some time ago. I saw the meat hose in person when I lived in Brookhaven Mississippi, which was about ten years ago, and the broken one happened maybe a few months prior visiting my relatives in the Jackson, MS area. Several people have worked there etc. and they didn't use a hose. Maybe they changed this practice since then? Not sure, I'll have to check next time I'm in those areas.

TL;DR Taco Bell uses a nasty meat hose.

nuclearkumquat7 , Jeswin Thomas Report

Final score:

15points

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Loverboy 1 year ago (edited)

There's no meat hose. Maybe for your Taco Bell specifically, but this is not a thing in most of them. You scoop them into the tacos with this measuring thing, that's it. I guess the cleanliness of Taco Bell varies

8points

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#42

There is no such thing as freedom of speech at petsmart, I was told so by the store manager.

textalchemist Report

Final score:

11points

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Taibhse Sealgair 1 year ago

There is no such thing as freedom of speech on ANY private property. This has been a legal fact forever.

15points

#43

Friend of mine told me that coworkers of his at Burger King used to p**s on the grill when they cleaned it because the manager chewed them out for not cleaning the grill good enough. He said they did it about a dozen times before he threatened to tell the manager if they didn't stop it.

Burger King in West Plains, Missouri

Koyoteelaughter Report

Final score:

10points

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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

My god that would smell so bad

9points

#44

40 Company Secrets These People Have Revealed Since They Don't Work There Anymore Or Just Don't Care Staples is really Office Depot.

anon , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

-4points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

No, this is false as well. They did try to merge at one point but it wasn't allowed by the FTC. Office Max and Office Depot are now one and the same.

23points

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Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

Like all BP "facts lists", a few are true (Nestlé, for one, PETA for another), a few are just plain bullsh!t and most of the rest should be taken with a large grain of salt.

23points

Laura MG 1 year ago

Thank goodness there is still a small percent of the population who understands that a random statement isn't evidence. Sadly, the majority believes whatever c**p they read, hear or see over the internet.

12points

Ace 1 year ago

TBH even the Nestlé one isn't strictly true. Most of the things they're accused of are based on isolated practices of forty years ago, and others are simply gross exaggerations.

2points

madbakes 1 year ago

I'm still looking for reputable sources on the PETA accusation; I haven't found one yet.

1point

Al Joy 1 year ago

@loverboy has an avatar of Cheez-it. Interested how he didn't post the horrors of Kellogg's especially 2010 and 2012. Sources: - For the recall in 2010: https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/25/cereal.recall/ - For the immunity claim issue in 2012: https://www.businessinsider.com/kelloggs-rice-krispies-claim-settlement-2012-11

0points

Zedrapazia 1 year ago

Someone tell the people with Teslas where the cobalt in their car batteries comes from

13points

Dekker451 1 year ago

Or the "green" Prius, for that matter.

3points

Dee Osbourne 1 year ago

Name and shame, or don't post

7points

Beruthiel45 1 year ago

This. ∆

2points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

For-profit thrift stores. I haven't been working there a year yet to have much to squeal about. I can say, for a fact, not all good donations stay on the floor long enough to get sold. Every day, there's quotas to get hundreds to thousands of clothing (some free donations, some paid donations) through processing and on the sales floor every day. There's only so much space and room on the racks for everything. Every day, the oldest clothing gets pulled and supposedly "ragged out". However, I've recognized pulled clothing back in the production line. "Ragged out" doesn't necessarily mean trashed. Clothing is "baled" and sent overseas to African countries, where their thrift markets buy unsold clothing and sold for dirt cheap there. The latter isn't a secret anymore since that one documentary came out. No employee is ever told where the clothing goes, other than "ragged out". But it's not hard to put 2 and 2 together if you pay attention.

5points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

This is why I donate my unwanted clothing to a women's shelter, after the items have been washed and ironed. I'd rather it go to someone who had to run from an abusive situation with no time to pack. Some of my flight attendant friends also donate the small shampoo and lotion bottles they get from hotels.

3points

Tim 1 year ago

Corporations terrible. Got it. I already knew that.

3points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

Some of these are indeed well-known, however, some of these seem really far-fetched like the meat hose at Taco Bell. Sources and fact checking would be much appreciated by BoredPanda

3points

CJay M 1 year ago

Im sure glad Bp shortened this list from 42 to 40. saved me hours of reading

2points

Luna Crow 1 year ago

A decade = recently? Maybe to some of us (I'm getting old), but when referring to things happening on the internet you can't call that recent.

