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People Are Sharing The Moments They Understood Their Workplace Was “Toxic” (30 Stories)
Interview With Author
There’s no such thing as the ‘perfect’ workplace, but that’s not an excuse not to make life better for your colleagues. And it certainly doesn’t excuse creating a toxic atmosphere that makes employees disillusioned and forces them to burn out and quit.
Life coach Lindsay Hanson asked her followers to share the moment that they realized their workplace was toxic and problematic, and wow, did the responses flood in. These blew our minds with how much they remind us of the Corpo culture in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ (you’d better believe all of us are living the dystopian nightmare). Upvote the stories that left the biggest impressions on you and share your own workplace moments that left you shocked by how far from ok things were.
Eddy Ng, the James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor of Management at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, told Bored Panda that employees might be able to look into workplace health and safety regulations for help if their managers and HR aren't responsive to details about harassment or bullying. "Many jurisdictions are beginning to include mental health under workplace and occupational health regulations." Read on for our full interview with Professor Ng, as well as for our in-depth chat with Lindsay.
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#1
When I called to inform my boss that I was unable to come in due to my 4-month-old daughter being kidnapped, they threatened to fire me because it 'sounded dramatic'.
eezycheezes101 5 years ago
Totally agree with you on this one like what the heck
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Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
Well, it sounds dramatic. What can be more dramatic than kidnapped daughter? I have to applaud you because you even thought about telling your boss, I'm affraid that in same situation I wouldn't think about that.
deanna woods 5 years ago
It sounded dramatic because your four month old daughter was missing and you were frantic. If they didn't understand that you were in a state of extreme distress, that makes them utter assholes. I hope your daughter is alright and you found her.
CatWoman312 5 years ago
I would have called the media and informed them of the shïtty place not to do business with
Bobert Robertson 5 years ago
"no no I didn't say kidnapped, I said I couldn't come in while my kid napped"
Aroace tiger 5 years ago
Wow... In my opinion family is THE most important thing. If my sister or brother was missing I don't know what I'd do! You should not have to work under those conditions.
Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago
I accidently stabbed my hand at work and was rushed to hospital my boss said i still expect you in tomorrow. I went to work the next day hand covered in bandages and spent 4 hours working with one hand until i went home.
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#2
I had a manager when I worked at McDonald's who was harassing me over something that was not in my control to the point where a customer told her to stop.
D. Pitbull 5 years ago
Sounds like a manager I had when I worked at Chapters (bookstore... now called Indigo I think) - the manager would stand RIGHT behind me and make little twitchy "Hrmph!" noises while I was ringing through a purchase - and would stay there for like 20-30 minutes at a time... started to make the CUSTOMERS uncomfortable, at least 2 of them asked me to lean forward and asked "Does she have to stand there? What's her issue?"...
BusLady 5 years ago
I had a similar experience at a seafood place. I had just come on shift, and a man came in complaining because when he got home, his wife found a staple in her food. We would staple the bags shut. She probably ripped the bag open and it fell in her food. My manager listened to the man, then turned to me, telling me to be more careful next time. I reminded him that I hadn't even been on duty and didn't serve this customer. My boss was so rude, that this man stood up for me and confirmed that I hadn't served him. The boss looked like a fool.
Cathy Carey 5 years ago
McDic*s is the worst place to work because of the people who work there. I had people yell at me with savage hatred, shame and humiliate me - they would sabotage my work(I caught them doing this) then shame and humiliate me for it, one person would slam stuff down on the stainless steel counters several time a day and then reach across me while saying "excuse me" in the rudest possible way; this person would also yell at me every chance she got - she would look for things to yell at me for, and everyone there would just watch her do it day after day month after month till I finally was so broken hearted that I quit. I wrote a letter to the owner after I recovered from the nervous breakdown and people got shuffled around. I still can't believe that other human beings could do that to such a nice, kind, considerate, thoughtful person as myself. By the time I left the Mexicans that worked there had abused all of the black, asian etc. until they left and I saw this happen at Burger King to
BS Foolsbane 3 years ago
Well... The author Piers Anthony writes a newsletter each month on his website. He recently made the following observation about me: "People seem to both trust and mistrust you almost impulsively." The following is from his FeBlueberry 2022 newsletter: "BS Foolsbane" sent me his memoir "Once Upon a Time at the Library." There are aspects of his life I relate to. I have gotten in trouble all my life for trying to be honest and decent and standing my ground rather than be wronged or cheated. The world can be an ugly place. I will call him Mike. He worked for years at a public library, doing the best he could, yet somehow things went wrong. For example the way he lost his job. A woman was using a staff computer, resting her right hand on the desktop next to the computer. Mike used the adjacent phone to call a teacher about a teacher's collection service that was ready to pick her up. He had a paper in his hand with the phone number. After he dialed and was waiting for the connection
#3
When I was giving birth, I got a call from my boss asking if I was gonna have my report turned in and if I was coming back the following day.
wandile dludlu 5 years ago
You know that this is from America... Even 3rd world countries like the one I'm in have at least 4 months paid maternity leave for which you can take it a month before due date
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
We have family leave in the US but many feel they can't risk taking it or they lose the job. Even with legal protections, alas.
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Cordi Schmidt 5 years ago (edited)
In Czechia, woman has got 28 weeks (37 weeks if she had twins) of maternity leave and then she can either come back to her job (employer has to take her back on the same position as before giving birth) or she can take a parental leave which lasts up to 3 years (she gets support either from the employer or state). We believe that mother should spend as much time with her child as possible - bonding and raising up is very important. :)
AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
when I had my daughter I called in and let them know I wouldn't be there and my Sergeant got on the phone and said "Bring the baby and wheel your bitch ass in here, I need you" I laughed so hard I almost popped stitches (C section) he was absolutely joking of course but it was the most awesome congratulations ever. Lol
WhatEvenIsLife 5 years ago
I once did a video interview from my hospital bed the day after getting a C-section because my previous boss had fired me when I was 8 months pregnant. I was the sole breadwinner in our house (still am) and was that frantic to find a new job. Fortunately, the job I'm currently at is SO much better than the one I got fired from.
deanna woods 5 years ago
I think that our American system is very screwed up. Your employer shouldn't be able to even call you during this time unless the reason is to congratulate you.
Blackheart 5 years ago
My husband's boss questioned his manhood for wanting to take paternity leave of just one week. And it was Christmas week anyway.
Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
I hope your husband went job-hunting soon thereafter!
Load More Replies... Blackheart 5 years ago
I would have told the boss, yes to the report. A report to the Dept. of Labor in your state.
Pan Narrans 5 years ago
I think the report would have a distinct smell and of a particularly green brown colour.
Lindsay told Bored Panda that she believes that each and every one of us is responsible for setting the boundaries for what we're willing to tolerate. Whether or not you have the support of HR, you still have the option to talk to your superiors about any situations that make you uncomfortable or set your alarm bells ringing.
"If you feel that there's nothing you can do to change the situation and the company or people involved are unwilling to change, then you have to decide whether you're willing to stay in that environment or not," she told Bored Panda. Lindsay added that whether or not you should stay and try to change your organization for the better depends entirely on you. "A good question to ask yourself is, even if this toxic situation were to change, would I still want to work here?"
In Lindsay's opinion, we all have two options: choosing to find happiness (or contentment, at least) in the position you're in now or looking for a way out. And we shouldn't feel imprisoned by the fact that there's a global pandemic going on. "The idea that you can't change your situation due to the pandemic is very limiting. There are still companies hiring. There are still ways to make money on your own. There is always a way to change your current situation—telling yourself you're stuck feels very limiting," she said.
