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25 People Are Sharing How They Were Fired Right Before Their Promised Bonuses
If there’s one thing Amazon is notorious for, it’s making life difficult for its employees. More and more workers are airing their grievances about the inhumane working conditions, punishing quotas, and unbelievable behavior by management.
This time, the company decided to lure new staff with significant signing benefits, only to reveal that it’s just another false promise. Redditor FlabertoDimmadome made a post on the Anti Work subreddit about how their brother was recently fired just one day before his $3000 hiring bonus.
The thread quickly went viral by striking a nerve with hundreds of employees who started sharing their own experiences. Bored Panda has collected some illuminating and troubling stories where people shed light on toxic practices by the companies they worked for. Scroll down to see what they’re all about and tell us what you think about them in the comments!
This Redditor recently shared how Amazon fired their brother right before his expected hiring bonus
Image credits: Adrian Sulyok (not the actual photo)
Image credits: FlabertoDimmadome
The story inspired others to share their own similar experiences
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#1
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I know it would be terrible for you but all just walk out ! We did this years ago! it took a few months but we a won union contract!
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Donna Clanclan 4 years ago
Interviewed at a place and was told I had a waiting period to get HC. Told them I understood, couldn't accept any kind of wait, and thanked them for the interview. They got mad that I ended the interview instead of tried to negotiate.
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Laura Edwards 4 years ago
Go to labor and industries, they will help him get his pay. The law is 72 hours after your last shift.
Mad Mar 4 years ago
Hired Ft at ocean state job in sept. Worked ass off through holidays on evening shift cashier. Day after Xmas couldn't clock in. Was deleted from system. Had been promised continuously to be promoted to a front end mgr. But let go say after Xmas. They still have same people working there slaving away. Making promises. When I see that mgr who made promises to me I just give her the finger if I'm shopping that store. She knows she f****d me over. For metrics.
Carmen Garcia 4 years ago (edited)
I hope he's contacting the state labor dept if they're holding his check. He can file suit against them. F Amazon.
Sue User 4 years ago
Acting like this is WHY they are a multi billion dollar company. It's not about inovation anymore, it's about taking advantage of employees, suppliers and customers.
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Earl Blueberry 4 years ago
Who the hell calls and says that to a long tenured employee? "Your vacation is permanent???" What an animal...
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poiplescales 4 years ago
Good on whoever gave you the heads ups and smart of you to figure out how to make them give you your vacation.
#9
Alex Lum 4 years ago
Golly, people need to BOYCOTT this scumbag "company." Just stop buying from them but noooo, they're just too lazy to research prices. I have bought a grand total of $30 of stuff from them in my whole life. I don't support evil brands like that. If Hitler ran a retail company, it would be Amazon.
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Brenda 4 years ago
You can get it in writing that if you are let go after a certain time period but before you're getting the bonus, then they still have to pay it. Like you get it after 6mo, but if they let you go after only 5mo, you still get it. It's hard, but people have sued about this and won
#16
pamela nichols 4 years ago
Retail sucks and the customers become insane when on the other side of the counter.
#17
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
There's an excellent alternative for book buying called BetterWorldBooks. A portion of every sale goes to literature programs and book donations to prisons & schools. They're world-wide. I bought several books from the UK through them. Of course none of the owners has a pen¡s-shaped spaceship though.
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Amy Broderick 4 years ago
Kohl did the same thing to me - but they didn't even have the common decency to tell me I was done. I kept checking the schedule for weeks. I finally talked to the store manager and he told me I was let go. Bastards
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martin734 4 years ago
I'm sorry, but this is more of a USA problem than an Amazon problem. Here in the UK Amazon is seen as a good employer, offering pay and other benefits equal to or better than many other companies. However, as most working conditions such as pay, working hours, breaks, holiday entitlement and sick leave are defined by law, companies simply cannot treat their staff here like they do in the US. I am sure that Amazon is not the only company that takes advantage of the USA's lax or nonexistent employment laws. Most companies will abide by their country's laws in the cheapest way possible and unfortunately the USA makes this very easy by not having many employment laws in the first place.
Monkey Spunk 4 years ago
They're still massive tax avoiders who offshore their profits, meaning it's taxpayers who suffer, want to know why local services and the NHS are suffering? Companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
I imagine for most non-Americans, none of this makes any sense. The only affordable way to have health insurance in the US is through your job. Trying to buy it privately would cost you 50-75% of your income. Without health insurance, you have to pay for every doctor's visit, test, prescription, etc. yourself, which is many 100s. Also in the USA, you do not automatically get paid days off. Some jobs will make you work a whole year, sometimes two years, before you are entitled to ONE WEEK's vacation. In much of the USA, you can fire someone without any reason. So someone can work many months without health insurance and without vacation, and without a sign-on bonus, and you can be fired before any of those things kick in. Companies are only obligated to provide health insurance if you are full time, so big companies like Walmart and Amazon hire people full time with promises, but then only give them 30 hours a week work, which is not full time, so the benefits never kick in.
David Wong 4 years ago
Its always the us, probably probably the worst labor laws among the developed countries
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UpQuarkDownQuark 4 years ago
Jeff Bezos is a terrible person, and wouldn’t care if any Amazon employee lived or died. I refuse to use them. I won’t even watch their streaming service. F**k Amazon. F**k Jeff Bezos.
