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30 Times Bosses Wrote Up Their Workers For Absurd Reasons And Got Shamed For It Online
American companies are facing unprecedented challenges trying to find enough employees. According to the latest data, there are over 10 million job openings in the U.S. but only around 6 million unemployed workers.
As the country experiences a labor shortage, people are expressing their desire for livable wages, reasonable hours, remote work, healthcare, and it doesn't seem like they are asking for too much. However, some higher-ups still don't get the memo.
To show just how much some bosses are detached from reality, we at Bored Panda compiled a list of the most absurd write-ups they gave their employees. Apparently, toilet breaks and even tying up your shoelace can get you in trouble now.
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#1
Planet Fitness
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#2
Subpoenaed As A Witness And Written Up For Obeying Court Subpoena. We Live In Hell
At the height of the pandemic, more than 120,000 businesses closed, and more than 30 million U.S. workers were unemployed. Since then, job openings have steadily increased, while unemployment has slowly declined.
Then, in 2021, employers ended up adding an unprecedented 3.8 million jobs. But at the same time, millions of Americans have left the labor force. In fact, there are more than three million fewer Americans participating in the labor force today compared to February of 2020.
#3
My Buddy Got Written Up At Work After Some Complaints. His Supervisor Thought It Was Hilarious Though
#4
Wearing AirPods
#5
I Was Written Up For Being Late To Work
Right now, the labor force participation rate is 62.1% (down from 63.3% in February 2020). And there are multiple reasons why workers are sitting out.
The U.S. Chamber surveyed unemployed people who lost their jobs during the pandemic on what is keeping them from returning to work. One in three (33%) women indicated that the need to be home and care for children or other family members has made the return to work difficult or impossible. More than a quarter (28%) of men noted that their industry was still suffering and not enough good jobs were not available to return to work.
The survey also revealed some are still concerned about COVID-19 at work, indicated that pay is too low, or said they are more focused on acquiring new skills and education before re-entering the job market.
#6
Written Up For Throwing Up At Work And Not Being Able To Afford A Doctors Note To Explain Why
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
You're so sick that you leave work, without pay. You can't afford a doctor's note. So naturally you get written up. Let me guess, land of the free, home of the brave.
#8
My Boss
#9
Found On Facebook. Someone From My Town Got Written Up, Suspended For A Day For Helping Save His Family From Eastern Kentucky Flood
Enhanced unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, and not being able to go out and spend money during the lockdown all contributed to Americans collectively adding $4 trillion to their savings accounts since the start of 2020.
The extra few hundred dollars a week from enhanced unemployment benefits (which ended in Sept. 2021), specifically, led to 68% of claimants earning more on unemployment than they did while working.
#10
Added To The Schedule 6 Minutes Before The Start Of The Shift And Got Written Up For Being Late. I'm So Done At This Point
#12
Got Written Up While Off The Clock…
Nimues Child 2 years ago
"We walk out as a team"?! I'm curious about what business would require this.
Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
Yeah,um, if your off the clock but you can't leave, your not actually off the clock.
Ki Li 2 years ago
From the way it sounds they weren't supposed to clock out yet.
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Panda in the Fake South 2 years ago
At my job we have to have a safety vest on to walk from our car in the parking lot to the building and or we get written up.
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
lol thats a huge FU, if im off the clock {and see no need for me to see}, i then I'm no longer under there rules, im out peeps
Colin Timp 2 years ago
That's not legal. If you're not clocked in and being paid, they can't control you. McDonald's just got in trouble for this. They have a computerized system that tells them how many people should be working depending on how busy they are. Workers would show up and if they weren't busy enough they'd be told to wait in the break room until they're told to punch in. Worse yet, they would tell employees who were already working to clock out and sit in the break room unpaid until they were told to clock back in.
Matthew Barber 2 years ago
They can't dictate when you leave if you've clocked out. And if they do then you're not allowed to clock out until then. That's forcing you to work off the clock which is an easy win lawsuit time if you get proof
Janet Graham 2 years ago
Does he need you to hold his hand? Will they all wait while you take a shower??