#4
I went to leave on time, and I was asked if I was working a half day. My manager's argument was that if I could leave on time, I clearly didn't have enough work, and I should be working late every single night.
Something 5 years ago
"You only pay me my salary. If you have cash left, you're clearly not giving me enough."
Nadine 5 years ago
Yeah... I worked at a place for just two months that was like this. I'll never forget when my boss called me over for "a talk" and complained "you only come in ten minutes early every day and you leave on time." Considering I never left any pending work (and barely had any work to begin with--a lot of boring, dead hours), that really got to me. I've been working at a different place now for almost two years and wow. We have flexible schedules and the boss even told us that he doesn't want anyone to work overtime unless it's an absolute emergency (and there have never been any emergencies).
Viviane 5 years ago
At one of my former workplaces, a very efficient and good-natured employee was pressured to do more hours. He left on paternity leave and never came back - another workplace is blessed to have him. He was replaced by a cranky brown-noser who put in long hours: he made mistakes during regular hours, then stayed late to correct them.
deanna woods 5 years ago
I am quite certain that the manager doesn't have a home life of his own and wants everyone to be like him. When your work day is over you leave and that's how it should be.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
I had a manger like that once. I finally told him that I was sorry he had no one in his life who wanted him home, but I do. He teamed up and said that wasn't necessary. I would've felt bad, but he had been pressuring me for weeks to put in double the hours, and I did warn him. He did leave me alone after that.
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Gianni Sermon 5 years ago
Once my boss asked me why I always, looked happy when I was leaving work
Hehehehehehehehe 5 years ago
If you’re behind schedule, your goofing off. If you’re on time, your plan wasn’t aggressive enough.
Blackheart 5 years ago (edited)
Could not possibly be that you were just knowledgable and efficient!? Your boss was a douche bag.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
One place I used to work demanded a LOT of overtime because the department was badly backlogged. If you worked four extra hours every night, you were regarded as a slacker.
lakitha tolbert 5 years ago
I don’t understand people who be micro-managing others, like this! Wtf!
#5
My senior at my first assignment required the young female members of staff to give up half their lunch break for BIBLE STUDY so that we could "learn our place".
Lyra Rey 5 years ago
Not if she's working in a church, religious school, or the like. Those places are the wild west in terms of workplace laws
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Timmy Pillinger 5 years ago
Offer to lead it, focus on Judith, Jael, Esther, Deborah, Eunice ...
Timmy Pillinger 5 years ago
Offer to run it: Discuss Judith, Deborah, Jael, Eunice, Mary M and Mary, Esther....
Truth Monster 5 years ago
So here's what you do: be a nuisance. make it impossible for the bible study to continue. Ask ridiculous questions, or hypercritical questions. Ramble. Never directly challenge, but make it a bother and a pain to continue the lesson. Bonus points if you make everyone late back to work.
David Retsler 5 years ago
I'm usually all for a direct approach but I like this idea in this situation.
Load More Replies... Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
If you’re not working at a church you attend, definitely illegal...at least it is in the U.S.
Load More Replies... deanna woods 5 years ago
Religion should not be brought up in the workplace and women's place is equal to men's.
dandelion moon 5 years ago
You should be the one preaching instead of whatever the hell people this person works with
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Black Goat of the Woods 5 years ago
Bwahahahahaha. No. Take that shitty book club somewhere else.
#6
I was pregnant and working at Subway and my coworker had a heat stroke because they wouldn't fix the air conditioning. I had to work around him passed out on the floor with EMTs trying to wake him up because the owner wouldn't close the store. Instead of fixing the air for me to be safe with my unborn child, all the owner did was say, 'Hey, good job getting through that.'
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
For something like this in the U.S. you can call OSHA and file a complaint. If at any point in time you feel your workplace is not safe, call OSHA!
Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago
Workers in US are conditioned to believe they're "lucky" to have any job at all, therefore they're very reluctant to report anything. If all worker abuse and unsafe conditions were reported and acted upon, it would shut down the US economy.
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karin s. 5 years ago
I had the "luck" to work in two buildings that got really hot when the sun was shining from May to October. About 300 people were (and probably are still) stewing in each of the builidngs because the owner of the first building (that he next to never entered) said there was no need for renovation (like isulating glass) and the manager of the other building who got his bureau at the lowest floor on the northern side said that electric fans were good enough. I think it was funny that the later had a company physician as if they cared for the health of the people in the building. But the physian was not concerned with the temperature in the building and it´s effects on the health of the people in there but used to intimidate people as they had to justify their sick leaves with him.
BusLady 5 years ago
Years ago, I worked as a waitress at a restaurant where the owners treated us horribly. The job was so abusive and stressful. They knew we were desperate to keep our jobs. One older lady worked there, and she told me she had had 3 heart attacks in 3 years. I asked her how long she had worked there. She said 3 years.
Blackheart 5 years ago
I am a teacher, was 8 mos. pregnant when my boss wanted me to go outside to field day. In June. In the deep South. It was 98 degrees. I was outside for only 10 minutes when several of my coworkers called him out on his BS.
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
He probably could be sued or fired. Endangering the life of an employee. Law suit waiting to happen. Also? Heat stroke will kill you!
DetongLhamo 5 years ago
Yep- had something similar. They installed heat lamps instead of normal lights and staff kept fainting. One exploded behind my head one day.
"Again, it comes back to what you're willing to tolerate. You can do everything in your power to bring attention to the toxic situation and attempt to change it. And at the end of the day, you always have control over your own mindset, how you're reacting to the situation, and how much you let it affect you."
Meanwhile, Professor Ng from Bucknell University explained that if the problems in the workplace concern derogatory comments (like unwanted or unwelcome jokes), a human rights complaint might be the right course of action. "Employers (managers and HR) can be held responsible for inaction," he told Bored Panda.
"If repeated complaints about the toxic workplace to the manager or HR fall on deaf ears, then it is indicative that the employer is not taking the concern seriously and it's the cue that you should switch employers/workplace," Professor Ng pointed out that there comes a limit where an employee should take charge and make major career changes.
#7
I went to go tell my boss and said that I had finally planned my wedding and my honeymoon. She told me, 'No, that's not gonna work for us' because it's on a certain date that our magazine gets published — even though I had told her more than six months in advance. I was a salesperson, so my job was done by the time the magazine gets published.
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
LOL - I don't know why people think saying no at the last minute would work. I had a boss that tried to pull something similar by saying I needed to change my plans because someone else more senior needed the time off. They let me go after I said I would only if they reimbursed me for the airfare and travel expenses I would have lost due to prepayments, etc. But I knew I had to get out because now I was no longer a "team player".
BusLady 5 years ago
Oh, when I was a teen I had a fellow employee try to pull that. The night of my senior prom, she was scheduled to cover for me. This was decided months in advance. A couple of days prior, she told me she wasn't going to work that night. She led me to believe that our boss had changed the schedule. I went to talk to him, almost in tears. I said I would quit before I missed my prom. He smiled and said that he would take care of it. And he did. What a b*tch.
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Blackheart 5 years ago
You have to rephrase things for this type of boss. "I will not be here from this date through this date." Letting them know that far in advance is your courtesy to them.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
I learned that one early on. Don't ask, don't give them anything they can use to argue. I've also said I hate it for them, asked if this means I'm fired, told them they can mail my last check, etc. The best is just a flat "No" with direct eye contact and a blank expression, no emotion. Most of these bosses are just bullies who will back down when they see you won't You do have to be someone who does their job well, is punctual, etc, in other words, a valuable employee.
