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"I was just going on with my daily routine when I randomly thought about asking Reddit this question," u/UsefulComputer4476 told Bored Panda. "Most of the replies came from retail, but a lot are from other sectors too."

The Redditor doesn't think that there is a culture of exploiting workers but they do not believe that these are standalone examples, either. u/UsefulComputer4476 expects that the reasons giving rise to such stories are somewhere in between.

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) When the boss said he was going to hire "Mary" back.

Mary, the woman who was fired for having her friends call me with death threats because I wouldn't switch days off with her.

Mary, the woman he told me he was never in a room alone with because she was 'the type to claim sexual harassment'.

He hired Mary back and gave her my job after I quit.

He was fired 6 months later over the sexual harassment claim filed by . . . . Mary.

jaimystery Report

Final score:

402points

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Kiran 3 years ago

Poetic justice.

161points

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I worked at a Starbucks in a grocery store and a customer got mad because she wanted a drink cold but it was served hot (the girl taking her order was new and didn’t ask her if she wanted hot or cold, I was making the drinks so went with what was on the cup) so she threw it at me, while still freshly hot. Burned my face down to my stomach. I was 5 months pregnant. I quit a week later.

Zealou_luv , trance Report

Final score:

309points

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QueenMiri 3 years ago

I would have sued her for assault.

436points

Interestingly, this fall might be a good time to look for another employer. According to a recent CNBC | Momentive Small Business Survey, that there are more than 10 million open jobs in the U.S., the highest level ever, and over one million more jobs than unemployed people.

Half of small business owners (50%) say it’s gotten harder to find qualified people to hire compared to a year ago and almost one-third (31%) say they have open roles they have not been able to fill for at least three months (up from 24% last quarter and 16% in Q1 2020).

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) While working with a client as a consultant employed by a consulting agency. The client tried to hire me full time and offered me triple the salary. That was like the wtf moment which made me research the market value of my skills and turned out I was super underpaid. So I left and found a new job straight away.

vegetable-table-man , Headway Report

Final score:

281points

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Damon Tripodi 3 years ago

Knowledge is power

96points

startedoverthrowaway , Timo Wielink Report

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Scooping a stillborn baby out of a toilet.

I'm a cop and I make $20/hr.

Final score:

277points

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Swamparella McJudgeface 3 years ago

Aue! ( A cry of despair). This makes my heart hurt for you

124points

UsefulComputer4476 , Mikey Harris Report

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) State of Louisiana. 8 year employee, Good employee. Weeks of accumulated sick time. Professional position.

They send us to work at home and put time tracking software on our computer so they can see we are working; because that big pile of finished work at the end of the just got there by its self.

I got a message one day asking to explain what I was doing on my bathroom break and why it was longer than 5 minutes.

Final score:

250points

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QueenMiri 3 years ago

I would have answered with a very detailed description of what I did. Color and everything 😁

261points

Because of this, companies are investing more resources into retaining the employees they do have. 41% of small business owners are saying they are currently experiencing a rising cost in wages.

"It turns out that revving the economy back up after months of shutdowns, layoffs, and work-from-home is really disorienting," Laura Wronski, research science manager at Momentive, said. "Unfortunately, there’s no on-or-off switch, and these labor and supply shocks that we’re seeing are totally expected on our path back to normal, even if they are disruptive in the short term."

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) When a customer had a full-blown adult tantrum on the floor of the supermarket I was working at because we were out of red cabbage two hours before we closed on Christmas Eve. Mind you that almost everyone eats red cabbage on Christmas here in Germany. To top this off she also threw frozen bread rolls after me because I told her to have her tantrum outside.

Lelexxia , Sandie Clarke Report

Final score:

245points

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

Should have sold her green cabbage and beetroot. Cook them together and you'll get your red cabbage.

106points

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Realizing the police reports i'm translating are not to help the victim escape her abusive husband, they're to help the abusive husband gain a refugee visa to Canada.....

I quit translating as a freelancer soon after.

AnywayCOYSpurs , convertkit Report

Final score:

241points

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A B C 3 years ago

What the?

73points

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I was told to look the other way on a $1.5 million mistake I found on the books that one of the managers had made. Told the higher ups and was pressured to quit as a result.

LifeIsBizarre , martenbjork Report

Final score:

220points

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

No reward for doing the right thing these days.

90points

#10

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) My boss refused to evacuate for hurricane Ida and somehow managed not to lose power or sustain damage. Everyone around her did. I evacuated with a large group and my complex lost power and water for days. The day after the hurricane hit she demanded we all traverse flooded roads so I could come back and do some things she “just didn’t have time for.” She threw a tantrum over the phone when I told her I wasn’t going back to an apartment without power or running water. I’m looking for another job right now.

poser-inaparka · , nasa Report

Final score:

216points

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Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago

Amazing how often, during a natural weather disaster, that the boss manages to make it in to work so every employee who didn't is at fault for not making it.