#13
Covid Nurse
John Topper 2 years ago
This was a problem everywhere in Healthcare. I'm a paramedic meaning locked in the back of a confined space with them for extended periods. I became a specialized critical Covid transport medic. No one got hazard pay. No medics, emts, nurses or doctors. We all got shafted. That's why every hospital and doctors office is so short staffed. Everyone quit.
In the Chamber's survey, 28% of women cited others in the family making enough money that working full-time is not as critical as the reason they have not re-entered the workforce.
For comparison, just 17% of men said the same. But overall, higher ncome and savings bolstered people's economic stability—allowing them to continue sitting out of the labor force.
#14
Boss Couldn't Find Time To Discuss A Raise. So I Started Informing Customers Of My Low Pay. Got Wrote Up So I Stole All The Write UPS & Trashed Them, Kept Mine Because I Was Proud Of This
#15
Not Me, But I Had To Do This To Some Other Poor Schmuck
#16
This Was Several Years Back, But My Gm Used To Post Notes Like This All Over The Place. Yes, Employees Got Written Up For Having Water Bottles Under The Registers. He Ended Up Getting Fired For Stealing Money From The Store, Apparently
#17
Written Up
Juanita Austin 2 years ago
Was a switchboard operator in a downtown law firm. Owner yelled at me in front of a roomful of attorneys for being TOO POLITE to callers. My second and LAST day 😜
Also, as of October 2021, the pandemic drove more than 3 million adults into early retirement. In all, the number of adults 55 and older being detached from the labor force due to retirement grew from 48.1% in Q3 of 2019 to 50.3% in Q3 2021.
#18
I Got Written Up For Being 20 Minutes Late Friday (We Start At 6). From My Boss This Morning:
#19
My Friend's Kid Dawson Is Savage. He Was Written Up At Work So He Posted It, But Not Before He Spell Checked It
Deborah B 2 years ago
TBH, I wouldn't want an an employee saying that "all the managers were in the back with d***s in their hands" in the hearing of customers / management. It's vulgar and insolent. If the employee is making a quiet complaint to a co-worker they're friends with, that's one thing. If they're saying it loud enough to be overheard, then getting a verbal warning for a first offence or a write-up if it's part of a general attitude problem is not unreasonable.
#20
I Was "Written Up" For Very Minor Stuff
Kady LaHaie 2 years ago (edited)
When I worked activities at an old folks home I was written up for "watching TV in the day room." I was watching TV, but it was after I had punched out and I had the time cards to prove it. I was waiting for my mom (who also worked there) to finish her shift. They tried to write me up and my 5 foot mother flattened everyone in the office with nothing but words. They tore up the paperwork.
#21
I Got Written Up Today
Some employees who either left work or stayed unemployed opened their own businesses. Over the last two years, nearly 10 million new business applications were filed and in 2020 alone more than 4 million new businesses were started.
#22
New Leave Policy And Yes You Get Write UPS For Unscheduled Leave
#23
Was Late Today And Was Going To Get A Suspension Because I Had "Already Called Out Too Much For This" Due To My Finger Being Cut Open Earlier This Week.. [screw] Burger King
![Was Late Today And Was Going To Get A Suspension Because I Had "Already Called Out Too Much For This" Due To My Finger Being Cut Open Earlier This Week.. [screw] Burger King](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/62f25fa1813f5_ridiculous-reasons-employees-written-up.jpg "Was Late Today And Was Going To Get A Suspension Because I Had \"Already Called Out Too Much For This\" Due To My Finger Being Cut Open Earlier This Week.. [screw] Burger King")
#24
Well, If You Have To Be Written Up For Something
#25
Got Written Up
Meanwhile, there has been a 'Great Reshuffle' among workers. ‘The Great Resignation’ worked its way into our vocabulary as the shift of our labor force started to become apparent—and the hashtag #quittok even went viral as social media users posted about quitting their jobs in search of more free time or better opportunities. I guess some of the people who received these write-ups may be using the same hashtag in the near future as well.
#26
My Friend Got Written Up At Work Last Week. I Guess You Can Say They Are Pretty Laid Back There
#27
Written Up For Saying No After Closing
Chuck Freiman 2 years ago
Wren was borderline insubordinate. After being informed that the patient had been told by her doctor to bring the form back, Wren should have ended her little snit fit and accepted the form. She's lucky that she didn't get fired.