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Just a Marine Veteran 5 years ago
Yeah, I got offered a job (I applied to a different location, but the place near my house called me and said they really needed help), and I let them know that I needed 2 weeks off during that year, one for a university trip that I was leading and one for my honeymoon 3 months later, but I would be happy to work there if that was okay. When I put in my time off for my wedding and honeymoon, the manager tried to deny it. I just let her know that I was going and she could fire me if she wanted (The training for the job, which I had completed, costs the company thousands of dollars, so I knew she wouldn't fire me). Luckily she left the company before too long and I had the best management ever after that.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
And your boss in unlikely to visit you in the nursing home, come to your funeral, or help care for you when you are sick.
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Bonnie Edwards 5 years ago
I had a similar situation. It's fair enough if the business has a defined busy period or set deadline that everyone has to work to, and the dates are announced well in advance. In one job, Aug/ Sept/ Oct/ Nov was our busy period. I asked to take a long weekend to travel for a family reunion and they said no. On the other hand, I announced my wedding date almost a year in advance. Then my sister fell pregnant with her first child, potentially due on my wedding date. I had 2 grannies completely offend my by telling me I had to postpone my wedding because this was (my sisters) big event. The baby was born 10 days before my wedding.
Darya Saam 4 years ago
I had a co-worker every time I get Saturday off she turned to me and said why I am off on Saturday and she continue saying that I should work Saturday BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANY KIDS
Patti Renwick Parrish 5 years ago
My boss accused me of not telling him I was having surgery, although It was planned for months and I told him about it multiple times and emailed him and personnel. Glad I emailed personnel, although none of them read my email either. Nice to know how unimportant I am.
Lili 5 years ago
I don't know bout America, but in my third world country, the law clearly states we have at least 1 week off for wedding. Employers do not stand above the law. Your working culture is too bad.
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#8
When I worked at a daycare and a one year old was left outside in the cold FORGOTTEN for 30 minutes and his teachers weren't reprimanded at all and the parents weren't notified.
Or maybe when the teacher threw a water bottle at an infant in his crib because he woke up and she wasn't ready to deal with him yet.
wandile dludlu 5 years ago
The question is, did this employee report the child abuse happening there?
Couldnt_Find_A_Good_Name 5 years ago (edited)
they probably did, considering the fact that they shared it on social media...
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MarcAngelina Alcober 5 years ago
i worked at very well known daycare that is known nationally- one of the teachers would lock toddlers up in their high-chairs all day long if she thought they were a lot to handle (one in particular was a biter) she also would give them childrens tylenol to make them nap longer... and then the final doozie... one child came down with "coxsackievirus" or also known as "Hand Foot Mouth disease" it is severely contagious... when the child was quarantined she took his binkie out of his mouth and put it in the mouths of all the "problem" children in the room... this was caught on tape by a Nanny Cam that a parent had left on their child's lunch-box sad part was- i was reporting everything I was seeing- she had no problem doing this in front of me... but I was the new girl, and she had worked there for over 20 years, and my claims were never taken seriously... Just think... this is what i saw in the month I was there, and she had been there for 20!!!! Absolutely outrageous
Joan Humphreys 5 years ago
Please give an update. This woman is a monster and should be in prison.
Load More Replies... WhatEvenIsLife 5 years ago
This is one of the reasons I've never wanted to send my kids to daycare. The cost is ridiculous and you hear so many stories like this and worse. Jesus. Don't work with kids if you don't like them.
Sue Rogers 5 years ago
This is exactly why I babysat my granddaughters. So many horror stories.
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
What?! That’s abuse! Did you report the daycare? Or those teachers? Please do, you could save a kids life.
Shalini Pabreja 5 years ago
Zero supervision leads to abuse of power by low lives looking for an excuse to vent their anger at the most innocent of souls. 360 degree, 24 hour cams connected to the parents mobile. Let’s see how they continue their reprehensible behaviour after that!
#9
I had two bosses. One of them told me to my face during a company outing that I would never get the promotion I wanted unless I slept with one of them because "that's how corporate works" I told him that didn't work for me, and later found out he and my other boss were sleeping with various other coworkers of mine.
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
File a complaint with your HR, get a lawyer and sue. In the U.S. This is illegal. I also don't understand women who will do this - sleeping to the top has no glory and it only further diminishes women being seen as equal in the workplace. I feel this first hand as an attractive woman in a senior position, there are many who see me and question my ability, etc. When introducing myself at functions, etc. I make it a point to say I have been in the industry for almost 20 years (started when I was 19 and had an associate's degree). I don't wear makeup and make it a point to wear very conservative clothing as well. I want people to see me for my ability, not as a pair of tits.
blugeagua 5 years ago
Also it is NOT up to us to show people we should be taken seriously. That is all on other people for being idiots. We should already be seen as equal because we ALREADY ARE.
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John Louis 5 years ago
That boss is opening himself up for a major lawsuit and being fired immediately.
Black Goat of the Woods 5 years ago
I'm wondering how they got into their positions - either one sleeping with the other? Because if that's how corporate works?
CatWoman312 5 years ago
That’s straight up illegal. You could have sued for millions and owned the company
Anna roberts 5 years ago
You can sue anyone, it does not mean you will, A. win B. collect a million dollars or any meaningful amount. Companies that would be able to pay millions fo dollars ahve million dollar attorneys, and unless the employee is famous, a politician or you have a large number of women to join you, you will be out of a job and broke. Oh yeah and the boys will talk about you, so if you are say an attorney, engineer , jobs that have a "field" , you will have a hard time even finding work at the paygrade you were at. But sure go ahead and sue if it makes you feel better
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Viviane 5 years ago
I'd have more respect if they were running a brothel. That's at least honest.
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Nora the mistake 0_o 4 years ago
again tell where this bitch lives cuz right now i wanna beat the s**t out of him
Patti Renwick Parrish 5 years ago
Been there, my female boss fired me because i refused her advanced. I was 15, female and straight.
However, you should also look out for signs that the organization is responding to feedback as well. "If management makes an effort for change, then it would be an opportunity to assist with that change," he said that some organizations address systemic discrimination and engage with their employees while some others do not.
Professor Ng told Bored Panda that choosing to quit is a tough decision that depends on a person's ability to switch employers based on their financial situation, life stage, ability to adapt, and other things. "This is also exacerbated by the pandemic. If the toxic environment becomes a health concern and the employer is not responsive, you can quit and sue the employer for constructive dismissal," he said.
#10
We were at a company festival, and my then-boss had taken a bunch of drugs the night before, so I think he was still high the next morning. We were all chilling by the pool, and he shared with me that he was dying of cancer. I had a sister who had passed two years earlier, so being the sympathetic person I am, I started to give him advice. He then turned around and said, 'I'm just f**king with you.' I quit a month later.
deanna woods 5 years ago
Cancer or any illness is not a joke and people don't need to use it that way.
ISAAC HARVEY 5 years ago
All you would have to do is ask me. I was diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2013, and had three resections, laser treatment, and chemotherapy. Then I was diagnosed with epilepsy in May 2020(fittingly), and my prescription has since been changed four times. And I'm just seventeen years old.
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#11
When I was trying on a menstrual cup for the first time, and I bled through my pants. I was two hours away from home, so no one could bring me pants. I wasn't allowed to leave, so I had to work a 12-hour shift in bloody pants. It was disgusting.
blugeagua 5 years ago
Why not have some compassion Lily Mae? They may have been told that they didn't need to wear a pad and that everything would be fine. We don't know what they actually did to prepare for that. So don't judge. Instead judge their boss who treated them horribly.
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Black Goat of the Woods 5 years ago (edited)
Should have shat your pants on top of it, see how they like that.