89points

batmans_apprentice , jornadaprodutora Report

#11

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I live in a country where there is no particular 'minimum wage'. So the job I work in doesn't pay us much and we generally get paid very late (mostly a 1 month delay). Our boss's daughter had a very fancy wedding and all that, his son bought a fancy car but we still were not paid our salaries. One fine evening, I finished my usual work and i was on my way out. My boss called me and asked me why i leave on time and why i dont spend extra time in the evenings. I just stared at him and said I have a personal life too and went home.

Final score:

211points

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QueenMiri 3 years ago

This makes me so angry! The only reason all of us work is to afford our private life. Which is our actual life. Staying over time? F**k you. There is absolutely no reason for it.

109points

Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

Oh there’s a reason… it’s called greed and exploitation

6points

RiaLynne0629 3 years ago

Dear Manager, If So Many Things Need Done, How about You Stay & Help Too?? Sincerely, Me

4points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

Sure there's a reason, it's called overtime pay, without it, yes, you're right, no reason.

2points

lakitha tolbert 3 years ago

There is absolutely no job that you could be doing that requires overtime (unless a life is at stake!) Office work is generally not that type of job!

0points

James016 3 years ago

Got some nerve asking that when they don't pay their staff on time

9points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

A restraunt owner bought herself a new mustang and one young cook who hadn't been paid was goning to sugar her gas tank. I told him wait, just leave it alone. She wrapped that car around a tree within the week!

4points

Bob Belcher 3 years ago

F**k you, pay me.

3points

Miss Cris 3 years ago

Where do you don't have a minimum pay? And obligation to be paid in time? And working rights? That's awful.

2points

SuperChicken 3 years ago

What a jackass.

1point

Shaheen Alikhan 2 years ago

...and...staying overtime when paid s**t and paid s**t, LATE? F**k no

0points

Lululoohoo 3 years ago

why not use that opportunity to bring up the fact that your wages haven't even been paid to you

0points

jetsonjoe 3 years ago

it is okay. was laid off because of cash flow issues, the boss bought himself a new truck, a new company van, new stairs and glass railing to his office, had new awnings installed to attract more customers, new window signs, and a new phone system. Fun fact, his sister "works" one day a week and draws a $60,000 a year salary, his mother is on payroll...never darkens the door for over $100,000 a year, his sister needed money for a new house purchase, oh and he buys a new car cause it is a but roadster. So since the company has "money problems" I get laid off because they do not want to pay me my $40,000 dollars in commissions pending on upcoming sales. I was let go before the sales closed so they would have better cash flow. Bastards. Never work for a small business run by assholes. Brought in over $150000 in sales before....but as I was last one in...the payout to lay me off was less then if they laid off the women who were all getting pregnant....s**t hole of a company

0points

Franc Esca 3 years ago

Greece? 4Romania?

0points

lonelyobnoxiousonion 3 years ago

"why do you leave on time?" wth-

0points

Mark Kelly 3 years ago

What country is that ? Glad I live in Canada

0points

snipergun 3 years ago

Being from one of those countries, with very similar culture, yes you can be mad and feel it's not fair. But that's what they can do, because of low wages and very bad system. My advice, salary can be late one time for one day after pay day, not-paying job prevents you from searching for possibly paying job while not being paid anyway.

-1point

#12

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Working for a nonprofit. At a fundraising dinner, a major donor touched my knee then later my butt and flirted heavily. I am a woman and was 25 at the time. When I brought it to my supervisor I was told that is just something you have to put up with when fundraising if you want to make the organization money. Stayed at that job a few months before I was fired for not being happy enough. Note that after that incident I refused to attend events where the creep would be there.. Can't say I was sad. Got a job that paid twice as much and came without sexual harassment. An employment lawyer probably would have loved if I called them, but I lacked the confidence to take that big of a stand. Now I would absolutely take action. I would actually probably yell in the moment to get your forking hands off me. Which would have been awkward for him because his wife was present.

smughippie , monam86 Report

Final score:

197points

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Me Oh My 3 years ago

He was probably cheating on his wife, too.

57points

#13

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I was the 24/7 OnCall for failing jobs in our I.T. department. After 3 days of no sleep and stress I had a "cardiac event". Quit the next day.

hyteck9 , hackcapital Report

Final score:

187points

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KJ 3 years ago

On call for three days straight, surely highly illegal.

101points

#14

When my boss laughed and bragged to my face about how much he was saving by having me do professional design work (in addition to my other duties) instead of a designer he'd have to pay 5-6x more. That didn't last long.

clownmilk Report

Final score:

184points

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Watching 3 years ago

What a dumbass.