1point

majandess 1 year ago

I have a total beef with Swarovski. For years, they sold to DIY peeps - costumers, jewelry makers, etc - but in the last couple years, they decided to take their products into the luxury market (same fancy crystal, now with 1000% markup). That means that DIYers tarnish their brand image, so they've stopped making products available to the public. And if you have some Swarovski crystal, you aren't even legally allowed to use their name in selling your product. I'm so hopping mad about it, I refuse to buy anything Swarovski ever again.

1point

majandess 1 year ago

And here's a citation so that my random experience is actually backed up: https://www.retail-jeweller.com/news-and-insight/swarovski-set-to-stop-crystal-supply-to-many-b2b-accounts-as-part-of-new-strategy-19-11-2020/

1point

RaRaPanda 1 year ago

This is old but once upon a time, used to work for Sears. All the “old” clothes (mostly fell out of fashion or clearance that wouldn’t sell) gets shipped off to their other company- Kmart. Lands End was was Sears’ “high end” fashion. All places would regularly ship each other clothes based on clientele, with mark ups.

1point

Thom Serveaux 1 year ago

How is Disney not on here? They are awful to their employees.

1point

Luna Crow 1 year ago

Ssshhh.. we must not be caught speaking ill of Our Overlord, The Mouse

4points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

None of these alleged secrets are really a surprise to me. All those corporations have loopholes. If regular people did these things,we would all be in prison. In my opinion.

1point

Christopher Elkins 1 year ago

I hate digital billboards. I need time to process what I'm trying to see. I'd love to see a version of this done in stills, not animated gifs. Form should follow function, not hinder it.

0points

Lucy Post 1 year ago

PETA places adoptable animals in excellent, lifelong homes, as you can see on their website and in the video below. PETA is not a traditional shelter. Unlike “no-kill” facilities, PETA also accepts animals who are unadoptable and need euthanasia to end their suffering. After seeing some of these animals, I think you’ll agree that a painless end through euthanasia is far kinder than letting them linger in pain or turning them away to suffer and die on the streets. Please watch this short video to see some of the animals PETA has helped in its community: https://vimeo.com/792405447?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=10648126

0points

Scribbles & Scares 1 year ago

Really surprised not to see Apple on here in regards to their appalling manufacturing sites in Asia. So many deaths, industrial accidents and suicides linked to terrible working conditions https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

Seems to mostly be american examples. I'd like to see examples of well-known companies from other countries. Many multinationals are not american, e.g. BP, Shell, Barclays, etc.

0points

Sloth29 1 year ago

I couldn't go through this thread without getting seriously depressed.

0points

Dekker451 1 year ago

What is even the point of people posting these when they don't specify the company?

0points

Canadian Girl 1 year ago

I worked at a berry processing plant when I was a teenager. There was one conveyor belt called the "juice belt". There was only one person running that belt and you were not allowed to stop it for any reason. They would pile the berries on the belt so thickly that there was no way you could possibly sort through them all. So all kinds of nasty things would get processed; mud, leaves, sticks, pebbles, bugs. I couldn't drink concentrate juice or eat fruit roll-ups for years after working the juice belt.

0points

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Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

Like all BP "facts lists", a few are true (Nestlé, for one, PETA for another), a few are just plain bullsh!t and most of the rest should be taken with a large grain of salt.

23points

Laura MG 1 year ago

12points

Ace 1 year ago

TBH even the Nestlé one isn't strictly true. Most of the things they're accused of are based on isolated practices of forty years ago, and others are simply gross exaggerations.

2points

madbakes 1 year ago

I'm still looking for reputable sources on the PETA accusation; I haven't found one yet.

1point

Al Joy 1 year ago

0points

Zedrapazia 1 year ago

Someone tell the people with Teslas where the cobalt in their car batteries comes from

13points

Dekker451 1 year ago

Or the "green" Prius, for that matter.

3points

Dee Osbourne 1 year ago

Name and shame, or don't post

7points

Beruthiel45 1 year ago

This. ∆

2points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

5points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

3points

Tim 1 year ago

Corporations terrible. Got it. I already knew that.

3points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

Some of these are indeed well-known, however, some of these seem really far-fetched like the meat hose at Taco Bell. Sources and fact checking would be much appreciated by BoredPanda

3points

CJay M 1 year ago

Im sure glad Bp shortened this list from 42 to 40. saved me hours of reading

2points

Luna Crow 1 year ago

A decade = recently? Maybe to some of us (I'm getting old), but when referring to things happening on the internet you can't call that recent.

1point

majandess 1 year ago

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majandess 1 year ago

1point

RaRaPanda 1 year ago

1point

Thom Serveaux 1 year ago

How is Disney not on here? They are awful to their employees.

1point

Luna Crow 1 year ago

Ssshhh.. we must not be caught speaking ill of Our Overlord, The Mouse

4points