Leeds Lass 4 years ago
The Whole of the working population in America should just NOT go to work for 2 days- to lobby the government to bring in some employment laws, can you imagine - the whole of the USA at a standstill for 2 days?? Only needs for somebody to put the date on at least one social media platform!
Pamela Blue 4 years ago (edited)
I must assume that all these Amazons they're talking about are in the US. Here in Canada, they wouldn't be able to get away with that kind of garbage. We have labour laws that cover EVERY company, whether they're unionized or not, and employers simply cannot just fire you without a damned good reason, and even then there are certain procedures that need to be met.
Felix Feline 4 years ago
U.S. Government Accountability Office: More than 4,000 full-time warehouse workers at Amazon, the e-commerce giant founded by the world's richest man, depend on food stamps to make ends meet in nine states.
Alma Muminovic 4 years ago
Just many reasons why affordable health insurance should not be tied to your job.
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
reading all these entries - you know what stops abuses like these? Strong unions stop abuses like these.
Linn Shonta 4 years ago
Also complaining to your State’s Board of Labor or CHRO! ❣️
Load More Replies... Tiredofpayingforothers 4 years ago
Most states are an at will employment, which means the employer as well as the employee have the right to terminate employment at anytime for any reason.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Why are there no laws against this this is a form of slavery but your free to leave any time and they can figuratively kill you at any time. These places should be held accountable for the things they do but we all know why they are not policed. The reason is is that they are controlled by rich men and everyone is afraid of them Including the Government! There is just so much corruption everywhere. Capone only got caught because of tax evasion. These bastards are cooking the books also maybe a financial investigation should be implemented. The people who run these corrupt businesses have no morals at all they don't care because they are rich!
martin734 4 years ago
I'm sorry, but this is more of a USA problem than an Amazon problem. Here in the UK Amazon is seen as a good employer, offering pay and other benefits equal to or better than many other companies. However, as most working conditions such as pay, working hours, breaks, holiday entitlement and sick leave are defined by law, companies simply cannot treat their staff here like they do in the US. I am sure that Amazon is not the only company that takes advantage of the USA's lax or nonexistent employment laws. Most companies will abide by their country's laws in the cheapest way possible and unfortunately the USA makes this very easy by not having many employment laws in the first place.
Monkey Spunk 4 years ago
They're still massive tax avoiders who offshore their profits, meaning it's taxpayers who suffer, want to know why local services and the NHS are suffering? Companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 4 years ago
I imagine for most non-Americans, none of this makes any sense. The only affordable way to have health insurance in the US is through your job. Trying to buy it privately would cost you 50-75% of your income. Without health insurance, you have to pay for every doctor's visit, test, prescription, etc. yourself, which is many 100s. Also in the USA, you do not automatically get paid days off. Some jobs will make you work a whole year, sometimes two years, before you are entitled to ONE WEEK's vacation. In much of the USA, you can fire someone without any reason. So someone can work many months without health insurance and without vacation, and without a sign-on bonus, and you can be fired before any of those things kick in. Companies are only obligated to provide health insurance if you are full time, so big companies like Walmart and Amazon hire people full time with promises, but then only give them 30 hours a week work, which is not full time, so the benefits never kick in.
David Wong 4 years ago
Its always the us, probably probably the worst labor laws among the developed countries
Load More Replies... UpQuarkDownQuark 4 years ago
Jeff Bezos is a terrible person, and wouldn’t care if any Amazon employee lived or died. I refuse to use them. I won’t even watch their streaming service. F**k Amazon. F**k Jeff Bezos.
Leeds Lass 4 years ago
The Whole of the working population in America should just NOT go to work for 2 days- to lobby the government to bring in some employment laws, can you imagine - the whole of the USA at a standstill for 2 days?? Only needs for somebody to put the date on at least one social media platform!
Pamela Blue 4 years ago (edited)
I must assume that all these Amazons they're talking about are in the US. Here in Canada, they wouldn't be able to get away with that kind of garbage. We have labour laws that cover EVERY company, whether they're unionized or not, and employers simply cannot just fire you without a damned good reason, and even then there are certain procedures that need to be met.
Felix Feline 4 years ago
U.S. Government Accountability Office: More than 4,000 full-time warehouse workers at Amazon, the e-commerce giant founded by the world's richest man, depend on food stamps to make ends meet in nine states.
Alma Muminovic 4 years ago
Just many reasons why affordable health insurance should not be tied to your job.
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
reading all these entries - you know what stops abuses like these? Strong unions stop abuses like these.
Linn Shonta 4 years ago
Also complaining to your State’s Board of Labor or CHRO! ❣️
Load More Replies... Tiredofpayingforothers 4 years ago
Most states are an at will employment, which means the employer as well as the employee have the right to terminate employment at anytime for any reason.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Why are there no laws against this this is a form of slavery but your free to leave any time and they can figuratively kill you at any time. These places should be held accountable for the things they do but we all know why they are not policed. The reason is is that they are controlled by rich men and everyone is afraid of them Including the Government! There is just so much corruption everywhere. Capone only got caught because of tax evasion. These bastards are cooking the books also maybe a financial investigation should be implemented. The people who run these corrupt businesses have no morals at all they don't care because they are rich!
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