Story 5: A lawyer would have a field day with this since being punished for obeying your boss is likely a violation of employment law and might be treated as a hostile workplace as well.
Story 2 - That ‘you’re replaceable’ threat was used to intimidate people into ‘staying in line’ but now it’s become more of a ‘I dare you to quit because I know you won’t’ and most people decide ‘Screw this, I’m not putting up with this BS and this AH.’
@@murraystewartj maybe people should tell entitled managers who whine THIS, " That's cause nobody wants to work for a entitled stupid boss like you anymore!" Love to see THOSE entitled higher ups reactions 😅😅😂😂!!
I had to call off my over night shift at work one time - I felt so sick and my abdomen hurt so bad. Because I had called out recently when my husband had a small heart attack, they were a little put out. That's okay because within 4 hours I was being admitted to the medical unit I worked on, and had emergency appendectomy at 6 am. Then I was given 10 days off for healing. There was absolutely nothing they could say or do.
Story 2: Yeah…how did AD not see this coming? Like, what's her problem? She makes this meeting to tell the best employees that they are replaceable and absolute crap, and then multiple employees decide "I ain't working for this arsehole" and leave. I hope she never gets this role again
In Story 4, I would've done that same thing, and I would make sure that the Assistant Manager will remember it every chance I get, and rub it in her face about having to come in the morning after a late night trip to the ER looking like an extra in a zombie flick.
It reminds me of another story. [Pre covid] The OP was very sick and it showed. They was also server. Boss called demanding they come in and work their shift because they had a special guest throwing a party. They walk in and everyone stares. The host even tells them they should go home. But they were like Nope boss said I had to come in or I was fired. They walk into the special dinning room looking like death warmed over and announced that they were here for their shift. Boss takes one look at them and tells them to go home. OP then loudly announced that they couldn't afford to lose their job and he [boss] said they [OP] would be fired if they didn't show. Boss was embarrassed in front of important guest and sent OP home.
The boss of a friend of mine didn't want to give him the day off during his wedding, because she was too lazy to do her job alone. Fortunately, his boss' boss arrived during their discussion, and he made her do her job alone and gave my friend the day off.
Exactly, zero consideration for others and someone being in an accident. That Karen AM might get something worst than doing all of OP's shifts, because trying to do a spa day thing when you should be working, that's probably a sure way to get demoted or fired herself
I don't think she was supposed to be working I think she couldn't get someone to cover their shift so therefore would need to do it themselves and not get her time off @@cygnisdragon3485
Honestly, I was in the ER once after a fall on an uneven sidewalk to make sure I didn't break my knees, and even though both arms were just covered in scrapes and blood, which I brought up to them numerous times, they only worried about my knees and didn't even look at my arms, so I'm not surprised. I got home and realized one of my arms had gravel in it and that I was bleeding worse than I thought, but I guess they were so focused on my knees that they all just assumed someone else would get it.
Doctors aren't the heroes people think they are. Especially in the US, most docs are untouchable and seem to have completely checked out. Had one laugh at me because I asked her for nutrition advice... she thought omega-3 oils were 'essential oils' and proceeded to laugh and make jokes with the nurse. I never did get that nutritional advice. Also had an ER doc threaten me with police because my galstone issue was causing me so much pain I couldn't breathe / couldn't stop hyperventilating. Apparently only being able to squeak out "please help, I can't breathe" is threatening to ER personnel.
@@deadworld953 I'm so sorry you've been treated so poorly, they really shouldn't. That's why I try to avoid the big corporate doctor offices whenever possible, because those are designed with money in mind first and foremost. They treat it like a business. Try to squeeze into a small, locally/personally owned office. They are almost never accepting new patients because they tend to actually care and make sure each patient has the time they need. But if you do get in, you'll see why they're always booked. Lol Not saying corporate hired doctors don't care. Most do. They just don't have the time to else they'd simply be fired and replaced.
Story 2. I worked for an organization that liked to tell us that if we didn't like our job we could go cook burgers at the golden arches. The two supervisors that used this phrase the most were fired and the next time they were seen both were working at a burger joint.😂
A friend of my daughter worked with her in the same supermarket. Friend had worked there ages, knew all the tricks, &c. The store had a policy of "NO refunds on obviously used items". So this Karen walks in with sheets bundled under her arm: she doesn't like the colour and wants a refund. "No", says friend, best Customer Service Face on; "We don't do refunds, you've obviously used these" Cue screaming fit, cue threats of "I'm never shopping here again!" Cue customers and staff gathering to watch the show. Cue the Floor Manager, who gets an earful from Karen, a calm explanation from Friend, and pronounces his verdict. "Give the lady a refund" "You can't do that," says Friend, "It's policy to..." "Give her a refund!" So Friend grabs the receipt and sheets, rams them into manager's chest "You want to give her a refund, YOU do it! I've had enough!" and storms off. Manager had to call someone over, because he didn't know how to refund. Then he had to replace Friend. Manager was reprimanded for breaking refund protocol, and for losing a highly valued employee, and apologise to Friend, which he couldn't because she never went back.
I ordered a take away pizza one night from a big multi national chain that have spots on the boxes. The manager when I walked was a complete douche, chewing out a couple of staff members in front of customers. I looked straight at him, pointed at him and the gesturing finger with the "you come over here please" Manager is like "what's wrong sir". I proceeded to give the manager a spray. "As a customer, I do not ned to see this. If there is an issue with a staff member you deal with it in the hallway or in the office, never in front of the customer. That is the height of unprofessionalism and rudeness. What are your customers going to think seeing you behave like this" He actually hung his head and started to apologise to me. I stopped him and told him to "not apologise to me, apologise to your staff member. Bring him out here and apologise to him in front of everyone" When he said he could not do that, I basically said, if you don't I will cancel my order. So, them manager got the staff member and apologised to him in front of the customers in store. I asked him was that so hard? He said no it wasn't and I said "good, now, cancel my order. I will never come back to this store while you work here". And have never been back, and this was 8 years ago.
Nobody will bother reading this: When I was 17, I worked at a small corner supermarket after school. The owner, Ray, used to lose his cool over almost everything. One day I was trying to scan and bag a customer's large grocery trolley. The belt was full. Ray decided I was too slow and barged into my booth, took over the register and stood there so I could do nothing but bag after he scanned. I said, "sorry I'm a little slow today, Ray". He said (without even looking at me) "don't bother with excuses. Nobody wants to listen to you. I certainly don't." The customer was just sort of going pink with awkward embarrassment and I wasn't quite processing what had just been said to me. I was fired at the end of that week.