61points

#15

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Being scheduled to work 30 days in a row without a day off

The_Observatory_ , atoms Report

Final score:

172points

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

Oh, I know how that feels. I was a single parent in a salaried property management job and we couldn't get a part-timer hired, so I ended up working over 90 days without a day off, 7 days a week. When I finally did find someone to work, they quit, because I had so many hours leave, they were working full time!

41points

#16

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) So I’m working this register at a truck stop circa 2011. It’s by a door that gets very little traffic so I mostly just watch the gift shop area and try to deter people from stealing. It’s an overnight shift about 3 am. This man comes barreling in bleeding from his hand and yells “IVE BEEN STABBED!”

Immediately I call for security. My manager is nearby. Security calls 911 on their way and shows up a few moments later. This guy is bleeding profusely, all over my freshly mopped floor mind you.

I’m off to the side “Sir where is the stabber?!”

My manager is asking for towels, so I bring a clean towel. Again I ask “SIR, where is the stabber?!”

My manager and security are saying stuff like “Put pressure on it. Go wave down the ambulance when they arrive!”

So at this point I’m practically yelling “There is a stabber on the loose in that parking lot some where and I’m not going out there until I know where he is!”

Finally the guy goes “Oh he was at the truck stop across the street. We got into an argument it wasn’t random.”

Relived and now no longer fearing for my safety I went out to wave down the ambulance.

Unfortunately $8/hr is not enough to get stabbed over.

ItsTylerBrenda , Marjan Blan Report

Final score:

166points

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A B C 3 years ago

No salary in the world is enough to get stabbed over.

75points

#17

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Was working in a large bakery for my first job at 15. Tried to pull a six foot tall baking tray but there’s a lip to get the tray over, started to fall on me and caught it with my forearms, burning myself (not terribly, but still not great feeling). Told my boss and showed him my swelling, reddened forearms and asked to go home. He said I could, once I’d mopped out the bottom of all the 10+ freezers and then he left, leaving me alone. I left as soon as he did and then road my bike home to take care of my burns.

therustedrobot , andylid0 Report

Final score:

158points

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Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

It's situations like these that teach you shouldn't really ask for permission, you just notify and do what needs to be done. If they're a good person, they'll understand, if they're assholes, you have a chance to find a better place.

107points

#18

When I was 16 and worked in a supermarket, I was asked to escort a mentally and physically disabled person around and help him with his shopping. No biggie, I did that quite a lot. This one was veeeery different though.

When we went by the clothing section he took a pair of panties and asked me to try them on for him. I was shocked to say the least, but firmly told him that I would not do that, and he had better behave like a gentleman, or I wouldn't help him anymore.

He then proceeded to take of his pants and started masturbating! I don't think I've noped out of anything as fast as I did in that situation.

Celinder_pigen Report

Final score:

154points

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Lisa Carr 3 years ago

That is definitely sexual assault. I hope this was reported to whatever disability care program he was with and the police. He should have had his own care giver with him that is trained for situations as this. It sounds like he has done this before.

124points

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#19

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I practically saved a 100.000 euros deal at a company, and I got awarded a pay cut. What a time to be alive.

Final score:

143points

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James016 3 years ago

No good deed goes unpunished.

61points

#20

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I worked at a high-end car dealership in the service department where the customers could be pretty demanding. One lady came in complaining that her car was making a noise. I asked what kind of noise and where it was coming from, since the car wasn’t currently making any unusual noises. She snapped that I should be able to figure it out. I told her very politely that since the car was not making the noise at the time and no codes had come up on the computer when we plugged it in, that knowing what kind of noise and generally where it seemed to be coming from would help the technicians figure out what was going on. She screamed “JUST DO YOUR F-ING JOB AND FIGURE IT OUT!” and threw her keys at my face. I caught them, threw them on the ground, and walked to my manager’s office to tell him what happened and to request that he deal with her, because I was not going to. He told me that difficult customers come with the job. I’d been yelled at, talked down to, hit on, basically disrespected in so many ways at that job, but having someone chuck keys at my face and being told to accept it was the last straw.

Gardengoddess83 , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

137points

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Lunar Bicycle 3 years ago

I hope you remembered to throw her keys on the roof before you left.

87points

#21

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Leaving my previous position that hired three people and an intern to replace me.

coldshockhyper , Ant Rozetsky Report

Final score:

134points

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Soren W 3 years ago

Why do you have to be a d**k. N G?

14points

#22

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Two specific cases.

