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30 People Who Don’t Work For The Company Anymore Reveal What They’re Hiding From The Public
InterviewNearly every profession has secrets that the general public is unaware of. Many businesses claim that their goods are fairtrade, hand-made and eco-friendly when, nine times out of ten, it’s not. However, humans are curious by nature and are always trying to find out what’s going on behind the curtains.
So when the popular Twitter account UberFacts asked its 13.6M followers, “What company secrets can you reveal, now that you don’t work for the company anymore?” the thread quickly went viral. From bankers to hospitality workers, people started opening up and sharing some insider knowledge about their former jobs.
Take a look at the best tweets we have collected from the thread and upvote the ones you may not have known about! And if you’re hungry for more posts where people spill their industry secrets in plain sight, be sure to check them out here, here and here.
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Why are they allowed to return them? This is a disgusting policy, and impacts badly on small business, which can't afford returns of unwanted goods. I think Americans get a bit of a shock when they try this s**t on in other countries.
It’s no news that every company has its own skeletons in the closet that remain virtually invisible to the general public. Chances are that you will probably never look at the companies mentioned in this post the same way ever again. But the more we know, the better—that’s why shedding a light on these dark secrets is the first step of dealing with them.
Bored Panda has contacted one of the Twitter users who replied to this thread. They preferred to stay anonymous but were kind enough to discuss the bad practices that some businesses carry out and why we are so eager to learn about them.
They told us that they were previously employed in the hospitality industry: “I worked on and off at a few bars for some extra cash when I first moved out at 23.” Finding out what was happening in the background was quite shocking, so they tried talking about this with some of the other servers.
a diamond obtains its monetary value not from any intrinsic property or usefulness, rather from the value we give it in society, which itself was manipulated by marketing campaigns from mining conglomerates advising people to gift diamonds to their partners for weddings, it's like a successful scam like the whole apple a day thing
Apparently, “they said they’d experienced the same at every bar they’d worked in. We worked out between us that most of the bars in the area did the same thing—some were really established places.”
“After I worked there, I had table service a handful of times at other bars, each time the bottle came out already opened with a pourer in place and a sparkler. When I looked closer at the bottle (as I knew what to look for), the foil seal looked really old, the bottle was chipped and scratched,” they explained that it looked like it had been around the block a few times.
My frames just broke for the third time and the eyeglass place told me "oh, well, you bought the cheap ones, nothing we can do unless you spend $100 to replace them." My dollar store readers have lasted longer than my prescription frames!
NGL, I hate living here as a US citizen. So, I def don't blame you. Our healthcare system is screwed the eff up.
Load More Replies...Can you please stop assuming the 'murican way is what the world does? Yes, sorry for your bad system, but make a note at least to point in which country.
If you can't tell I am sorry for you, but sounds like your public school is on par with ours if you had to think for a minute that maybe the country with more people then yours, and more social media pressence and more likely to click this is who its talking about lol
Load More Replies...No bill in Canada. Americans have been hoodwinked into believing socialized medicine is bad.
This overbilling actually has to do with our currently regulatory system. Dr. Makary, head of policy at Johns Hopkins has written extensivly how this is done to comply with govt regulations around insurance and billing to avoid getting government fines. Much easier to do it this way to avoid govt regulators. He points out the problem in the system is how the government has so many regulations on top of regulations, that clash, that hospitals do this just to avoid violating some obscure rule and getting fined millions
True. I'm an American in nursing. Most hospitals lie and have no right to do most of what they get away with behind closed doors.
In my experience - here in the US - I've not had an itemized hospital bill contain listings for medications I wasn't given, at least not while I was conscious. But I -have- seen some surprisingly hefty charges listed for 'sundries' and 'incidentals' that no hospital to date has been able or willing to break down. I'm pretty sure they cover the basic care essentials provided like toothpaste and nonslip socks, but beyond that anyone's guess is as good as mine.