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
A high school teacher wouldn't let me leave to change a tampon once - only once. He asked me in a panic if I wanted to go to the bathroom when the blood started leaking off the chair and onto the floor. I said I was not about to get up now - why doesn't he go call my dad to bring me new clothes and get me something to cover my backside while I walk to the nurses office... he never ever made another woman wait to change her tampon...
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
That is abuse it is also abuse to humiliate you, by not letting you get some protection and new pants. After this happened to me, I started keeping a change of clothes in my car.. undies etc. for period accidents or some blood or other body fluids from a patient.. I always kept a container of pads and tampons with me in the car. Just in case me or someone else had a need!
#12
I got fired for asking if Iwas going to be paid. I was shorted 15 hours on my last check.
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
This is illegal in the U.S. and you can easily sue. Everyone thinks the U.S. is sue happy, but when it is illegal it is the only recourse to ensure fair treatment. Frivolous lawsuits are just that, but slavery is illegal. You must be paid for your time.
Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago
It's very hard to sue an employer. The system is set up to protect the stronger/richer party. It's a lot easier to make up the difference with theft - I've done it. That doesn't solve anything, of course, but it often seems like the only realistic option.
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Catlady6000 5 years ago
This is why you always keep track of your hours, preferably, take a phone picture of your clock in/out times each and every day, let whoever is in charge of payroll know ASAP about any errors, that day if possible, so it can be corrected. If your last paycheck at that job does not match the total hours, you have grounds for small claims court, which does not require a lawyer, BUT you MUST have proof of hours for each day worked, photos are best, written each day at the least.
DetongLhamo 5 years ago
Yep- especially common in young casual workers and anyone who works for Donald Trump.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 5 years ago
My partner's boss forgot to give him his cheque the one time, so when his boss brought him the cheque he also brought him a burger to say sorry.
CatWoman312 5 years ago
This is illegal. Why does everyone allow companies to take advantage of them?
Bonnie Edwards 5 years ago
It's not a matter of "allowing them". It's like when your mother demands why you "let" the family dog empty the garbage bin on the floor. Was there any way you could stop them?
Load More Replies..."Generally, it is easier to look for another job while you are still in one, so you don't have to explain gaps in employment or past problems with a prospective employer," the professor stressed that we should think about switching jobs strategically, even if we're in a tough spot emotionally.
Meanwhile, switching careers might call for a break to "take stock, engage in career planning, and exploration and transition to new careers," Professor Ng said about the importance of retooling and adapting if we switch lanes.
Lindsay touches on a variety of different topics in her podcast, so give her a listen if you’re in need of some self-help advice (personally, I’m a fan of shorter podcasts like hers because I have the attention span of a fruit fly). Back in 2018, Lindsay did what a lot of people secretly dream about: she quit her job and went all-in on her passion project.
#13
When I was in college I worked at a tanning salon. Like most out of state students I flew back home for winter break. So I gave my PTO a month and a half in advance so she knew that I would be gone. It was cool, nothing was ever said. I come back after New Years. I was an opener so I got to the salon, logged onto the computers, and another employee comes in and goes "did they not tell you???". Apparently my manager terminated me while I was back in Ohio and just never informed me. Still had my store keys, alarm codes, safe key. And she just never sat me down to collect them from me.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
I had the same thing happen for taking a Friday off. I gave her six months notice, but she forgot, so it was my fault
Bonnie Edwards 5 years ago (edited)
I had to (kinda) fire someone once, who had organized to work over the Christmas period - and then disappeared. I had long replaced her by the time she wandered in Mid-Jan the next year - a good 6 weeks later. Found out she had taken a Christmas retail job that offered more hours. I was the receptionist/ office manager. The bosses were out of the office in a meeting. When she did a poor-me, you're always picking on me rant, I did offer her to wait for them to return, to get their verdict. She was depressive & we had given her lots of lee-way because of her depression.
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
Talk about a bad manager! Wow! You could report her to HR, or her superior, and let them know about the entire situation! She would need retraining or, a new job!
Suzanne Haigh 5 years ago
Why do people put up with type of behavior? Do not workers have any rights?
#14
At my first serious workplace literally every male manager sexually harassed every single female that worked there.
Hehehehehehehehe 5 years ago
Why are people downvoting you. Reminds me of another BP post, if only men were as ashamed of rape as they are with periods. (Don’t criticize me not all men are rapists not all rapists are men chill Kyle)
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HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 5 years ago
why are people downvoting zoe??? im so confused????? send help???
Missy Moo Moo 5 years ago
Female engineer here - ahhhh yeh! And don't complain because you will be managed out of your job, then struggle to be employed again because those men will tell everyone you did a s**t job. Exactly what happened to me, so I started my own company. Getting paid $175 per hour to consult and refuse to work with any of the sexist men I used to work for. In fact one really wanted me to work for him.... I could of charged $300 per hour but I just couldn't work for him at any price
Keryl Cryer 5 years ago
So do they mean “single” as in “unattached” or as in “every one of” here? Not that any of it should happen to anyone.
BusLady 5 years ago
Believe me, even today, when it is illegal in the U.S. it still happens. If all the managers are men, then they will almost always take the side of a man who is sexually harassing or abusing a female employee. It's not just young attractive women, either. It is a crime of power and abuse, not of sexual attraction. Just like rape.
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Dreamwolf 5 years ago
And how would you know, Eric?? Smart much?? (This is sarcasm that person is really not smart. Hey, you want to insult women, I'll insult back.)
Dreamwolf 5 years ago
Were you sexually harassed too? I have unpleasant experiences with an incest pedophile cousin when I was five! We are best buds! :D
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When I was an au pair, and I got ticket by expired car inspection my 1 month in USA. And the family blame me by using their car in my free time as we agreed before because apparently if I used the car only for professional purposes police would not see the invalide date of inspection.
FoxxySucks 5 years ago
Basically tax disc was out of date by a Month ,the person who drove the car got caught by a ticket inspector and the actual owners of the car blame said person
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pfft awful. Glad there are no mandatory inspections where I live in Canada.
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
That is irresponsible. I am also pretty sure, they didn’t carry workman's comp for you either, if you got hurt at work and in their home or property. If that ever happens, their insurance company needs to pay for your care and injuries. Medical costs.
Lyra Rey 5 years ago
Melvin Dragvelk, do you see how many downvotes all your comments are getting? There's a reason for that
Load More Replies...In Lindsay's case, she said ‘goodbye’ to her accounting job and started an online coaching business. “I had no idea how to make it happen, but I knew I was made for more and I was committed to creating a life of freedom doing work I love and serving others,” she writes on her website.
According to her, having your own business gives you a lot of freedom, such as setting your own schedule, being able to work from home, and traveling when you want. In her opinion, she’s impacting the world and won’t have to wonder about not going for her dreams when she’s old and gray.
Now, Lindsay helps other women “overcome the self-doubt, fear of judgment, and money struggles that hold them back from launching their biz.”
#16
The GM at my old job pressured me to take a management job. I ended up getting so much better than him that he would continuously stalk me on the cameras and once he got the opportunity, fired me during COVID.
wandile dludlu 5 years ago
So many people were fired during Covid because of other reasons but the companies saw a great opportunity to use covid as an excuse
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Mine suddenly went bankrupt the week after shutdown and permanently closed all their stores
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Smitin 5 years ago
I for one am glad my employer used the Covid shutdown as a way to get rid of the slackers and screw ups that they couldn't fire outright for stupidity and incompetency. We have a much smaller but much more productive group now that managers can do their jobs and not spend the better part of every day dealing with HR issues.
#17
My boss frequently punished people by cutting their hours/shifts. So eventually it was my turn on the game of hours roulette and when the person she gave my hours to no showed to the shift she had the audacity to call and text me multiple times to try and get me to fill in.