*Story 6-* My hubby works in a warehouse and is the type of guy that comes into work early everyday, and only leaves when everything’s finished, even if it’s _way_ past closing time. And he never gets sick! I don’t know how he does it, but he _never_ uses his sick days because of it! But one day, his tooth broke. So, he had to go to the dentist and get it fixed. You could tell he was not feeling good because of how much it hurt. 😢 But, after he came out, he got a call from his boss. His boss yelled at him, wondering why he wasn’t at work. So, when my hubby told him why, *his boss didn’t believe him!* So, he ended up getting a ride to the warehouse, because he was still loopy from the dentist. And when his boss saw his mouth and a note from the dentist, he actually gave him a few days off 🤭 lol
Story 4: My next question to my manager after "Do I still have my job?" would be "Does the assistant manager still have her job?" because I would be gathering all my relevant medical data and filing a formal complaint with HR. If she wasn't fired she'd be reminded every day that I still worked there that i now OWNED her. Don't ask me for shit!!
If any client or boss asks for a change in any work order GET THE CHANGES IN WRITING FIRST, just like OP you never know when you have to cover your own ar$e
Story 1: I remember reading a story about a customer and store clerk talking about something that was needed and not getting it. The owner/manager only heard part of what they were talking about and berated the employee that they were not allowed to say no to a customer. Then the owner/manager turned to the customer and said it will be ordered and will be here in a few days. And he asked what the customer wanted. The customer replied, "RAIN". The area was in a drought.
You are easily replaceable. Yeah, right!: My sister was a first day hire at a Staples store in the south central US for 12 years. She was an inventory specialist and copy center lead. She could be counted on to go the extra mile for her customers and had many large and small business regulars. She was let go after she had foot surgery and her recovery took longer than expected. Her business following evaporated and many of her customers went to the competitor. They eventually had to downsize and rent out half their space to a sporting goods store. They had to hire 4 people to do all the work she did. To date (now 12 years later) the job has been listed on job boards continuously for the first 4 years and sporadically the rest of the time.
Story 3: a perfect example of always get your agreements in writing. Especially if the demand is ridiculous and against reasonable or better judgement.
I've said it before in other videos. If you tell someone to do something and they ask you several times if that's what you really want or if they ask for it in writing STOP AND THINK TWICE cause that person is in "covering their ass" mode.
Story 3 - Hey Karen wanted them to ‘wash the garage twice a month’ and they did what SHE demanded. OP did try to warn her but being a Karen she didn’t want to listen. So everything that happened to her she brought it on herself.😂😂😂😂
In story 4, she must have gone to a really bad ER. They generally pick out all the gravel and make sure the wounds are completely clean to avoid the skin growing back over dirt and debris.
Depends on how swollen she got. It can be hard to even find all of the debris of the damaged tissue swells over it. Considering that she beefed it on a pot hole, there would have been a lot more debris than if she slid on an undamaged stretch of road.
Literally any ER anywhere in the US would be like that. Once had an ER doc threaten to call the police on me because I couldn't stop hyperventilating and she said it was 'threatening' (I was passing a gal-stone at the time and couldn't breathe due to pain).
When I was a career class, the instructor asked us what is the best benefit a company could offer. After the obvious one’s, health, vacation, retirement, etc, we thought we were done. He then said, the most important benefit of all, is to have a great boss. No matter how many other wonderful benefits they provide, but you end up absolutely hating your job because of a lousy boss, it’s just not worth it.
Wow, story 4. If you got fired because you were in a serious accident and had a doctor's note and you called in... I can just imagine how many lawyers would LOVE to take that wrongful termination case. Also, I would be REALLY concerned about keeping that job if the AM had it out for you.
Story 4: I wonder if OP could sue the city for the pothole having caused her accident? After all, if she’s in America, those bills are going to be insane.
I don't know about other places, but in NYC, you only have a suit if someone had previously submitted a complaint about the pothole (or other unsafe spot) in writing. If you're the first to fall victim to it, or nobody prior had submitted a complaint in writing, you're SOL.
Story 4: I sure hope that assistant manager was fired. To act so cruelly and callously towards someone who was that injured just so you could have a spa day is beyond the pale. It reminds me of that story where a woman’s son went into a coma, and her manager texted her demanding she come in to work instead of being with her son. The company they worked for promptly fired the manager once they got wind of it, releasing a public statement saying that the manager’s actions were not in line with the company’s values. It takes a certain kind of personality to be in any position of power over people. Maybe as a requirement in order to become a manager, people need to submit to a psychological evaluation to determine if they will be more empathetic or tyrannical kind of boss.
Some good stories. I think bosses telling employees "you're replaceable" only to find out that they aren't, combined with the doctor's note stories, are among my favourites. Hope that assistant manager got some punishment.
4th Story: I really hope that Assistant Manager got into major trouble over that, and by major, if she isn't fired, at least whatever is the closest next serious.
With Story....1.5(?), the response story about the manager essentially calling her subordinate deaf and incapable: Depending on if I was in the mood for hot or cold revenge, I would have rather gone *_FULL_* Karen on that manager (occasionally smiling to the employee or something so she'd know what's up), or get *_EXTREMELY_* quite, claim it's because of a sore throat or something, and then harass the manager for not giving me the great service she promised.
Whenever it starts to get really cold. I start looking forward to my favorite holiday on February 2. Groundhog's Day. Which means Spring is coming "Early" in 6 weeks! Lol
Our to-go coffee cups were substantially thicker, probably different composition, to the foam soft drink cups. We had a hostess fill a to go coffee in a soft drink cup. By the time she rang it up, the bottom melted out and splashed brewer-hot coffee down the customers arm and legs. Lawsuit incoming.
That assistant manager from the 4th story is lucky if she doesn't get in huge trouble for abuse of power cause the spoiled brat had to likely cancel her spa treatment. Kinda hope anyone that was aware of & could get away with it never let her live that down cause she knew she was fucked when OP came into work & especially when OP said things that made it clear to the manager that assistant manager harassed someone at like 1am.
I’m retired now but the last place I worked was a true hostile workplace. Because of the boss (owners daughter). She would constantly berate her chosen current victim in front of everyone. 🤬
Story 4: that assistant manager should lose her job because of what she did. I'd look at the manager and say "She yelled at my mom so you do what you need to do with that." Then i would've left
Road Rash Story: If I were OP, I'd have looked at the Assistant manager and said "The next time you scream at me or my mother the way you did 20 minutes ago, you WILL be hearing from my Lawyer when I Sue the Unholy Howling HELL out of you for Creating a Toxic Workplace, Workplace Harassment and uttering Threats! Do I make myself clear?...Good...now if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to bed for at least 2 days..." If I was OP's Manager, when I heard how the Assistant Manager spoke to OP and her Mother, I'd IMMEDIATELY Demote the AM back down to Cashier...and yes, the Former AM would be cancelling her Spa Day and covering OP's shifts...if she refused to cover OP's shifts, she'd be Demoted to the Ranks of the Unemployed...