One was when I was working retail. I was sick as a dog, throwing up, completely lost my voice. Got a call from the manager that even though I had called out sick I needed to come in that day because the district manager was there. Was told in no uncertain terms that if I didn't show up I could expect to lose my job. So I got dressed, came in, and within the hour proceeded to get absolutely reamed out by the aforementioned DM for making a mistake on a receipt. I saw red, resigned on the spot and never looked back.

Second case was when I was working in construction a decade later. I was told to visit a vacant apartment in the Bronx to take measurements and provide an estimate for carpet removal. Nothing out of the ordinary, visited a ton of apartments before. It wasn't until the super let me in and immediately left that I realized something was off. I walked into the bedroom to find a blood-stained mattress and splatter all over the wall. Apparently this apartment had been the site of a murder-suicide a few days earlier. I did the job, drove back to the office, and proceeded to tell my boss that if they ever sent me into a job like that blind without informing me that I would be walking into the middle of a crime scene, they would have to find a new estimator. Thankfully they did not.

Charging_Badger , sigmund Report

Final score:

131points

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Watching 3 years ago

Just. Wow.

37points

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#23

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Worked in recruitment, my phone would start around 6am and stop around 10pm, go off at weekends and even got calls on my personal phone when I was out of the country on holiday. I lasted 2 years and left, even now, when I hear the Apple ringtone, I still get an ill feeling in my belly.

godca_grema , christinhumephoto Report

Final score:

130points

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Jaclyn Levy 3 years ago

I know this answer isn't always feasible, but don't answer the phone when you're supposed to be off! I used to tell employees this all the time when I worked at hr. They call you because they know you'll answer. You have to train people when you can be reachable. They'll adjust.

83points

#24

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I enjoyed my job, but it could have been better. There were certain aspects of it that were making it hard to work there. Then, in a span of 3 months, half of my coworkers quit (2 of then resigned within 2 weeks of each other). So I started cleaning up my resume and was ready to get back out there. I figured I'd ask for a raise to see what would happen. I mean I was picking up the slack from 3 different people and other departments were seeing people resign for similar reasons (people were being given tasks that weren't anywhere near their job descriptions).

Suddenly, I see my very own role posted on the company website. Word for word what I was currently doing, with the same exact title. I had already submitted my request for a raise the week before, so this seemed like they were giving me the boot. The next morning my boss was scrambling. Turns out they didn't mean to post that job yet and they were reformatting the team and giving me a promotion. I was honest with him that it's been an absolute mess lately and I wasn't enjoying the direction we were heading.

I got a 20% raise and have been given some room to make higher level decisions, so I guess now I'm paid enough for this s**t.

forman98 , Christin Hume Report

Final score:

123points

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Amanda Trent 3 years ago

That one is actually nice to hear it turned out proper. Good for you!

28points

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#25

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Telling a grown ass man that he shouldn’t be sh***ing in a customers parking lot.

mymindisoverheads , Mak Report

Final score:

116points

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Lisa Carr 3 years ago

Uhhhh, what?

33points

sleepybeautyxoxo , charlesdeluvio Report

#26

When the public school system told me to either risk my life or leave. Bye.

Final score:

105points

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Watching 3 years ago

Covid or guns?

69points

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#27

Lying in intensive care, reading a text from my manager that said I should have really phoned in - not texted - to advise I was in intensive care and would not be in work that day. Also instructions to phone every day until I was back in the office. Nurse took my phone off me and literally said they weren't paying me to do that.
When I got back (two operations and two months later) work had just been piled on my desk with management telling me "well, we didn't know when you'd be back". Put my notice in around 3 weeks after that. While working my notice I was suddenly made "office contact" for a department in another country and one day found myself covering for our IT support team.

Final score:

96points

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James016 3 years ago

Middle managers deserve their own circle of hell

57points

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#28

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I was on a royal navy warship and we'd pulled into Hull UK for a visit. Their dockyard regulations prevented the ship from discharging solids overboard so the total of all the crews toilet flushings were diverted to a holding tank so we could discharge it overboard when back at sea. After the crew had been in port for two days, which for most involved copious drinking and then finishing off with a large curry or spicy kebab, the additional load on the system was too much for the circulating pump inside tank. The pump was also used pump the contents overboard so needed to be fixed before we went back to sea. Unfortunately I was duty electrician the day the pump failed. The contents of the tank was about a foot and half deep! I suited up with waterproofs and copious amounts of duct tape to seal the seams and descended. The pump was bolted in place and to free it I had to work with my face about four inches from the liquid curry and beer smoothies as I bent over. I definitely want getting paid enough... But I was given an order and it was my job, so I just got on and did it.

Androm57 , Greg Jeanneau Report

Final score:

88points

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

There is no amount of money that would make that job worthwhile.