#28
A Friend Got Written Up At Work The Other Day
Jacqueline Pie Francis 2 years ago
I know a lot of employers are awful, but some employees are s***-stirrers. Sierra sounds like a pain in the butt
#29
Written Up
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Helen Waight 2 years ago
Got ‘written up’ or basically dinged on a performance review for being fat. Boss’ logic was ‘you’re disabled and that causes time off but if you were not overweight you wouldn’t have these problems so refusal to lose weight is hurting the company and your coworkers’ (Yes I’m overweight. But due to my disabilities and medications there isn’t anything that I can do about it)
Greta Kolding 2 years ago
I assume most of these, if not all, are from the US. Man, you need a revolution or a keast some good, strong unions!
Q B F T 2 years ago
It'd be nice for Americans if they had some of the freedoms other countries enjoy... Sad they don't.
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Adi A. 2 years ago
Should be mandatory for US people to work in EU for a minimum of three years and then go back. I cannot even think some of these could be real, in Europe no one would work for these employers or would have their asses kicked instantly.
Q B F T 2 years ago
As someone who lives in the EU, I'd rather not have the entire population of the US come and work here for three years. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for immigration and an end to borders - but happy for the Americans for one to stay where they are :)
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Susie Kamper 2 years ago
Land of the free?? What is wrong with Americans? I’ve never even heard of “write ups”.
GayBoi 2 years ago
Literally everything is wrong with us. And most of us are aware of it.
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Phyllis Turbin 2 years ago (edited)
I got written up for not delivering mail that the postmaster hid from me. Yup the union took care of it!
BeckettWithTheGoodHair 2 years ago
Don't know why someone down voted me. Do you hate homeless people or something?
Pat Ferryman 2 years ago
I worked at a Burger King 35 years ago. I was working u dear a teenager. I was almost 30. The kids got in some kinda food fight while we were cleaning to go home. I got written up for not stopping the food fight. I told her when you make me manager I will tell them what to do. Until then he is my supervisor. I know I was fired for attitude I think the whole shift was fired
Ariel Strong 2 years ago
I got written up for being 6mins late from break. The damn supervisor had to be no older than 17 and was obviously on a power trip
Helen Waight 2 years ago
Got ‘written up’ or basically dinged on a performance review for being fat. Boss’ logic was ‘you’re disabled and that causes time off but if you were not overweight you wouldn’t have these problems so refusal to lose weight is hurting the company and your coworkers’ (Yes I’m overweight. But due to my disabilities and medications there isn’t anything that I can do about it)
Greta Kolding 2 years ago
I assume most of these, if not all, are from the US. Man, you need a revolution or a keast some good, strong unions!
Q B F T 2 years ago
It'd be nice for Americans if they had some of the freedoms other countries enjoy... Sad they don't.
Load More Replies... Adi A. 2 years ago
Should be mandatory for US people to work in EU for a minimum of three years and then go back. I cannot even think some of these could be real, in Europe no one would work for these employers or would have their asses kicked instantly.
Q B F T 2 years ago
As someone who lives in the EU, I'd rather not have the entire population of the US come and work here for three years. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for immigration and an end to borders - but happy for the Americans for one to stay where they are :)
Load More Replies... Susie Kamper 2 years ago
Land of the free?? What is wrong with Americans? I’ve never even heard of “write ups”.
GayBoi 2 years ago
Literally everything is wrong with us. And most of us are aware of it.
Load More Replies... Phyllis Turbin 2 years ago (edited)
I got written up for not delivering mail that the postmaster hid from me. Yup the union took care of it!
BeckettWithTheGoodHair 2 years ago
Don't know why someone down voted me. Do you hate homeless people or something?
Pat Ferryman 2 years ago
I worked at a Burger King 35 years ago. I was working u dear a teenager. I was almost 30. The kids got in some kinda food fight while we were cleaning to go home. I got written up for not stopping the food fight. I told her when you make me manager I will tell them what to do. Until then he is my supervisor. I know I was fired for attitude I think the whole shift was fired
Ariel Strong 2 years ago
I got written up for being 6mins late from break. The damn supervisor had to be no older than 17 and was obviously on a power trip
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