Story 1 i had managers in the past reprimand me in front of customers or other employees. I let them talk and when they were done i reprimanded them for doing that in public. I told them they were to never do that again if they don’t want me reprimanding them in public again. Worked every time.
That's what I was thinking. They shouldn't be able to put a black mark on your record for doing exactly as directed. They should've been writing up the moron who told them to do it.
Story 5: I would ask "how the actual hell does one comply non-maliciously with those instructions?" But it's the government. They don't care about petty details like right/wrong and facts.
Story 2: I myself worked for a long time in a very unsatisfying job, minimum wage, overtime, and an a-hole boss whose favorite phrase, "No one is forced to work here," was repeated like a mantra by all the shift managers. I performed at 300% to 400% capacity at every station in the company until I asked for a raise. At that point, I had already worked for 4 years at the company, consistently earning only minimum wage and accumulating over 2800 overtime hours. My boss told me to either get back to work or go home and not come back. So I told him I was leaving. Three days later, I received a call from my shift manager, begging me to come back because three people were working at my position and were still unable to keep up with the work. I am back working there, now earning 75% more, have 2 extra vacation days per year, and am training the new people. I cannot be fired and receive annual bonuses and raises... Never pick a fight with someone who can do everything and is still four times faster than everyone else. 😅
Story 2 - If the AD was complaining about $7000 in lost revenue from the first meeting… how much did forcing all the managers to cancel their client meeting and attend the five minute meeting that could have been done via email?
13:25 Look a little closer, that's not "unraveling", as in unwinding. That's "gravel" turned into a verb ("ing") and implying that verb is removal ("un"). She meant she was covered in embedded gravel, it's time to clean up, remove the gravel, etc. :)
I agree that bosses shouldn't yell at employees in front of customers. Reminds me of a time some douchebag manager that used to work at the walmart I work at lectured me out in the open for "saying the wrong thing". My manager told me to do something that I haven't really been trained to do (something that was really HIS job) so I said "I'll see what I can do". Apparently that was somehow disrespectful, so the other manager gave me a condescending lecture over it. I ended up telling an older coworker about it and while she agreed that I didn't do anything wrong, she said he might've interpereted it as me saying that I wasn't gonna do what my manager asked. I'm autistic, so when I said "I'll see what I can do", that's literally what I meant; that I'd find a way to do it.
Years ago I had a boss who had a real bug up her rear about not being late. One day I get up and it's just raining buckets, hard. I turn on the radio and hear there are a lot of streets flooded and closed but they don't say which ones. It happened to be the day of the week that I worked an hour later than usual but I went ahead and got ready and headed out in case I had to detour or wait anywhere. It turned out my route wasn't too bad so I got in about 45 minutes early. I headed to the break room to get some coffee and was on my way back to my office to hide and read when she stopped me in the hallway, demanding to know why I was there and that we weren't supposed to be working outside of our assigned hours, blah, blah, then finally stopped and just looked at me. I asked if she was done. She said yes, so I told her if she hadn't stopped me that I would've been in my office with the door shut already, hiding out, and that I had left home early in case I had to detour or wait anywhere because I didn't want to be late because I know she doesn't like that. She had done this in front of several co-workers as well as clients coming and going around us. She finally said "oh" and stomped off, no apology or anything of course. Some folks just have no common sense or manners and shouldn't be supervising others.
my manager asked me on the floor when I was going to stop using my chair and go back to standing after coming back from messing up my knee on ice. customer told him off and said to be grateful I wanted to work during covid at all
Story 5: Had OP been fired, they would have a great workplace harassment case. Actually being reprimanded for malicious compliance would also be a good case for harassment.
Story 4: Wow. She should've added that if the AM ever tried that again, she'd be seeing her in court. But also, geez, that's why my parents always made sure I used actual _cars_ and firmly steered me away from scooters, motorbikes, etc.
Story 1 joke. Manager heard cashier say to customer:"yes we dont have it, and dont expect to have in near future." Manager rush over and says "We have it in order and should be coming next week." Customer gives manager a weird look and leaves. Manager to cashier:" NEVER say we don't have it, ALWAYS say we have it coming. Now what did he want?" ... .. . "Rain. He said we haven't had rain in long time."
So 2 years ago I broke my foot in 11 places when I wrecked my moped on my way to work. My assistant manager drove me home and my manager gave me a month off of work to recover. One of the only nice things that they ever did for me! Holy crap, that assistant manager is ridiculously entitled!
I really, REALLY hope that the AM in story 4 at minimum got torn a new one, preferably fired on the spot so she could enjoy her spa day without any schedule considerations. That said, I'm surprised OP was allowed to leave the ER without having the road rash cleaned up.
I worked at a restaurant as a waitress, and I was working while the owner was there, I don't remember what I did or anything (it's been almost 10 years ago) and in front of costumers, he was upset and started to belittle me, and I started to cry, I looked over seeing some customers looking at me with pity. Keep in mind I also just had a baby who was NICU for a month when she was born. And when I quit because the workplace was toxic ( mainly the owner) and he talked about me to the new waitress like I was crazy. But fear not months later that place closed for good, the owner went to jail because he sexually assaulted a minor. I was also sexually assaulted by a cook, but I didn't do anything because I didn't think anything of it. But looking back now I wish I had the attitude I have now, but it is what it is.
So the first story reminded me of something that happened at a place I worked. For note I found my now husband at this place and my dad worked with us. So we worked at a pizza place both my dad and my husband were delivery guys. My husband also drove a truck. One day my husband was about to pull out of his spot when a woman zoomed up in front of his truck, and parked (she wasn't even in a spot and with how small the parking lot is my husband liked to back into the spots because for him it's easier to back in rather than back out) basically pinning him truck in the spot as the building was behind him. My husband gently honked his horn at her and did a wtf motion. She got so angry and got back in her car and zoomed to the front of the building. She stormed in and started yelling about how it driver was rude to her and how she needs to speak to a manager (we were so busy that everyone was running around like bats out of heck). My dad (who has just came in from a run) walked up and asked what the issue was. She started yelling at my dad about this a**hole driver who hooked at her while she was parked and how he was being super rude. My dad is like "it's okay ma'am I'll give him a stern talking to when he gets back. Other than that how can I help you" my dad expedited her order to get her out ASAP. When my husband got back my dad walks up and say "next time push the dumb b**** into the f***ing highway. You're in a truck she was in a car". That night she put in a complaint with corporate because "the manager (my dad who wasn't even a manager) acted hostile towards an employee to appease her because she's black" my dad responded with "no it was because she was being an annoying b****". He then went and apologized to the manager that got in trouble for it.