56points

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

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#29

Being paid $13/hr to be a one-on-one Para to a 10 year old who swore, ran away, tried to stab me and other kids with pencils, scissors, etc. AND having to listen to the parents blame me for not getting their child to behave. I felt bad for the kid - seriously damaged, in a less than great home. He’s in an fortified school now.

ranaparvus Report

Final score:

88points

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Dolly Bun 3 years ago

What tf is a fortified school?!

41points

#30

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Coming in to afternoon shifts as a cook at KFC and finding that the morning cook didn't clean anything before leaving (and left everything particularly trashed) and prepped nothing. And this was a normal occurrence. I'd leave morning shifts stocked up and perfectly clean every morning I worked. I think the GM there quit not long after I left.

RayTrain , istrfry Report

Final score:

87points

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LK 3 years ago

Used to work at a kfc / Taco Bell as a cashier / food prep. Night shift always left The place looking a mess. One day there weren’t any supplies left out for the next day so I spent like an hour setting everything up as well as dealing with customers. I was the only one who had showed up for the shift on time. My other coworkers were 2 hours late.

21points

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#31

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) While managing two different locations about 2hours apart, that i was unable to fill positions at both locations because of a hiring freeze. Working 70+ hours a week and covering shifts for months. I was told by my manager i need to take my vacation in the next month (impossible) or lose it.

Final score:

33points

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Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago

I'd have taken that vacation and informed the manager he'd need to fill in for me while I was gone.

23points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#32

When a car intentionally tried to hit me while I was directing traffic for the city of Chicago. There isn't enough money in the world worth losing my life over.

MSTSELLSHOUSES Report

Final score:

33points

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De Gueb 3 years ago

I was bouncing at and after hour club in the 80's. (from 6 in the morning till 12) We turned two punters away because they were out of their heads. 5 mins later a car comes down the street at full speed and rammed the door, there wasn't a queue buy then and lucky for us the divider was a small brick wall instead of the normal rope that took the brunt of the impact. I fell on the hood but as he reversed for a second try but he stalled the car. They get out with baseball bats, so we got down to business 2 of them vs 3 of us. Once I had one pinned down on the ground, I see my mate swinging an orthopaedic leg. Turn out that the driver had an orthopaedic leg that had detached in the heat of the fight. It was something from a Tarantino movie, getting you head kicked in with you own leg. Worth it, we still laugh about it today

19points

#33

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) Plumber

I was called to a newish mobile home that had a bad smell in the yard.

I pulled off a couple of pieces of underpinning and saw that soon after it was set up (6 to 8 months ago) the no-hub band had come loose under the the children's bathroom (3 kids).

all the s**t from the toilet was pooling under there.

I told them to call the people that set up the mobile home and I left.

BirdGuy64 , NeONBRAND Report

Final score:

29points

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Thomas Sweda 3 years ago

Ah, the old, “loose no- hub band” syndrome.

0points

#34

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) We had one of those too. I was eating lunch in my car and saw him in the rear view mirror.

I got out of my car and shouted as loud as I could SIR YOU CANNOT PEE THERE, not to get his attention so much as to make him, you know, not piss on the side of my school building. And embarrass him out of doing it again.

I was pissed off, too, there were two portapotties within sight of where he was.

8dogsinatrenchcoat , the_darkener Report

Final score:

25points

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Lisa Carr 3 years ago

That is considered a sex act that would get the person on the sex offenders list, being at a school.

12points

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#35

I was engineering manager for a previous company. There was one day where the septic system failed, and I happened to be the only manager that showed up to work that day, so I was filling in for everyone. Plus, we had customers on site. I put signs up saying the restrooms were out of order but people were ignoring it and it was all backing up.

I had to send an email out to everyone explaining how to "go easy" on the bathrooms since it was apparently a difficult concept to grasp. Turns out the VPs, CEO, COO, and CFO were all included on the branch distribution list, so they got a friendly email from me saying 1's are ok and 2's are not.

I told the customers that if they have to use a restroom, let me know and I would drive them to a nearby gas station. One said "**** that" and relieved himself outside in the parking lot.

I returned to my desk where I had an email waiting for me. It was from one of the VPs, asking "is everything alright out there?" I replied with some "sanitized" explanation of the situation. He replied back "That stinks. Have fun."

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24points

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Eowyn Kendrick 3 years ago

nrk

-3points

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#36

I was building, installing, and managing ESXi hosts and clusters..... for $14k a year.

Normally that job pays over $90k a year

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24points

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James016 3 years ago

Damn!

4points

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#37

People Are Sharing The Moment They Understood They Were Being Exploited (30 Comments) I am a babysitter since I am not 16 so it's really hard to get a real part time job.