Anne Reid 5 years ago
I had a boss do that, he made sure I NEVER got to sign up for overtime. One guy called in sick on a day he was scheduled to do OT, boss was desperate. Called me on my day off. Begged me to come in, promised me more OT, extra comp time, etc. “Nah man, I’m in bar.” CLICK.
I Liquored On 5 years ago
I was working in an outback pub nearly 1300km from Adelaide. Middle. Of. Nowhere. Had a boss that liked to pull this s**t and take peoples hours for imagined wrongs. And since we were so remote thought she owned us. She cut 2 shifts from me when I caught her in a lie and called her out on it. Doesn't fly with me. While my girlfriend packed I went out to the campground and spoke to some grey nomads (retired people who are driving around in a camper) laid my cards on the table and arranged for a lift to Thargomindah, the nearest town with an airport. The look on that womans face as we walked out, leaving her minus a chef and a barman in the middle of the tourist season was priceless.
Louloubelle 5 years ago
I had a boss that did that at a large fabric chain where I worked. She also would make people find replacements to cover if they were sick. I put my back out and called in sick. She told me to find a replacement. I told her that was her job, not mine. She then started cutting my hours. I, fortunately, didn't need the job so I told her to go f*** herself. Called the department of labor who looked into it. And she ended up being fired. Not so much because it's illegal, which apparently it's not, but the chain did not want bad publicity.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
It's one the loopholes we were actually taught when I was in restaurant management. One of the many reasons I will never do that job again
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Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
Our gutless wonder front office supervisor just cuts hours down to zero with employees he doesn't like. They quit eventually.
Patty Leaton 5 years ago
I would tell costumers boss cutting my shift for so they can have more money
#18
When my daughter got a rash from a medication that could have been deadly and the owner told my office manager to write me up for missing time. After talking to the owner he told me her medical condition didn't seem that serious and probably wasn't a big deal. Even though I told him about her condition in my interview and explained I could miss time.
brukernavn340 5 years ago
In Norway, the boss is not entitled to know the reason behind sick leaves.
Shadow 5 years ago
Mary: In many countries it is illegal/not recommended to ask those kind of questions during a job interview. In Canada if someone was asked this kind of question and they do not get the job, they can sue the company for discriminating against them, so it's safer to just not ask those questions. Potential employers are not allowed to ask about your marital status, whether you plan to or already have kids, medical conditions (if hired they can ask about special need to make the work place safe for you during orientation/training but that's about it), age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of.
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Suebee70 5 years ago
I was "let go" when my child had pneumonia & rotavirus at the same time and was hospitalized for a week. He was 18 months old, and I spent the entire week at his bedside, sleeping in a chair at night, so he wouldn't be alone. I was told they were doing me a favor so I could spend more time with my kids, since they were more important to me than my job.
Ilia Bauer 4 years ago (edited)
"After talking to the owner he told me her medical condition didn't seem that serious and probably wasn't a big deal." That's when you tell the boss to either produce his medical license, or that you will turn them in for practicing medicine without a license.
CharliAnn Olney 5 years ago
It is stupid that a NON-medical person can make this kind of determination! Not only bosses, but the 18/20 somethings that make medical insurance reviews for payment!
Carrie Roettger 5 years ago
I learned the hard way being a working type 1 diabetic. If you or any immediate family member has a medical condition as soon as you're hired fill out the paperwork for FMLA (in the US Family and medical leave act) it won't take affect for 90 days but you cannot be forced or denied reasonable leave. It's good to have it in place before you need it. Also make sure you're supervisor is aware of any medical issues you or a family member has. Get it documented in your file kit you can. You don't have to give specifics just that you have a condition or that you care for someone who does.
Of course, there’s a flip side, too—quitting your job or taking your first steps as an entrepreneur can be stressful, challenging, and might make you feel like you’re in way over your head. Even if you’ve got Lindsay and the entire internet full of self-help advice to help you out.
That’s why the decision to quit or stay at your job is a deeply personal one that makes you ask some of the hardest questions in life. Are you happy and do you feel like your work has Purpose with a capital 'P'? Should you tough it out in your toxic workplace or have you had enough? Is it wise to switch jobs in the middle of a global pandemic? Will you be able to support your loved ones without this job? Do you have what it takes to chase your dreams? What will you do if you crash and burn—what’s your Plan B?
Everybody deserves to feel fulfilled at their jobs. But it can be an uphill struggle, there’s no two ways about it.
#19
My boss thought it was a 'joke' to call me by my birth name every single day, rather than my chosen name.
Truth Monster 5 years ago
Choose a (business appropriate) name for them and call them that name in response. "Hi George!, Hi Dunstan!" .... "My Name's not Dunstan" "My name's not George"
Lexi Mitchell 5 years ago
That’s my response lately - if you’re going to, say, keep referring to Elliott Page as Ellen, then I’m going to call you David even though your name is Jessica.
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Primrose Jones 5 years ago
I changed my name by Deed Poll and everyone in the company switched to using my new name - I was very lucky and grateful
Dreamwolf 5 years ago
I know this is a kind of personal question, but what is a birth name and if you can tell me what yours is that would make me understand why that is 'nasty.' Sorry if I'm being rude or impolite, I'm just dumb and curious. :I
Anna roberts 5 years ago
Or a Trans person who was born, say a female, but identifies as a male, may have a birth name of Edith but wish to be called Eddie, weither or not they have transitioned
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Annett Nyrud 5 years ago
A name you choose. Could be that you have changed into another gender and found an appropriate name. Or could be that your parents gave you a stupid name, like Gaylord or Endeavour, and you chose to get a more normal name, like Gregory or Peter. When you have legally changed into your chosen name, it is not funny to be called by your old one. Even if you have not legally changed your name, but only told people what you wish to be called, it is rude to teese you with the old one. Even when your old one was quite normal and you have not changed gender.
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HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 5 years ago
Oh god. As a trans person I'm terrified of this kind of stuff... it might be easier if I was binary trans but I'm genderqueer and there's no way to hide that that isn't just straight up pretending not to be.
Primrose Jones 5 years ago
I changed my name by Deed Poll and every single person in my company switched to using my new name - I was so lucky and grateful
Morgan Olson 5 years ago
Oh my god, people these days. seriously its not that hard to be nice. like, wtf?
#20
One time I heard the owner of the store comment that he prefer hiring women because they did not talk back.
Truth Monster 5 years ago
This man is delusional. All the women I know talk back. and I'm one of them.
Al Christensen 5 years ago
I think what he meant is that he thinks nothing women say is valid, so he can ignore them, but it hurts him when men talk back because he doesn't want to be rejected by they guys.
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Anna roberts 5 years ago
I hate working with other women in the US, either I get hit on or I have to put up with all of the catty crap they pull.
Load More Replies... CatWoman312 5 years ago
This woman talks back, asks lots of questions, and is extremely witty with comments.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Uh... In what universe do women *not talk back*? B/c I sure don't live there ;-D
Louisa McInnes 4 years ago
If women aren't talking back directly to you it's because we are afraid of your anger and we're finding other ways to irritate you that you can't track back to us.
#21
The men get paid more without having to fight for the raise.
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
And when a woman asks for a raise she is being pushy, but a man asking for a raise shows he knows what he is worth! Took a class on negotiating deals and there was a whole lesson on how these strategies work for men, but women cannot utilize them in the same way because of pervasive misogyny - even among other women!
BusLady 5 years ago
Don't you know, men need more pay because they have "families to take care of." That might have worked in the first half of the 20th century, when most wives didn't work out of the home. Today, there are many single moms who are getting no child support.