That doesn't make sense. If your husband was out while your dad was dealing with the woman, how could he (your dad) have been hostile to the employee (your husband) in front of her to appease her? You said he wasn't there.
The line about bad bosses sticking around reminds me of a story of my own. Not of malicious compliance, though they're was some of that once, where he told us to just fold all the boxes, so we did, even after we ran out of room, and had to store them in weird places that interfered with business. I worked at Domino's, for an absolutely awful manager. He was sexist, racist, and straight up abusive. He liked to tell all the female employees that "all women deserve to be taken out back and shot like dogs." I was his lead assistant manager, and we were discussing competition in town, when I brought up the Little Caesars. He said that only Mexicans go there, not "normal people," so they didn't count as competition. He'd say racist things to the one employee we had who spoke Spanish, whenever he catered to a Spanish-speaking customer. He actually abused me directly until I had a full-blown mental breakdown that left me disabled for three months. And despite the service numbers plummeting during my leave, he got a promotion to a better store that made more money. Since general managers got bonuses based on store profits, he made more money. Last laugh is mine, though. He still works for Domino's, whereas I make about what he was making to do a job I love, for a great company that treats its employees well, with far fewer responsibilities.
Story 2: OP and the other employees should have notified top-tier management on WHY and because of WHOM they are all quitting. Story 3: This is a very important rule of thumb: If someone wants you to confirm something...IN WRITING...you need to rethink what you just demanded! Story 4: I'm might have let AM to fire me without cause (for a medical issue) then demand her termination as part of the lawsuit to corporate. Yeah I'm that petty. Story 5: OP should have asked...at the disciplinary meeting...exactly how many COPIES of this one handbook boss wants so they can be handed out to the employees?
Holy cow the data center story brings back memories. First of all, you’re right I always wore a hoodie because those things were always cold and damp. But for Y2K, we all dressed up in prom tuxedos complete with tails, white tie, and a top hat. Of course, the fact that nothing happened was a big letdown, but everybody got a big charge out of it.
@@kranberry3318 yeah everybody thought it was funny and enjoyed our display. A lot of the executives in the big brass were there in case the worst catastrophes that were predicted happened. When they saw us, they all laughed because they thought it was pretty funny. Of course we all had to change it close in case we had to get dirty, but nothing happened and it turned into a bit of a party
to story 1: they sell HOT coffee in STYROFOAM cups?? to my knowledge styrofoam will deform when exposed to such hot liquids for an extended time period. they are not selling coffee to drink but a mess waiting to happen. i'm pretty sure many of the truckers will need to clean their trucks from spilled coffee by the time they reach the next stop.
Story2: "you're replaceable" is basically what the president of my employer said to the entire company when he started making unpopular changes. He now realizes he can't get away with that, when 500 people walked, that we actually can't replace, and still haven't. He's been conspicuously quiet since.
Coffee story -- you never sell coffee at a loss; coffee is cheap to make, the cup costs more than the coffee inside it (unless you are talking about fancy coffees from certain coffee shops or something).
STORY #2 if I OP I would hire a lawyer and get them to send a cease and desist letter to the company telling them that they can no longer use the billing protocol for the database because I developed it you can continue to use it but you have to pay me to do so/ STORY #3 HEY no one can get mad at OP he was doing what he was told and had a paper trail to prove it/ STORY #4 I myself would have done the same thing as OP but I really would have played it up limping sliding the other foot on the floor drooling and all that jazz just to see the face on the assistant managers face when I told the head manager what she did without his knowledge/ LAST STORY there is nothing else to say except NOW THAT WAS SOME GREAT MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE I MEAN COME ON THAT WAS AWESOME
I did Work in a Bakery, doing the Work of 2-3 People and even doing Something that a better payed Job should do. For lesser Money than it should be payed. I don't Work there anymore.
oh don't worry... they don't sell coffee at a loss. A calculation was made one time about coffee sold in coffee shop or a capsule or whatever... the result was that they were "charging" up to 4000$ per kilo of coffee...
I cracked up over the last story! Talk about overkill WITH malicious compliance! I have a question: Did this Reddit story happen in 2023? I'm asking because green formal gowns were worn by the mothers of the brides and the grooms this past year. In addition, I found a very pretty casual maxi dress in green and bought it. Green is a color for clothing that I hate; however, I found the shade of green of my maxi dress beautiful.
BIG Coffee Story: I don't know where in the world you might be (assuming US or Canada), but berating an employee in front of ANYONE, customers or peers, in certain parts of the world could be against local labor laws, and in most cases, Human Rights Legislation. It is considered Protected Grounds as a Harassment Violation and is also considered Discriminatory. Add some criminal charges to the malicious compliance and see how fast they change their tune.
I had a manager tell me that I'm replaceable once. I stared her down and didn't change how I worked, but immediately went job searching and got a much better job that pays nearly double. In the remaining time I was there I showed just how much I didn't care and it got to the point where she wouldn't even look me in the eye. Whenever she noticed me she looked down and walked away
Comment reminders for people 1. Middle management are the serious ones. Upper management and CEO's, if they're the type to interact with people, tend to be way more chill. You can roast them by drunken musical number, if you want. So long as you're not interrupting their work, they probably won't care. 2. If you're in management, remember; saying anyone is expendable is practically a guarantee they'll quit, and your company is more expendable to them than they are to you. 3. People don't often understand things properly until they lay eyes on them. Assume a reasonable level of detachment from your perspective. 4. Get everything in writing.
If you do something to annoy or anger your employees, the first ones who will leave are the ones that are best at their job and have the most experience.
Get injured on the way to work? In Australia that is covered by Workers Comp. Fill out the forms etc and you can't return without medical clearance. If your boss tries to block your claim there are serious legal consequences. The usual trick to avoid a claim and therefore possible increase in insurance premiums, was to try and sack you and date it just before the incident.
Story 5: A lawyer would have a field day with this since being punished for obeying your boss is likely a violation of employment law and might be treated as a hostile workplace as well.
I'm starting to hit critical mass, this is the first story I know I've heard on another one.
@@Ron-d2s On another channel or another video from this channel?
@@Jacob-he3sn No clue, could have been the same channel, I wasn't watching too many different channels and have move on for the most part since
Story 2 - That ‘you’re replaceable’ threat was used to intimidate people into ‘staying in line’ but now it’s become more of a ‘I dare you to quit because I know you won’t’ and most people decide ‘Screw this, I’m not putting up with this BS and this AH.’
These are the same managers who whine, "Nobody wants to work anymore!"