Yep my friend had to fight bills for all 3 of her kids from hospital. They had so much crap tacked on she never took or did, but it was "automatically" put on as customer service would later tell her, and she go "that is great I didn't get that, so take that s**t off, also this doctor here, we never saw him I am not paying him." They would go "oh that is the one who does the epidorials!" She facepalms "I didn't get one its one of the things I told you at start I am not paying for I didn't get it!"
One time I looked at my itemized bill from the hospital and they charged me for a blood transfusion that never happened. I called my insurance company and told them and they basically told me they didn't care.
Hospital bill? Charged? What does that mean? Oh, sorry - I am from the UK. We have free, universal health care here. Try it. You might like it.
By accepting the medical service they have, Americans prove themselves to be dumber than soup!
Last hospital bill I payed, £0.00, I don't even have to pay parking as it's ten minutes walk from home. In the last two months I've had a CAT scan, full body PET Scan, bronchoscopy and biopsy under a general as day surgery, a further CAT scan and X-rays, face to face meetings with three separate consultants and am currently attending two sessions a week for one on one physiotherapy. Oh and it was as a result of a routine screening program, just as well as I had no symptoms. Currently waiting to see if I need further surgery, but the bill will still be £0.00. In fact I have never had a hospital bill, because they are not a thing here.
When my son had an alergic reaction he needed an ambulanceride and a night at the hospital for observation, below is the itemized bill:
By the way, we live in a country with universal healthcare, so the list above is all the cost we had.
Load More Replies...30 years ago on my itemized bill was a charge for $160 or 2 aspirin at $80 each!!! I was in for same-day orthoscopic shoulder surgery. It's a good thing I only had a $200 CoPay back then because the bill to the insurance company was $80,000 and that was AFTER the itemized discount they received. Welcome to US Healthcare! I can't imagine what the bill would be today.
Oh our wonderful NHS..We only pay for parking and even then the first 20 minutes are free so people can drop off patients free of charge.
Looking at how many Twitter users contributed to this viral discussion, it seems like people not only like spilling the tea about their jobs but also think it’s relevant to get a little sneak peek into the profession. The former bar worker believes that people are mostly interested because there’s a suspicion that “companies are not always run above board.”
“I did notice a lot of people replied to my tweet in denial of the goings-on and I think, socially, people hate having to accept they’ve been conned,” they mentioned. “I think my tweet was particularly interesting because people are usually drunk and, therefore, vulnerable in a bar/club environment.”
Depends on the store. Two of my regular stores keep stock in the back (different sizes of clothes, additional products that ran out on the shelf).
Many people replied to the user saying they could tell the difference between alcoholic beverages which, for very few people, could be true. “However, after a few drinks, most people will happily drink whatever you give them without question.”
The user hopes that people who read this thread would actually take this new information into account and “maybe make better decisions” in the future. “Just buy a drink at the bar and have fun with your friends, there’s no need to look flashy,” they advised.
I went to a taping of America's Got Talent with Howie Mandel and Scary (Mel) Spice as judges. EVERYTHING is completely fake, and I do mean EVERY PART OF THE SHOW. It is all pre-planned and pre-scripted. While I knew some of it was, I just didn't know to what extent. Never will watch any of those type of shows again!
When it comes to bad practices, sometimes businesses purposefully ignore or even enforce them. From the user’s experience, the companies (especially the clubbing and drinks industry) practice a “take what you can get” attitude.
“I’m not speaking for all bars and clubs at all but just a few that I’m aware of,” they specified. “There’s not many checks or inspections, maybe once a year, and—let’s face it—people can look above board for one day of the year.”
Nope, not in all. Many times call center workers are grateful to put you on hold because we don't have to listen to the customer's whining, it gives us a sanity break.
The former server also wanted to discuss things they saw from a client’s point of view: “There have been many times, as a customer, that I have witnessed sexual assault, drug-taking and men being aggressive and highlighted to security and [the establishment] completely ignored it—paying customers are the main priority it seems.”
They added, summarizing their thoughts about the thread: “I’m sure there are plenty of companies, in all industries, still practicing a zero-hours contract, not adhering to the minimum wage for cash in hand jobs, no contracts, dodgy tax dealings, etc.” So if you don’t want to be exploited and serve corporate interests, it’s important to call out such behavior whenever possible.