I baby sit a 3 year old who we will call Sarah. This was when I had to stay until 10:00pm babysitting Sarah, she kept face planting on the couch playing around while I pretended she turned invisible every time she did so. The timer went off and she knew the drill and used her toddler toilet thing. When she was done I was supposed to giver her a sucker/lollipop as a reward. She started to eat it then face planted again Exept this time she had the candy and I went to the back of her throat. I paniced and I removed it by pulling it out, I didn't thing it was nesasary to use Heimlich maneuver since I could still see it, plus I was panicking.

I got it out of her throat and she just stoped crying and continued eating it

Final score:

22points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago (edited)

EDIT: Vivian is 100% correct. It's CPR that breaks ribs, not the heimlich. Still, try to scoop out an object if you can see. POST EDITED: Kids are weird, man. You're right though. If you can see the object and think you can safely remove it, you should try that before attempting the heimlich.

20points

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#38

When my company commander in Iraq asked me to kick around a very large pile of trash to confirm if there was an IED inside, he didn’t think we were doing a good enough job so he yelled to us to say something to the extent of like hurry up or something, I proceeded to jump up and down on top of the pile and say “SEE NO IED!” Looking back I feel bad for the guy who was also checking the pile with me, but hey it wasn’t an IED

Edit: backstory we were driving about a mile along side a canal and had to keep raising all these power lines that were too low to pass under, it would have required backing up a Stryker about along side a canal or drive over this mound of trash. Risk of sliding into canal and drowning, I guess two grunts are worth the risk right?

Final score:

18points

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Wyn Williams 3 years ago

Errr no commander would ever order you to do something like that... If they did and you disobeyed you would be fine they would be moved elsewhere or court martialed... You would of used a vmr2 or if for some reason you weren't equipped with one an IED rake nor would jumping up and down on a rubbish pile mean s**t as a lot are weight triggered specifically to target APC and tanks..

19points

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#39

I work in retail. The past two days I have been doing construction type work - sanding walls, painting the walls. Definitely not in my job description.

Final score:

13points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Companies always try to save money by squeezing in another job duty, some squeeze in several

8points

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Crowley The Snake 3 years ago

I'd like to add mine, not much of a horrible story, but something I'd like to share. I worked at a toy store over this summer. I have worked at a toy store before, In fact, someone from my new job opened the store I used to work at. This toy store was hiring, and since it was the summer I applied. Long story short, got the job. First days of this job was a bit of a learning curve, but after a week I felt confident. I hadn't seen the women who hired me for more then about 5 minutes a day. One day she pulls me aside and starts telling me what an awful job I was doing. I was very upset, but also confused, since she had never been around. When I asked how she had heard this, she said she's been watching me (False, she's rarely around). As I contiuned, I started noticing things, like how she would hire emyploees for days they said that they cannot do, and she would often make mistakes that we would have to deal with the burden of. The computers did not work, even after someone "fixed" them.

10points

Crowley The Snake 3 years ago

Cont: When we told her this, she told us that it was fine (it's not, becuase when I quit, we had 37 backed up files). I had to bargin for my already paid for vaction. I spoke to her about my vacation a month in advance, and she was upset, but when she posts the schedule for the month the day before your scheduled its fine. She posted month schedules half way through the month, so knowing what days you were working was touch and go. The final straw was when she called the store when I was working on a saturday. My co-worker, who has been working there for 4 to 5 years, answered while I bagged up a toy. I couldn't hear my boss, but I could see my co-workers anger. She had called to tell us we would be working tomorrow, the sunday. This may sound like a normal request, but my co-worker, Mary, had planned a lovely afternoon with her daughter, since that was the day she went to college. Mary had also made it clear to our boss that she was only to work one of the weekends and thats all.

5points

Bobert Robertson 3 years ago

For some situations I still think regardless of the salary, it doesn't matter you don't want to deal with them. I make a good income, yet I still wish I didn't have to deal with the employee who decided to do LSD at work, or the employee who snuck out the side door presumably stealing parts, and end up chasing him through a gas station and a parking lot. Or have people cursing and hurling insults at me. Or claiming harassment simply because I expect them to adhere to our code of conduct, taking me to court (several times, each time same result - I was found to have been acting in line with my responsibility and the law). Or have my boss suggest I hang myself. Or go off on sick leave for 2 weeks to come back to being put on a performance review because of my lack of dedication. I know a lot of people will say "you should quit" but those are just the negative things. There are a lot of positives at work for me too, and I love what I do aside from all those things

5points

Biba Little 3 years ago

Not at job, but usually in relationship. Who dates a guy who won't commit after more than 10 years of dating and then says he "can't really plan future"? Losers like me.