@@murraystewartj maybe people should tell entitled managers who whine THIS, " That's cause nobody wants to work for a entitled stupid boss like you anymore!" Love to see THOSE entitled higher ups reactions 😅😅😂😂!!
And the same managers who don't want to work anymore.@@murraystewartj
I had to call off my over night shift at work one time - I felt so sick and my abdomen hurt so bad. Because I had called out recently when my husband had a small heart attack, they were a little put out. That's okay because within 4 hours I was being admitted to the medical unit I worked on, and had emergency appendectomy at 6 am. Then I was given 10 days off for healing. There was absolutely nothing they could say or do.
Story 2: Yeah…how did AD not see this coming? Like, what's her problem?
She makes this meeting to tell the best employees that they are replaceable and absolute crap, and then multiple employees decide "I ain't working for this arsehole" and leave. I hope she never gets this role again
The last one was actually wholesome. Noice
In Story 4, I would've done that same thing, and I would make sure that the Assistant Manager will remember it every chance I get, and rub it in her face about having to come in the morning after a late night trip to the ER looking like an extra in a zombie flick.
The Assistant Manager should've been fired ASAP!
It reminds me of another story. [Pre covid] The OP was very sick and it showed. They was also server. Boss called demanding they come in and work their shift because they had a special guest throwing a party. They walk in and everyone stares. The host even tells them they should go home. But they were like Nope boss said I had to come in or I was fired.
They walk into the special dinning room looking like death warmed over and announced that they were here for their shift. Boss takes one look at them and tells them to go home. OP then loudly announced that they couldn't afford to lose their job and he [boss] said they [OP] would be fired if they didn't show. Boss was embarrassed in front of important guest and sent OP home.
Story 4: Ah yes, threatening to fire someone because you don't want your spa day interrupted. Talk about having zero consideration for other people.
Especially if that person was in an accident
The boss of a friend of mine didn't want to give him the day off during his wedding, because she was too lazy to do her job alone. Fortunately, his boss' boss arrived during their discussion, and he made her do her job alone and gave my friend the day off.
Exactly, zero consideration for others and someone being in an accident. That Karen AM might get something worst than doing all of OP's shifts, because trying to do a spa day thing when you should be working, that's probably a sure way to get demoted or fired herself
I don't think she was supposed to be working I think she couldn't get someone to cover their shift so therefore would need to do it themselves and not get her time off @@cygnisdragon3485
@@cygnisdragon3485 And she could get a lawsuit too.
I'm surprised the hospital let OP from story 4 leave without cleaning her wounds. Leaving the gravel, etc, in her wounds is a big infection risk.
OP said her face looks like gravel, not that there were gravels left on her face.
Honestly, I was in the ER once after a fall on an uneven sidewalk to make sure I didn't break my knees, and even though both arms were just covered in scrapes and blood, which I brought up to them numerous times, they only worried about my knees and didn't even look at my arms, so I'm not surprised. I got home and realized one of my arms had gravel in it and that I was bleeding worse than I thought, but I guess they were so focused on my knees that they all just assumed someone else would get it.
US med system is like that though. The ER treats the immediate issue and that is it.
Doctors aren't the heroes people think they are. Especially in the US, most docs are untouchable and seem to have completely checked out.
Had one laugh at me because I asked her for nutrition advice... she thought omega-3 oils were 'essential oils' and proceeded to laugh and make jokes with the nurse.
I never did get that nutritional advice.
Also had an ER doc threaten me with police because my galstone issue was causing me so much pain I couldn't breathe / couldn't stop hyperventilating. Apparently only being able to squeak out "please help, I can't breathe" is threatening to ER personnel.
@@deadworld953
I'm so sorry you've been treated so poorly, they really shouldn't.
That's why I try to avoid the big corporate doctor offices whenever possible, because those are designed with money in mind first and foremost. They treat it like a business.
Try to squeeze into a small, locally/personally owned office. They are almost never accepting new patients because they tend to actually care and make sure each patient has the time they need. But if you do get in, you'll see why they're always booked. Lol
Not saying corporate hired doctors don't care. Most do. They just don't have the time to else they'd simply be fired and replaced.
Story 2. I worked for an organization that liked to tell us that if we didn't like our job we could go cook burgers at the golden arches. The two supervisors that used this phrase the most were fired and the next time they were seen both were working at a burger joint.😂
What a good idea. Bully and ridicule the employees behind, or in front of customers that are the only ones keeping the business running.
Stupidly at its finest
A friend of my daughter worked with her in the same supermarket. Friend had worked there ages, knew all the tricks, &c. The store had a policy of "NO refunds on obviously used items".
So this Karen walks in with sheets bundled under her arm: she doesn't like the colour and wants a refund. "No", says friend, best Customer Service Face on; "We don't do refunds, you've obviously used these" Cue screaming fit, cue threats of "I'm never shopping here again!" Cue customers and staff gathering to watch the show.
Cue the Floor Manager, who gets an earful from Karen, a calm explanation from Friend, and pronounces his verdict. "Give the lady a refund" "You can't do that," says Friend, "It's policy to..." "Give her a refund!"
So Friend grabs the receipt and sheets, rams them into manager's chest "You want to give her a refund, YOU do it! I've had enough!" and storms off.
Manager had to call someone over, because he didn't know how to refund. Then he had to replace Friend.
Manager was reprimanded for breaking refund protocol, and for losing a highly valued employee, and apologise to Friend, which he couldn't because she never went back.
I ordered a take away pizza one night from a big multi national chain that have spots on the boxes. The manager when I walked was a complete douche, chewing out a couple of staff members in front of customers. I looked straight at him, pointed at him and the gesturing finger with the "you come over here please" Manager is like "what's wrong sir". I proceeded to give the manager a spray. "As a customer, I do not ned to see this. If there is an issue with a staff member you deal with it in the hallway or in the office, never in front of the customer. That is the height of unprofessionalism and rudeness. What are your customers going to think seeing you behave like this" He actually hung his head and started to apologise to me. I stopped him and told him to "not apologise to me, apologise to your staff member. Bring him out here and apologise to him in front of everyone" When he said he could not do that, I basically said, if you don't I will cancel my order. So, them manager got the staff member and apologised to him in front of the customers in store. I asked him was that so hard? He said no it wasn't and I said "good, now, cancel my order. I will never come back to this store while you work here". And have never been back, and this was 8 years ago.
@@dashamanstevo5326 Well done.👏👏👏 Way to stand up for the employees and put that jerk manager in his place.
Nobody will bother reading this:
When I was 17, I worked at a small corner supermarket after school. The owner, Ray, used to lose his cool over almost everything. One day I was trying to scan and bag a customer's large grocery trolley. The belt was full. Ray decided I was too slow and barged into my booth, took over the register and stood there so I could do nothing but bag after he scanned. I said, "sorry I'm a little slow today, Ray". He said (without even looking at me) "don't bother with excuses. Nobody wants to listen to you. I certainly don't."