Joining a union is one of the very best things to ever happen to me. I’ll be a teamster at my new job. Union busters are untrustworthy despicable selfish people.
Also, why are they charging me $10 for a single generic tablet that probably costs them 15 cents to manufacture?
Gross! At my place, the housekeeping is bringing down the glasses from the rooms for the dish-washer every single day.
I always assumed it was just an animated gif. I would be amazed if it was actually connected to your pizzas progress.
I'm pretty sure that in my country they'd wake you up to avoid bad publicity. "Woman dies in Ikea show room bed. Goes unnoticed till closing time."
Airlines are stealing your s**t too. Dumb s**t also, like 1 shoe just to f**k with you.
Sounds like a lot of people should just be fired immediately. They should rather be working at a trash facility where they can throw stuff all day without ruining people's stuff. I had packaged that contained several hundred dollars that were destroyed because of these lazy bastards.
Ah yes... Fraud because you don't like someone. That makes it okay.
Heard the same thing about Trader Joe's which makes it all sus. Only difference was the other post was worded to make it sound like a great thing Trader Joe's was doing while this one makes you believe you are forcing Whole Foods to do it.
Why is something minor and silly as that a law, but basic employee rights aren't?
This is helpful! I also use walmart.com when I'm physically in the store to help me find the aisle where a product is located. On walmart.com you select the store you are in, then search for the item you are trying to find, filter search results by clicking "in-store" and voila: it gives you the aisle number. I used this trying to find furniture pads. They weren't in the furniture section like I expected, but in a random hardware aisle. Saved me a lot of wandering!
That's why you donate directly to your favorite charity instead of giving businesses the opportunity to dodge taxes.
Because of "health concerns" and "liability". They sh!t they sold you 10 minutes ago suddenly is a threat to your health and makes them liable.
All could be donated to women's shelter's and charities. A simple law change by a government that actually did its fuc*ing job would fix this.
I see a lot of people don't understand the point of this tweet. He said NOW not new and he meant NOW not new. There's a massive shortage of cars right NOW, both new and used. New cars because of the chip shortage that effects most electronics. Used cars because there aren't as many new cars, but mostly because during covid (especially the first year) the rental industry took a hit. Normally, rental companies keep a car for a year, then sell the used ones to dealerships when they get the new models. With covid, a lot of rental companies sold most cars to the dealerships to stay afloat. So for a brief time, mid 2020, cars were REALLY cheap, epecially used. Now, people need cars again, but the rental companies haven't fully recovered so they're holding onto their cars longer, because its so hard to get new ones with the chip shortage. So there's no used cars either. Too much demand + not enough supply = price hikes. I could sell the car I got in mid-2020 for a profit at this point.
Same in the Netherlands. We "recycle" everything. But since people do not know how to recycle, a lot of stuff goes straight to a dump. A few pizza-boxes between paper makes the entire 10 tons of collected paper unusable for recycling.
So they just call the catfish squad on themselves for clout? People really need hobbies :/
And I read yesterday that the larger straw makes a difference too in taste because you get more carbonation.
It seems like throwing Buttigieg's name into this anecdote is meant to disparage him. I admit I didn't like hearing he'd worked for them, until I learned how huge that company is and how aggressively it recruits top young talent. Still don't like the company, but I've forgiven him for working there. At any rate, not sure he deserves being linked to this, as I can't imagine he had any part in this weird and evil rebate for overdose scheme the OP is alleging was recommended by the consulting firm.
But why would they? Yeah I know it's been 6 months since I bought it and I don't have to box but I want MY money back.
If you cannot tell the difference between, say, Bush's black beans and Trader Joe's black beans then you should continue to believe this. For everyone else, this is BS.
You get christmas bonuses... Lucky. I usually get a line like "its been a lean year so..." While the managers get 1K
All the companies I worked for either carried holidays over or paid them in cash.
Clothing simply sitting in boxes makes them smell of mold? That's not how mold works.