4points

Viviane 3 years ago (edited)

From the term "dating", it sounds as if he doesn't live with you, so you're probably not financially dependent on him. You might also feel that you don't deserve better, that you can't find anyone else and that being single is worse than being jerked around. Just because you invested 10 years of your life does not mean that you must continue dating him. Don't invest any more time in something that makes you unhappy. You might grieve the loss, you may feel sadness at what you lost and relief that it's over and you might feel a bit lost as a single person -- this is normal. One advantage of being single is that you give yourself a chance to meet someone else.

3points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

had surgery that didn't go well & resulted in having to have revision followed by an infection that dr couldn't identify. was off work for about 6 wks but returned w/a brace on my leg & open wound because...i was dedicated. worked w/leg elevated on desk to try to keep pus from flowing out. finally dr demanded i stop working until this was rectified. my superiors didn't like this & the fact that some very caring co workers had stormed into their offices to verify that i literally did have pus/blood coming out & they needed to listen to my dr. decided to resign but was told that due to my history i was eligible for early retirement due to disability. superiors told everyone i was fired for non compliance. imagine their surprise when i popped up in my wheelchair at a meeting re: med insurance which i still had w/retirement & showed everyone about the depth of their deception. even HR was pissed when they found out that they were trying to cover the lie by attempting to edit my records.

2points

Natalie Kreutz 3 years ago

I worked at a martial arts studio from the age of sixteen til the age of 19 as a day camp counselor. This job had a pretty high rate of turnover for people who weren't also black belts/ instructors, so I was the only person who had been there longer than a year. My boss was rude, condescending, and overworked us. I would get yelled at for not cleaning fast enough to clock out on time, and then when I did clock out on time he would yell at me for the studio not being clean enough. He once told me that I would be a bad mother because I was so focused on watching 17 children by myself that I didn't pick up a sock and two paper towels until the kids had gone home. I found a better job, put in a month's notice, and my coworker, who had been there about a year at that point, asked my boss for a raise. He berated her, insulted her, and made her cry, so she put in her two weeks. He told her not to come back for her two weeks.

2points

Natalie Kreutz 3 years ago

Cont: about a week later I come in and one of the two lead instructors told me that the other one had quit all of a sudden after almost a decade of working there. So our all-ready incredibly short-staffed studio was now down two people. The manager, Miss N, was the only person keeping that place afloat. She did all of the work that my boss thought was beneath him, and did the work of five people while always maintaining a cheery attitude. Once my time at that job was up and I moved to another state, my coworker who had quit told me that Miss N had been offered a much higher paying job at a trampoline park as a manager. And she would be just that, a manager, not a manager as well as a bus driver, counselor, secretary, saleswoman, and janitor. She gave my boss the chance to meet her new pay. He refused, then apparently tried to sue her for working for the "competition." Everyone who quit is doing so much better now. Rip to my boss tho. Pretty sure they'll close down soon.

2points

Jodi Hartley 3 years ago

I worked for a handbag manufacturer, and had worked my way up to designer/pattern-maker/sample-maker. Except the new owner wanted me on production during paid hours. It was like I was supposed to design for free as 'homework' to prove myself to her. The final straw was when I worked on a collaborative project with a stylist (friend of the owner). I turned her sketches into patterns, made construction decisions, problem-solved and hand-made sample bags. When they were ready there was a full-page colour newspaper feature on these new bags - naming the stylist and the business owner as the designers! I handed in my notice a few days later. the factory closed 8 months after I left.

1point

Nadine 3 years ago

I worked in a pharmacy for minimum wage and had to mix up medication for infants. It freaked me out. I didn't stay long.

1point

Lucy Skinner 3 years ago

I’d like to share as well. Mine isn’t terrible, but this shouldn’t be tolerated. A bit of background, the company I work for teaches little kids to play a sport (I won’t say which one) and then when you are a teen you can join the competition team. I am on this and recently started working for money. However, every time I try to train one of my coaches/bosses makes me teach others or babysit his son, which is his job, while he watches LOUD and inappropriate music videos on his phone. I have confronted him and he said he just wants me to get “teaching experience” so I can teach professionally. I hate teaching and only want to save the money so I can go pro. My other coach/boss is perfect and like a father to me, so I only train with him now. It isn’t toxic to cut narcissists out of your life, y’all.

1point

Sarah Prudhomme 2 years ago

I worked at dry cleaner at a strip mall for my first job at 16. My first night by myself I got robbed at gunpoint. The robber left and I called my boss in a panic. He told me not to call the police because this has happened before and asked me how much was stolen. I didn't know. I hung up and looked at the dark parking lot I had to go through to get to my car. I called the police. I got home safely and immediately called and quit. He was upset because he had spent money training me. To this day the smell of a laundry mat brings me back to the horror of being robbed at gunpoint so young.