The customer was just sort of going pink with awkward embarrassment and I wasn't quite processing what had just been said to me. I was fired at the end of that week.
*Story 6-* My hubby works in a warehouse and is the type of guy that comes into work early everyday, and only leaves when everything’s finished, even if it’s _way_ past closing time. And he never gets sick! I don’t know how he does it, but he _never_ uses his sick days because of it! But one day, his tooth broke. So, he had to go to the dentist and get it fixed. You could tell he was not feeling good because of how much it hurt. 😢 But, after he came out, he got a call from his boss. His boss yelled at him, wondering why he wasn’t at work. So, when my hubby told him why, *his boss didn’t believe him!* So, he ended up getting a ride to the warehouse, because he was still loopy from the dentist.
And when his boss saw his mouth and a note from the dentist, he actually gave him a few days off 🤭 lol
Story 4: My next question to my manager after "Do I still have my job?" would be "Does the assistant manager still have her job?" because I would be gathering all my relevant medical data and filing a formal complaint with HR. If she wasn't fired she'd be reminded every day that I still worked there that i now OWNED her. Don't ask me for shit!!
Bold of you to assume a gas station has an HR department.
Something I learned in the Navy: Praise in public, censure in private.
If any client or boss asks for a change in any work order GET THE CHANGES IN WRITING FIRST, just like OP you never know when you have to cover your own ar$e
Story 1: I remember reading a story about a customer and store clerk talking about something that was needed and not getting it. The owner/manager only heard part of what they were talking about and berated the employee that they were not allowed to say no to a customer. Then the owner/manager turned to the customer and said it will be ordered and will be here in a few days. And he asked what the customer wanted. The customer replied, "RAIN". The area was in a drought.
You are easily replaceable. Yeah, right!: My sister was a first day hire at a Staples store in the south central US for 12 years. She was an inventory specialist and copy center lead. She could be counted on to go the extra mile for her customers and had many large and small business regulars. She was let go after she had foot surgery and her recovery took longer than expected. Her business following evaporated and many of her customers went to the competitor. They eventually had to downsize and rent out half their space to a sporting goods store. They had to hire 4 people to do all the work she did. To date (now 12 years later) the job has been listed on job boards continuously for the first 4 years and sporadically the rest of the time.
Story 4 - I hope that Witch was fired! What she did was disgusting!
Story 3: a perfect example of always get your agreements in writing. Especially if the demand is ridiculous and against reasonable or better judgement.
I've said it before in other videos. If you tell someone to do something and they ask you several times if that's what you really want or if they ask for it in writing STOP AND THINK TWICE cause that person is in "covering their ass" mode.
Story 3 - Hey Karen wanted them to ‘wash the garage twice a month’ and they did what SHE demanded. OP did try to warn her but being a Karen she didn’t want to listen.
So everything that happened to her she brought it on herself.😂😂😂😂
Hope the board sued her for compensation.
@@madgevanness4011 No kidding
*garage
@@kranberry3318 Thanks for pointing that out. Stupid auto correct
@@tmntfangirl4700 Autocorrect is a pain. Once, my SO tried to reply to something I said with “pog” but his autocorrect decided to call me a pig! 🐷 😂
Most people don't quit bad jobs. They quit bad bosses.
In story 4, she must have gone to a really bad ER. They generally pick out all the gravel and make sure the wounds are completely clean to avoid the skin growing back over dirt and debris.
I have permanent black marks on my right hip because serious road rash I got in a bike accident wasn't cleaned out properly. It happens.
Depends on how swollen she got. It can be hard to even find all of the debris of the damaged tissue swells over it. Considering that she beefed it on a pot hole, there would have been a lot more debris than if she slid on an undamaged stretch of road.
Literally any ER anywhere in the US would be like that. Once had an ER doc threaten to call the police on me because I couldn't stop hyperventilating and she said it was 'threatening' (I was passing a gal-stone at the time and couldn't breathe due to pain).
@@deadworld953 In what way was that threatening?
When I was a career class, the instructor asked us what is the best benefit a company could offer. After the obvious one’s, health, vacation, retirement, etc, we thought we were done. He then said, the most important benefit of all, is to have a great boss. No matter how many other wonderful benefits they provide, but you end up absolutely hating your job because of a lousy boss, it’s just not worth it.
Story 3: That HOA board was already looking for a reason to get rid of Karen. And she gave them the perfect opportunity 😂😂😂
Wow, story 4. If you got fired because you were in a serious accident and had a doctor's note and you called in... I can just imagine how many lawyers would LOVE to take that wrongful termination case. Also, I would be REALLY concerned about keeping that job if the AM had it out for you.
Story 4: I wonder if OP could sue the city for the pothole having caused her accident? After all, if she’s in America, those bills are going to be insane.
If that was possible, I think the state of Massachusetts would be in crippling legal debt.
I don't know about other places, but in NYC, you only have a suit if someone had previously submitted a complaint about the pothole (or other unsafe spot) in writing. If you're the first to fall victim to it, or nobody prior had submitted a complaint in writing, you're SOL.
Story 4: I sure hope that assistant manager was fired. To act so cruelly and callously towards someone who was that injured just so you could have a spa day is beyond the pale.
It reminds me of that story where a woman’s son went into a coma, and her manager texted her demanding she come in to work instead of being with her son.
The company they worked for promptly fired the manager once they got wind of it, releasing a public statement saying that the manager’s actions were not in line with the company’s values.
It takes a certain kind of personality to be in any position of power over people. Maybe as a requirement in order to become a manager, people need to submit to a psychological evaluation to determine if they will be more empathetic or tyrannical kind of boss.
love when malicious compliance backfires on the boss but also feels good when there's wholesome malicious compliance that lightens the mood.
Last Story: At least the boss is a sport in the end. Rare happy ending for a Malicious Compliance story.
Some good stories. I think bosses telling employees "you're replaceable" only to find out that they aren't, combined with the doctor's note stories, are among my favourites. Hope that assistant manager got some punishment.
4th Story: I really hope that Assistant Manager got into major trouble over that, and by major, if she isn't fired, at least whatever is the closest next serious.
With Story....1.5(?), the response story about the manager essentially calling her subordinate deaf and incapable:
Depending on if I was in the mood for hot or cold revenge, I would have rather gone *_FULL_* Karen on that manager (occasionally smiling to the employee or something so she'd know what's up), or get *_EXTREMELY_* quite, claim it's because of a sore throat or something, and then harass the manager for not giving me the great service she promised.