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D. Pitbull 5 years ago
Yep... every single "office job" I worked... not only were the males paid more, but they were just offered more - counter offers were made when they tried to leave/resign... males who were less qualified AND doing a worse job... and no, they weren't related to the boss... or drinking buddies... they were just dudes. I was barred from even APPLYING for a higher level job (manager told me I couldn't as I hadn't worked there long enough)... two weeks later, new guy who had started 6 months after me gets **offered** the job plus bonuses. Another company, when I asked about increased pay... got the whole runaround of "You haven't put in any plans to advance; you haven't shown any initiative to try to fight for a higher position, so why should you get a raise" - ... I quit and find out another coworker (male) was getting paid the **maximum** salary as his starting salary, didn't have to work his way up. He got hired a month after me.
JD Lee 5 years ago
I worked at a nursery (plant) once. Men were paid $5 an hour more than women across the board.. because “they have families to support”. I’m in the US. I know it’s illegal. It doesn’t matter; I lose my job if I say anything, & no lawyer gives a s*it because they wouldn’t make enough $ by taking my case.. & I can’t miss work- they know this. Most women there were single mothers who supported their families without any assistance from the father of their kids. Most “Men” were single, or teenaged. It was like babysitting. Truth. Welcome to America.
CharliAnn Olney 5 years ago
If a woman knows her worth and has a supervisory position, she is a b***ch. If a man is in the same position, he is a "go-getter"! WTF?
Suebee70 5 years ago
Worked in a large equipment manufacturing firm where there were NO female salespeople or department managers in the sales area. There was ONE female assistant VP of sales, but all she really supervised was the secretaries. Up until 2009, when indoor smoking was banned state-wide, the employees smoked in the office. When I came down with pneumonia, was hospitalized, and then returned to work and couldn't tolerate the constant smoke in the air, I was told I knew that they smoked when I hired on, so I had to tolerate it or quit. I called their bluff and threatened to quit - AND to take it up with an attorney. They made the smokers smoke in an office with the door closed after that - but I was the pariah of the office.
DetongLhamo 5 years ago
Yep. And I’ve worked in a recruitment section and the misogyny is horrific.
Anna roberts 5 years ago
Well if we women could do all of the big bad things...
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#22
1. They fired someone via a WhatsApp group chat.
2. I overheard a general worker get yelled at (from across the hall) for asking for a lunch break.
CatWoman312 5 years ago
By LAW they are required to give you a 30 min break if you work more than 6 hours
Joe Crenshaw 4 years ago
Incorrect Federal law does not require it.. at all. Some states may have their own if they so choose.
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BusLady 5 years ago
When I did Security work, we were told not to eat at the desk because our client (the company we contracted with) wouldn't allow it. But then we were not relieved so we could take a lunch break. And if we dared to leave the desk, we would be fired. Sometimes we had to keep calling for hours just to get a 2 minute bathroom break.
Eglė Bukauskaitė 4 years ago
To be devil's advocate the 2nd reason can be reasonable: if he's in charge of fixing something that delays continuing on working for good 20+ staff (let's say electricity or internet connection, or delivery truck, or airplane) and he has an audacity to ask to take a break, the managing person, aka the one, juggling between idle workers, clients, and his bosses, will loose their s**t.
karin s. 5 years ago
A collegue once called my to witness our boss (head physician) shout & scream on the street in front of the hospital. I was not suprised by this behaviour & assumed someone might have taken his parking lot. The next day, the collegue told me that the boss had had a fight with a patient. The patient had failed making a joke which the person she tried to joke with did take well. But the boss had overheard and was enraged. He followed the patient into the streets screaming at her & threatening to sue her. He odered her to leave the hospital and made her pack her belongings. When his deputy arrived, both of them ranted at the patient. When her son arrived, they kept her son from her & bared her from leaving the room. At some point, they allowed her to stay, for what ever reason. And she really got the guts & stayed. Afterwards, patients & even a person living next to the hospital gave their adress to that woman & promised her to stand in as her witness if the hospital should sue her.
#23
When only the females were allowed to be cashiers, and the males were only allowed to bag and push carts.
Truth Monster 5 years ago
While this is sexist, there is probably a form of twisted logic behind it, as males are rarely kidnapped in parking lots, as they are seen as more difficult to target.
Lexi Mitchell 5 years ago
That’s basically what I was thinking - I know some stores have a policy that only men can collect carts after sundown just as a safety thing.
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Marnie 5 years ago
"Female" is an adjective. We call "female humans" as "women". "Male humans" are "men". Otherwise, you're just reducing people to their genitals. Blech.
elfin 5 years ago
Is that the royal or the editorial "We?" Or just a arrogant one. I use either term depending on context. Describing people by a physical attribute--say, height or hair color--is not reducing them to just that asset. Just what have you got against adjectives anyway?
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elfin 5 years ago
I prefer equality. Ideally with equal pay for equal work.
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My bosses tried to make me feel so guilty about joining the military and that I was a bad mom for leaving my kid. They also would make me feel guilty for calling out while my kid was sick. They were informed I didn't have a backup childcare when I was hired.
Katie Johnson 5 years ago
So many of these posts sound as if they were male bosses just trying to keep women down!!! Let's have an opposite post that shows men understanding mum duties, sexism, working females and periods!
Viviane 5 years ago
Katie Johnson, you can create a Bored Panda post and ask for stories about wonderful male bosses who get along with women. I know several of these gems, including two whose subordinates are all female.
Load More Replies... CharliAnn Olney 5 years ago
I was a Military (Single) Mom. I was required to have backup childcare AND parental care should I "sign off"! If I wanted to take off for a seriously ill child, I had to take leave. (unless, on rare occasions I had a great superior!)
FoxxySucks 5 years ago
No before they joined the military,they had a job and stayed home if the child was sick
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Catlady6000 5 years ago
I have had two bosses, out of dozens over 30 years, who I did not realize we're toxic until I was no longer working for them. And suddenly the sun was shining,birds were singing, my coworkers and I were smiling. They were both professionals at the backhanded compliment, at being so sweet and kind while they ripped away your confidence and guilt tripped you into less pay, more hours,etc etc. one I only worked with for a few months, the last one for years. Abuse is not always obvious, especially psychological abuse, and even more especially when you feel tapped.
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When I asked my senior to come eat lunch, he said he can't because he didn't want people to see him taking a lunch break.
Brett Layton 5 years ago
A team lunch would be better , everyones invited no favoritism and it allwos you to connect more with them all.
Isabella K 5 years ago
or just don't frighten people to the point where they are afraid to EAT
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E Menendez 5 years ago
I understand this. As a manager, you are at a higher level of scrutiny from your employees and therefore need to be aware of how things are perceived, and not necessarily reflective of your personal views. I also will never go to lunch with a subordinate to refrain from showing favoritism or have any one think any decision I make in regards to that employee is based on our perceived relationship.
Red Hair Blue Soul 5 years ago
That's not favoritism or anything to do with the scrutiny. Take a lunch break. Be human. Learn about your employees on a human level. No one says you have to take a break with the same employee each day.
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Viviane 5 years ago
I worked in one tense office where I pretended I was an alien robot. It made life easier because people left me alone other than for work purposes. I'm very happy to be a human where I work now. :)
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Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
That boss probably thinks that the higher-ups will reward him for this. They won't.
John Louis 5 years ago
It is not a bad idea for the supervisor to do certain things to separate him/herself from the other employees. Remember s/he is not there to be your friend they are your boss.
#26
One time I was talking to customers and my headset fell out and my manager thought I was purposely ignoring her so she storms over, puts headset back on me and said "Do not ever ignore me again" and proceeds to shove me into fitting rooms.
Duna Typhon 5 years ago
After shoving me, the boss would have spent the next few months sucking their food through a straw!
deanna woods 5 years ago
That boss committed assault and you would have been within your right to quit and press charges.