0points

Lauren Christie 2 years ago (edited)

How about my stint at a theme park restaurant that was so bad, my 5 months there was actually used as a case study in a PhD paper about OHS violations? I think the worst bit was in the middle of summer, massive heatwave. I've already guzzled about 2L of water and have dropped half a cup of ice cubes down the back of my shirt by the time I'm allowed to go on my break, I attempt to eat lunch and promptly throw it all up because I'm feeling so sick from the heat. I tell my manager and ask if the fans in the restaurant could be turned on - he said no, told me if I was hot to just drink more water. I told him I was throwing up all the water I was drinking, which is NOT a good sign, and he literally just laughed in my face and walked off. Spent the next day recovering from borderline heat stroke.

0points

Tania Rueda Finnegan 3 years ago

Some of these are just too upsetting.. :'(

0points

Chris Hardtke 3 years ago (edited)

Had the wife of the owner of a company I worked for scold a coworker and myself for watching The Soprano’s. She told us Jesus wouldn’t approve of a show like that. My coworker and I were both in our mid-20’s.

0points

Roald VandeMunt 3 years ago

I saved the company 15M eur/year by discovering it paid royalties for a patent of another company. But: that company filed the patent - and it was rejected almost immediately. Still our company paid for years. My reward: got fired for 'disgracing' the country manager who was too stupid or ignorant to check what she was paying for.

0points

Anissa Lim 3 years ago

My partner's full time hours & pay was cut to half during the prolonged lockdown. He discovered that only him and 2 others in his team's hours have been cut whilst other people in other managerial department maintain their pay. He's in e-commerce finance role which becomes busy during the lockdown, meanwhile everyone else has reduced responsibility due to travel restrictions. In fact the CFO bought another luxury car. When he gave his notice after he found a new job, the supervisor pressed him on why he's leaving & that he hopes my partner understand that his hours had to be reduced due to the lockdowns. Yeah right...

0points

Lola 3 years ago

A lot of these situations upset me so much. Part of why these things still happen is because people don’t do anything about them. Sexual assault is a criminal offense punishable by prison time. Quitting your job over it does not punish them, it just makes them move on to someone else. You don’t change anything by just quitting. You should never be ok by not reporting such things to the police and hiring a lawyer. Yes, it sucks and it’s a process, but it should be done.

0points

Natalie Oleander 3 years ago (edited)

I quit after my coworker sexually explicitly told me what he'd like to do with me. I contacted the owner and was blamed and told I was lying. I quit 1 minute before my next shift because I knew the guy who sexually harassed me would have to do 2x the work. The owner said he'd sue me lol. I said go ahead. The company went under less than 6 months later!

0points

Sandy Sievers 3 years ago

I'd forgotten about when I worked in a department store and I had to call out sick one day. HR told me I had to come in because it was inventory night, everyone had to be there. I said, fine, I'll come in, but I have strep and mono. Went in worked inventory all night, then was out for a month.

0points

KT 3 years ago

Used to work at a Rickies restaurant, the owner was a real POS. Stole my lunch once to try and force me into buying food from his restaurant for break time (didn't work i went to quiznos), bypassed me for promotion to waitress from hostess because I was too good at my job and it was hard to find good hostesses. SO i went and got hired as a waitress at a pub where I made a TON of money in tips. The jerk had the audacity to tell me he got priority on my available hours, so i quit. But i waited for that weekend the start of my shift to walk in throw my uniform at my supervisor and loudly say I quit! Felt amazing

0points

Julia H 3 years ago

I worked one night at, what I was told was a convalescent home. The residents were treated like animals and the facility smelled like pee. I was 19. I couldn't show for night 2. Didn't even collect my paycheck afterwards.

0points

Destiny Kruse 3 years ago

Ooh I've got a good one! I worked as a barista at a high-end department store. As they started fixing up the front, they placed some of the equipment in the back- including the tower that dispenses boiling water. Usually it's placed on the counter and close to wall. But at that time it was placed on one of those flimsy iron racks at the very edge. One morning as I was making tea I dropped an entire pitcher on my feet and legs. My feet were covered in boils less than an hour later. I went to the doctor and was told to stay off my feet. Then I was told after my blisters popped I could stand for a grand total of four hours a day. Now keep in mind they covered the doctor's bill but at no point in time was I given paid time off or anything even remotely resembling workman's comp. Then I was told I was being put back on the schedule- for four hour shifts. They wanted me to teleport to work and spend the only four hours I was allowed to stand up at work.

0points

David de Fortier 3 years ago

Dont worry. Soon there will be no need to discuss these stories anymore, because AI robots will be taking on all the s**t for you, while you sit rotting away at home, living off of universal basic income.

-3points

Nessy 3 years ago

So, people should just put up with being exploited?

1point

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Crowley The Snake 3 years ago

10points

Crowley The Snake 3 years ago

5points