I know it's only the 3rd day in January, but I can only imagine when February comes around and Valentine's Day Karens come crawling out.
Whenever it starts to get really cold. I start looking forward to my favorite holiday on February 2. Groundhog's Day. Which means Spring is coming "Early" in 6 weeks! Lol
Our to-go coffee cups were substantially thicker, probably different composition, to the foam soft drink cups. We had a hostess fill a to go coffee in a soft drink cup. By the time she rang it up, the bottom melted out and splashed brewer-hot coffee down the customers arm and legs. Lawsuit incoming.
That assistant manager from the 4th story is lucky if she doesn't get in huge trouble for abuse of power cause the spoiled brat had to likely cancel her spa treatment. Kinda hope anyone that was aware of & could get away with it never let her live that down cause she knew she was fucked when OP came into work & especially when OP said things that made it clear to the manager that assistant manager harassed someone at like 1am.
I’m retired now but the last place I worked was a true hostile workplace. Because of the boss (owners daughter). She would constantly berate her chosen current victim in front of everyone. 🤬
Story 4: that assistant manager should lose her job because of what she did. I'd look at the manager and say "She yelled at my mom so you do what you need to do with that." Then i would've left
I'm astounded there's not an epidemic of managers "Jumping/Acidentally fallling out of high windows"
Story 1: I wonder if the manageress will ever find out?
Road Rash Story: If I were OP, I'd have looked at the Assistant manager and said "The next time you scream at me or my mother the way you did 20 minutes ago, you WILL be hearing from my Lawyer when I Sue the Unholy Howling HELL out of you for Creating a Toxic Workplace, Workplace Harassment and uttering Threats! Do I make myself clear?...Good...now if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to bed for at least 2 days..."
If I was OP's Manager, when I heard how the Assistant Manager spoke to OP and her Mother, I'd IMMEDIATELY Demote the AM back down to Cashier...and yes, the Former AM would be cancelling her Spa Day and covering OP's shifts...if she refused to cover OP's shifts, she'd be Demoted to the Ranks of the Unemployed...
Story 1 i had managers in the past reprimand me in front of customers or other employees. I let them talk and when they were done i reprimanded them for doing that in public. I told them they were to never do that again if they don’t want me reprimanding them in public again. Worked every time.
Bring on another year of hilarious stories about horrible people!
Story 5, I would have gotten them to remove the write up or I'll haul their asses to court.
That's what I was thinking. They shouldn't be able to put a black mark on your record for doing exactly as directed. They should've been writing up the moron who told them to do it.
Story 5: I would ask "how the actual hell does one comply non-maliciously with those instructions?" But it's the government. They don't care about petty details like right/wrong and facts.
You say that as if corporations aren’t bloated, inefficient, bogged down with stupid rules, and immune to reality.
@@mjjoe76 Never did I ever. Omission is not the same as exception.
Story 2: I myself worked for a long time in a very unsatisfying job, minimum wage, overtime, and an a-hole boss whose favorite phrase, "No one is forced to work here," was repeated like a mantra by all the shift managers.
I performed at 300% to 400% capacity at every station in the company until I asked for a raise. At that point, I had already worked for 4 years at the company, consistently earning only minimum wage and accumulating over 2800 overtime hours.
My boss told me to either get back to work or go home and not come back. So I told him I was leaving.
Three days later, I received a call from my shift manager, begging me to come back because three people were working at my position and were still unable to keep up with the work.
I am back working there, now earning 75% more, have 2 extra vacation days per year, and am training the new people. I cannot be fired and receive annual bonuses and raises...
Never pick a fight with someone who can do everything and is still four times faster than everyone else. 😅
Story 2 - If the AD was complaining about $7000 in lost revenue from the first meeting… how much did forcing all the managers to cancel their client meeting and attend the five minute meeting that could have been done via email?
Scooter girl story: I've had extreme road rash a few times.
It's not fun. You're a tough young lady. Just remember some guys dig scars too.
story 5 the person who does the malicious compliance should never be written up,
OP was just doing what they were demanded to do, not their fault!
Last story - Now that’s hilarious 🤣
13:25 Look a little closer, that's not "unraveling", as in unwinding. That's "gravel" turned into a verb ("ing") and implying that verb is removal ("un"). She meant she was covered in embedded gravel, it's time to clean up, remove the gravel, etc. :)
I agree that bosses shouldn't yell at employees in front of customers. Reminds me of a time some douchebag manager that used to work at the walmart I work at lectured me out in the open for "saying the wrong thing". My manager told me to do something that I haven't really been trained to do (something that was really HIS job) so I said "I'll see what I can do". Apparently that was somehow disrespectful, so the other manager gave me a condescending lecture over it.
I ended up telling an older coworker about it and while she agreed that I didn't do anything wrong, she said he might've interpereted it as me saying that I wasn't gonna do what my manager asked. I'm autistic, so when I said "I'll see what I can do", that's literally what I meant; that I'd find a way to do it.
Years ago I had a boss who had a real bug up her rear about not being late. One day I get up and it's just raining buckets, hard. I turn on the radio and hear there are a lot of streets flooded and closed but they don't say which ones. It happened to be the day of the week that I worked an hour later than usual but I went ahead and got ready and headed out in case I had to detour or wait anywhere. It turned out my route wasn't too bad so I got in about 45 minutes early. I headed to the break room to get some coffee and was on my way back to my office to hide and read when she stopped me in the hallway, demanding to know why I was there and that we weren't supposed to be working outside of our assigned hours, blah, blah, then finally stopped and just looked at me. I asked if she was done. She said yes, so I told her if she hadn't stopped me that I would've been in my office with the door shut already, hiding out, and that I had left home early in case I had to detour or wait anywhere because I didn't want to be late because I know she doesn't like that. She had done this in front of several co-workers as well as clients coming and going around us. She finally said "oh" and stomped off, no apology or anything of course. Some folks just have no common sense or manners and shouldn't be supervising others.
my manager asked me on the floor when I was going to stop using my chair and go back to standing after coming back from messing up my knee on ice. customer told him off and said to be grateful I wanted to work during covid at all
On the scooter story, I wish Assistant manager got FIRED. Great job op, I hope you are doing well.
Story 5:
Had OP been fired, they would have a great workplace harassment case. Actually being reprimanded for malicious compliance would also be a good case for harassment.
On the first story, great job op.
Story 4: Wow. She should've added that if the AM ever tried that again, she'd be seeing her in court. But also, geez, that's why my parents always made sure I used actual _cars_ and firmly steered me away from scooters, motorbikes, etc.
Be careful what you ask for, manager's version.
Story 1 joke.