#27
I am a nurse. I had a patient take a pictures of me. I told my unit manager and he said "If you were my nurse I would admire you just as much".
Laugh or not 5 years ago
Of all the nurses' photos out there, why choose the one where the nurse doesn't wear her mask properly?
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago
This happened yesterday. Told my boss we were overworked, there was just too much to be done in such short period of time. He said, being the big man he is, that if we fihished all by today, we would not have to work during the holidays. I just looked at him. Note: most of our work wasn't needed, just desired, like something nice to make before new year's eve. fml.
Nora the mistake 0_o 4 years ago
I WANNA SLAP THE S**T OUT HIMMM THE NERVE OF THESE MEN HIS IS WHY I AM GAY!!!
karin s. 5 years ago (edited)
I heard of a therapist that got a her photo stolen off a staff presentation several times. I really hate this idea that staff needs to be introduced to patients or customers by hanging their photos within the building or showing them on the company website so that every stalking idiot can keep up to date or take home a picture to jack off.
#28
Where to start...
1. Expecting me to pick up everyone else's slack on top of mine.
2. Picking favorites.
3. The manager blantly ignoring me after I told them no to coming in early.
4. Taking someone else's word over mine. I'm sure there's more, but these are the one that bug me most.
Jen Soals 5 years ago
I've experienced toxic gas-lighting and psychological run-a-rounds by bosses too. Not promoting, using me to fill in for employees, feeling treated as expendable. The company lost business and money from Covid and I was part of the layoffs. Months later they ask me to come back temporarily for only two months because their back up plan didn't work.
Gemma Strickland 5 years ago
All within the same company over 10 years...My previous manager's...one used to say I over emotional about the people I looked after as I would report incidents of neglect committed by staff. Another sexually harassed me and stalked me outside of work, the companies response was for me to stay out his way and forgive him as this was the Christian thing to do. And the final manager said I risked my authority in my role, gave me specific examples which included talking to a social worker and a senior manager, then tried to ban me from talking to anyone about the clients I cared for including in the work place. In theory the latter meant I couldn't even phone for an ambulance for one of the cliebts if needed. When I reported this to HR they told me to ignore it...and then did nothing about the manager.
Lynn Morello 5 years ago
Every one Horsing around and making jokes, including one who complained because one particular person's joke offended him.
Tina Carson 5 years ago
I had a liver biopsy, fearing that it was cancerous. Had to reschedule the appointment to get the results because my manager said that the date would not be convenient for her, so i had to wait a week longer to learn my biopsy results. Worst manager ever, I worked in the front office for a dentist.
#29
People asked me for the first month "did they yell at you yet". Also one morning my boss was so mad he couldn't log into his computer he just took his keys and threw them across office and made a mark on his office door.
Aayse 5 years ago
I hate this kind of people. They ruin everyone's day, kill your energy. How do they expect you to keep working after all
Khrystja 5 years ago
Like living with a narcissist. You walk on eggshells all the time and the stress makes you mentally and physically ill.
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Ziva Kravdahl 5 years ago (edited)
I had boss who were yelling and swearing on any new employee that all of us had enough and left one by one. I was last so he put all work on me without pay rise and when I left he said he will bring me to court xD for leaving him ALONE with all job (it was ok till it was all on me before). I left with 2 week notice as was in agreement. Also yelling and swearing and calling me 3 times a day when I took my holiday. And after all he told his wife to call me and promise me pay rise... I said no :D
Debra Doda 4 years ago
I had a colleague at a new job once ask me, "Did Mrs. X yell at you yet". She hadn't yet, but when she did ... oof. I quit pretty much right after that day.
Jamie Cornish-Armstrong 5 years ago
Two months on my new job my supervisor told me I was not qualified for parts of my job duties and that she feared I would be sued and the company would not support me. I wish my supervisor had mentioned that as my resume was read by that supervisor and when that same supervisor interviewed me and then hired me😳
deanna woods 5 years ago
I had a shift manager who had temper tantrums if things were not going her way.
#30
A month in a training for my new job and my manager told me to go and change a halogen light bulb I was not supposed to touch, it burned through my glove, it burned my hand and I had to go to the hospital.
Joanne Haywood 5 years ago
They take ages to cool down. Ask the scar on my thumb!
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Catlady6000 5 years ago
It doesn't say he was told that. From the way it reads, he found out when he touched it
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I worked for a health care provider. While sitting in the ER with two toddlers with croup and a husband with a 107-degree fever from the flu, I called out. My job said I should 'do what I thought I needed to' for my family, and they would 'do what they needed to' in regards to continuing to employ me.
Anna roberts 5 years ago
If she stayed in the ER with her sick kids and husband, she would no longer have a job
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E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
I will be honest on this - if this person had attendance issues and then had this happen after a discussion about said attendance issues, this is a justifiable answer especially if they refused to get a Doctor's note. I ask for a Doctor's note whenever I get a call like this even if the employee does not have an attendance issue even if I have no doubt of the authenticity. Because I do not want to single anyone out.
#32
Serving a customer and my boss comes out screaming at me because HE let his dogs out and they attacked another dog...
#33
When I wrote a letter to HR signed by other staff who agreed and they told me we were creating a hostile enviroment & that I was jealous.
N G 5 years ago (edited)
Not enough information provided, but "hostile work environment" has a specific legal meaning (at least in the US). Edited to add (because the replies have clarified the definition better than I did!) - HR are likely misusing this term and opening a whole different can of worms.
Louloubelle 5 years ago
Yes, and it takes a lot for it to be considered hostile. I have quite a toxic boss and there's nothing I can do about him. He doesn't sexually harass, but is truly the most despicable human being I know.
Load More Replies... Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago
I filed a formal complaint about a coworker creating a "hostile work environment" at the collectively-owned restaurant where I worked. I included links to the state legal code regarding "hostile work environment". HR did nothing. Problem continued. I quit - the job and the restaurant industry. Best career move I ever made.
#34
I worked in retail and I had a job where every time I would take off my boss would be like "You can't take off like that" but another person would take off for week and it'd be fine. I ended up quitting that job.
#35
Had to call off work because my kid fell off the bed and they started to make fun of me.
Truth Monster 5 years ago
it does sound rather silly. it would probably sound more serious if you said, "they fell off the bed and cracked their skull, etc"
Nadine 5 years ago
Considering that I fell off the bed every single night when I was around 5, yeah... It does sound silly. (My mom had to keep coming in and picking me up off the floor. I don't know why they never bought one of those barrier things.) I suppose the kid must have gotten hurt pretty badly, maybe it was a bunk bed, but the way it's stated here is a bit silly.
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A.M. Pierre 5 years ago
I can't give full details because I stupidly signed a non-disclosure agreement (that I honestly thought only applied to client account details), but the final straw on this camel's back was when my boss forced me to install a security camera in my own home so he could watch me. Pandemic or not, that's the end. I am now far poorer but far happier.
kjorn 5 years ago
the other way around: one monday during my job i got a call from my brother who asked me to come home. didn't tell me anything else. when i got home this is where i saw that my dad killed himself. i got back at my job in the afternoon to told it to my boss and before i even asked to have few day he just told me to take the week off.
Bobert Robertson 5 years ago
wow... I can only imagine what that would be like to deal with.