Anybody who still participates in Black Friday madness is either stupid, foolish or ignorant - and probably some combination of the three.
Wow that was NOT happening at the AMC I worked at. Everything was scrubbed every night (food stuff one group, bathrooms the other group). Your AMC was gross
Nothing about this bothers me. Popeyes has the best jambalaya and I wish they would bring it back. A couple days in the refrigerator only improves jambalaya. The fact that they reduced food waste by using old chicken only makes me like it more.
About 25 years ago my dad brought in his own bag of M&M's and when one of the workers came in during the movie for a routine check she noticed his bag was larger than what they sell they took it from him and told him he could pick it up after our movie was done.
I worked at a grocery store bakery and we definitely got there at 4 AM and baked many, many cakes.
Correlation is not causation. The computers are slow because they are old and no one cares - also because someone renting a computer is probably not a "power user". It's not some sophisticated ploy to jack the customer around.
I'm call Bullshit, I have worked at different movie theaters and my sons have worked at movie theaters. The one thing in common, at the end of the night all popcorn was thrown away or taken home by employees. After a while you get sick of popcorn and it gets thrown away. you can always tell the new employees who ask for the popcorn at the end of the night.
Going by 99-X's flavor (which apparently is the original recipe slightly tweaked by the Colonel himself), sage is an ingredient. I've tasted 99-X without chicken masking the flavor and I know what uncooked sage tastes like; it's pretty distinct.
Or just accept you broke your non insured phone and you have to pay for the repair now. NOT THE EMPLOYEE'S PROBLEM.
But, but, what about the biggest corporate secret: WHAT'S THE RECIPE FOR THE SECRET SAUCE??
F*ck it, it's 1am. As a former flight attendant that flew for Endeavor Air Inc, a midwest regional carrier that flew under a major airline that rhymes with "Smelta"...I once worked a 20 min flight on a CRJ 200 aircraft with a main cabin door that did not properly close. Rather than cancel the flight and wait for another crew to bring in another plane the next day, my Captain didn't want to miss his brother's wedding so the two pilots bungee corded the door (the same cords you buy to secure a car trunk). There's a partition wall between the door and the first row so we moved everyone back so they couldn't see the pilots apply the ties. Captain assured us that by flying under 10,000 feet nothing would would happen. My jumpseat is perpendicular to the door and I held on for dear life like Captain America holding his shield being smashed by Thanos' sword in Endgame. It rattled the entire time. Passengers were oblivious. We landed safely and Captain wrote the plane up for repair.
Feel like this is the "Bash on Americans" post. We are not all Selfish Evil Villains any more than the countrymen of where you come from. This is why ppl can't get along. Pre-Judging everyone as the same. Breaks my heart
It's not really "Bash on Americans" when an American website selects American Tweets and Reddits of Americans talking about bad stuff in America...?!
Load More Replies...But, but, what about the biggest corporate secret: WHAT'S THE RECIPE FOR THE SECRET SAUCE??
F*ck it, it's 1am. As a former flight attendant that flew for Endeavor Air Inc, a midwest regional carrier that flew under a major airline that rhymes with "Smelta"...I once worked a 20 min flight on a CRJ 200 aircraft with a main cabin door that did not properly close. Rather than cancel the flight and wait for another crew to bring in another plane the next day, my Captain didn't want to miss his brother's wedding so the two pilots bungee corded the door (the same cords you buy to secure a car trunk). There's a partition wall between the door and the first row so we moved everyone back so they couldn't see the pilots apply the ties. Captain assured us that by flying under 10,000 feet nothing would would happen. My jumpseat is perpendicular to the door and I held on for dear life like Captain America holding his shield being smashed by Thanos' sword in Endgame. It rattled the entire time. Passengers were oblivious. We landed safely and Captain wrote the plane up for repair.
Feel like this is the "Bash on Americans" post. We are not all Selfish Evil Villains any more than the countrymen of where you come from. This is why ppl can't get along. Pre-Judging everyone as the same. Breaks my heart
It's not really "Bash on Americans" when an American website selects American Tweets and Reddits of Americans talking about bad stuff in America...?!
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