Load More Replies... Bobert Robertson 5 years ago (edited)
For me it was when our workplace was overly busy so we were working a lot of Saturdays. I'm in distribution for a large company, and oversee inbound operations. My manager told me if we did not have a good Saturday he was bringing a rope for me on Monday, indicating I should use it to hang myself. He then repeated that joke in front of me to his manager, who did not shut it down. The final straw was when he actually "jokingly" handed me a rope, that's when I made a formal statement with HR and it was dealt with appropriately.... we still work together now, but fortunately he learned his lesson and things have been all good since - I'm not one to hold a grudge over what I believe to be a poor joke.... It only upset me because I was afraid of someone else, who may have mental health issues or suicidal thoughts, being put in the same position.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
OMG, mental illness runs in my family, and that thought really scares me, for the individual and the coworkers. I hope you're not a POC, cause if so, that went way beyond bad taste, to me anyway. Then again, my black and brown friends always seem to handle this horrible sort of thing with amazing patience and grace
Load More Replies... Sandra Gifford 5 years ago
I was a great worker and team player, according to my coworkers. I was dealing with some health issues that I did not let influence my work. I always put in extra time and made sure things were done..One day, I collapsed and couldn't breathe (turns out I had congestive heart failure due to a undiagnosed birth defect and needed a pacemaker, which was found out many months later and solved everything). The paramedics were called. Several days later I was called into my boss's manager's office with a woman from HR sitting there. They said they had to "write me up." When I asked why, they said I had caused a commotion! I almost died! I needed a heart pacemaker! I refused to sign their little piece of paper and said I would call my attorney. Ultimately filed an EEOC complaint. Don't work for Paychex... you are forewarned!
Suzanne Donahue 5 years ago
I was an operating room nurse starting my shift at 6:45. No break , no lunch.At 1:45 i got dizzy. Obviously low blood sugar.An employee gets fired for testing their own blood sugar even though there are machines everywhere. I walked past manager and said I was gonna pass out. She said" I dont have time for this".A kind person on staff got me a bagel and OJ. I went to college to be treated like this.
Joanne Haywood 5 years ago
When you have to take the blame for another employee’s mistake because the manager refuses to believe that employee could make that mistake. The same employee who threw a hole punch, a stapler and a half-eaten sandwich at me. And who regularly verbally abused me and physically assaulted me. This was before they got rid of me. The same employer (large company) who let someone who had defrauded the company out of thousands, got prosecuted, but was allowed to keep his job because he was apparently the only one who could do it properly!
Wouldn't You Like to Know 5 years ago
Interviewed with a person for a job many times via video conference. Relocated and discovered that he was 100% different in person than on video where he was in his 'sales' mode. He threatened me by telling me if I want to fight fire with fire that he as a 'southern boy' fights fire with an inferno. WTH ever that means. It was then I realized he's bad mojo and found another job in a different city. He was so pissed he fired me when I gave him 1 month notice. Good riddance.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Had that happen awesome ago, as soon as they hired me the whole tone changed, as if they felt they already owned me. Then they wanted me to send money for "equipment" so a scam, but still.....
Load More Replies... A.M. Pierre 5 years ago
As I sadly discovered, there aren't a lot of protections for workers where I live (USA). I actually consulted with lawyers after my boss' actions escalated to the point where I feared for my safety. I asked what I could do about it. They said, "You can quit."
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Katharine Rudden 5 years ago
These are painful to read and I wish there were more kind and understanding decent people in middle management in America. The good bosses are more rare and we don’t exactly get to choose....companies take advantage of entry level workers especially and wages have not kept up with the cost of living here. A wonderful and supportive place to vent is “retail hell underground” and while it’s not really funny (though sometimes it is) it’s very real!
A.M. Pierre 5 years ago
I can't give full details because I stupidly signed a non-disclosure agreement (that I honestly thought only applied to client account details), but the final straw on this camel's back was when my boss forced me to install a security camera in my own home so he could watch me. Pandemic or not, that's the end. I am now far poorer but far happier.
kjorn 5 years ago
the other way around: one monday during my job i got a call from my brother who asked me to come home. didn't tell me anything else. when i got home this is where i saw that my dad killed himself. i got back at my job in the afternoon to told it to my boss and before i even asked to have few day he just told me to take the week off.
Bobert Robertson 5 years ago
wow... I can only imagine what that would be like to deal with.
Load More Replies... Bobert Robertson 5 years ago (edited)
For me it was when our workplace was overly busy so we were working a lot of Saturdays. I'm in distribution for a large company, and oversee inbound operations. My manager told me if we did not have a good Saturday he was bringing a rope for me on Monday, indicating I should use it to hang myself. He then repeated that joke in front of me to his manager, who did not shut it down. The final straw was when he actually "jokingly" handed me a rope, that's when I made a formal statement with HR and it was dealt with appropriately.... we still work together now, but fortunately he learned his lesson and things have been all good since - I'm not one to hold a grudge over what I believe to be a poor joke.... It only upset me because I was afraid of someone else, who may have mental health issues or suicidal thoughts, being put in the same position.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
OMG, mental illness runs in my family, and that thought really scares me, for the individual and the coworkers. I hope you're not a POC, cause if so, that went way beyond bad taste, to me anyway. Then again, my black and brown friends always seem to handle this horrible sort of thing with amazing patience and grace
Load More Replies... Sandra Gifford 5 years ago
I was a great worker and team player, according to my coworkers. I was dealing with some health issues that I did not let influence my work. I always put in extra time and made sure things were done..One day, I collapsed and couldn't breathe (turns out I had congestive heart failure due to a undiagnosed birth defect and needed a pacemaker, which was found out many months later and solved everything). The paramedics were called. Several days later I was called into my boss's manager's office with a woman from HR sitting there. They said they had to "write me up." When I asked why, they said I had caused a commotion! I almost died! I needed a heart pacemaker! I refused to sign their little piece of paper and said I would call my attorney. Ultimately filed an EEOC complaint. Don't work for Paychex... you are forewarned!
Suzanne Donahue 5 years ago
I was an operating room nurse starting my shift at 6:45. No break , no lunch.At 1:45 i got dizzy. Obviously low blood sugar.An employee gets fired for testing their own blood sugar even though there are machines everywhere. I walked past manager and said I was gonna pass out. She said" I dont have time for this".A kind person on staff got me a bagel and OJ. I went to college to be treated like this.
Joanne Haywood 5 years ago
When you have to take the blame for another employee’s mistake because the manager refuses to believe that employee could make that mistake. The same employee who threw a hole punch, a stapler and a half-eaten sandwich at me. And who regularly verbally abused me and physically assaulted me. This was before they got rid of me. The same employer (large company) who let someone who had defrauded the company out of thousands, got prosecuted, but was allowed to keep his job because he was apparently the only one who could do it properly!
Wouldn't You Like to Know 5 years ago
Interviewed with a person for a job many times via video conference. Relocated and discovered that he was 100% different in person than on video where he was in his 'sales' mode. He threatened me by telling me if I want to fight fire with fire that he as a 'southern boy' fights fire with an inferno. WTH ever that means. It was then I realized he's bad mojo and found another job in a different city. He was so pissed he fired me when I gave him 1 month notice. Good riddance.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Had that happen awesome ago, as soon as they hired me the whole tone changed, as if they felt they already owned me. Then they wanted me to send money for "equipment" so a scam, but still.....
Load More Replies... A.M. Pierre 5 years ago
As I sadly discovered, there aren't a lot of protections for workers where I live (USA). I actually consulted with lawyers after my boss' actions escalated to the point where I feared for my safety. I asked what I could do about it. They said, "You can quit."
Load More Replies... Katharine Rudden 5 years ago
These are painful to read and I wish there were more kind and understanding decent people in middle management in America. The good bosses are more rare and we don’t exactly get to choose....companies take advantage of entry level workers especially and wages have not kept up with the cost of living here. A wonderful and supportive place to vent is “retail hell underground” and while it’s not really funny (though sometimes it is) it’s very real!
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