Manager heard cashier say to customer:"yes we dont have it, and dont expect to have in near future." Manager rush over and says "We have it in order and should be coming next week." Customer gives manager a weird look and leaves. Manager to cashier:" NEVER say we don't have it, ALWAYS say we have it coming. Now what did he want?"
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"Rain. He said we haven't had rain in long time."
Yeah, bad bosses do tend to stick around - much like a foul stench in an elevator.
So 2 years ago I broke my foot in 11 places when I wrecked my moped on my way to work. My assistant manager drove me home and my manager gave me a month off of work to recover. One of the only nice things that they ever did for me! Holy crap, that assistant manager is ridiculously entitled!
I really, REALLY hope that the AM in story 4 at minimum got torn a new one, preferably fired on the spot so she could enjoy her spa day without any schedule considerations. That said, I'm surprised OP was allowed to leave the ER without having the road rash cleaned up.
I worked at a restaurant as a waitress, and I was working while the owner was there, I don't remember what I did or anything (it's been almost 10 years ago) and in front of costumers, he was upset and started to belittle me, and I started to cry, I looked over seeing some customers looking at me with pity. Keep in mind I also just had a baby who was NICU for a month when she was born. And when I quit because the workplace was toxic ( mainly the owner) and he talked about me to the new waitress like I was crazy.
But fear not months later that place closed for good, the owner went to jail because he sexually assaulted a minor. I was also sexually assaulted by a cook, but I didn't do anything because I didn't think anything of it. But looking back now I wish I had the attitude I have now, but it is what it is.
So the first story reminded me of something that happened at a place I worked. For note I found my now husband at this place and my dad worked with us.
So we worked at a pizza place both my dad and my husband were delivery guys. My husband also drove a truck. One day my husband was about to pull out of his spot when a woman zoomed up in front of his truck, and parked (she wasn't even in a spot and with how small the parking lot is my husband liked to back into the spots because for him it's easier to back in rather than back out) basically pinning him truck in the spot as the building was behind him. My husband gently honked his horn at her and did a wtf motion. She got so angry and got back in her car and zoomed to the front of the building. She stormed in and started yelling about how it driver was rude to her and how she needs to speak to a manager (we were so busy that everyone was running around like bats out of heck). My dad (who has just came in from a run) walked up and asked what the issue was. She started yelling at my dad about this a**hole driver who hooked at her while she was parked and how he was being super rude. My dad is like "it's okay ma'am I'll give him a stern talking to when he gets back. Other than that how can I help you" my dad expedited her order to get her out ASAP. When my husband got back my dad walks up and say "next time push the dumb b**** into the f***ing highway. You're in a truck she was in a car". That night she put in a complaint with corporate because "the manager (my dad who wasn't even a manager) acted hostile towards an employee to appease her because she's black" my dad responded with "no it was because she was being an annoying b****". He then went and apologized to the manager that got in trouble for it.
That doesn't make sense. If your husband was out while your dad was dealing with the woman, how could he (your dad) have been hostile to the employee (your husband) in front of her to appease her? You said he wasn't there.
@@nadinesharp9766 because of how he was saying he was going to talk to my husband.
@@squeaker4341 By saying he'd give him a stern talk? That's not hostile, that's normal.
@@nadinesharp9766 I know. I thought my dad handled it good.
Story 3 sounded just like EASY MONEY winner winner chicken 🍗 dinner.
Hope the wash crew got a bonus.
That last story had me rolling. I could see it in my head lol.
The line about bad bosses sticking around reminds me of a story of my own. Not of malicious compliance, though they're was some of that once, where he told us to just fold all the boxes, so we did, even after we ran out of room, and had to store them in weird places that interfered with business. I worked at Domino's, for an absolutely awful manager. He was sexist, racist, and straight up abusive. He liked to tell all the female employees that "all women deserve to be taken out back and shot like dogs." I was his lead assistant manager, and we were discussing competition in town, when I brought up the Little Caesars. He said that only Mexicans go there, not "normal people," so they didn't count as competition. He'd say racist things to the one employee we had who spoke Spanish, whenever he catered to a Spanish-speaking customer. He actually abused me directly until I had a full-blown mental breakdown that left me disabled for three months. And despite the service numbers plummeting during my leave, he got a promotion to a better store that made more money. Since general managers got bonuses based on store profits, he made more money. Last laugh is mine, though. He still works for Domino's, whereas I make about what he was making to do a job I love, for a great company that treats its employees well, with far fewer responsibilities.
Story 6 - I’m over here cackling in laughter in my cubicle at work. I’m dying 😂😂😂
Story 2: OP and the other employees should have notified top-tier management on WHY and because of WHOM they are all quitting.
Story 3: This is a very important rule of thumb: If someone wants you to confirm something...IN WRITING...you need to rethink what you just demanded!
Story 4: I'm might have let AM to fire me without cause (for a medical issue) then demand her termination as part of the lawsuit to corporate. Yeah I'm that petty.
Story 5: OP should have asked...at the disciplinary meeting...exactly how many COPIES of this one handbook boss wants so they can be handed out to the employees?
Every time I see your cheerful avatar I wanna hug it
Like, actual management textbooks say to always deliver criticism in private, and praise in public.
the garage cleaning one was great.
Holy cow the data center story brings back memories. First of all, you’re right I always wore a hoodie because those things were always cold and damp. But for Y2K, we all dressed up in prom tuxedos complete with tails, white tie, and a top hat. Of course, the fact that nothing happened was a big letdown, but everybody got a big charge out of it.
A big charge?
@@kranberry3318 yeah everybody thought it was funny and enjoyed our display. A lot of the executives in the big brass were there in case the worst catastrophes that were predicted happened. When they saw us, they all laughed because they thought it was pretty funny. Of course we all had to change it close in case we had to get dirty, but nothing happened and it turned into a bit of a party
@@jamescaron6465 Sounds fun! I guess I’ve just never heard “charge” used like that lol
@@kranberry3318 ahhh ok
That paper, ink cartridges, and wear and tear on the copy machines was probably like $15000 dollars!!!
Some jobs like story 5 just seem like adult daycare for management. Arts and crafts time before the holidays.
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That last story is hilarious!
to story 1: they sell HOT coffee in STYROFOAM cups??
to my knowledge styrofoam will deform when exposed to such hot liquids for an extended time period.
they are not selling coffee to drink but a mess waiting to happen.
i'm pretty sure many of the truckers will need to clean their trucks from spilled coffee by the time they reach the next stop.
Story2: "you're replaceable" is basically what the president of my employer said to the entire company when he started making unpopular changes. He now realizes he can't get away with that, when 500 people walked, that we actually can't replace, and still haven't. He's been conspicuously quiet since.
Lol for story 6 I'd have been the smartass to go "Aww, so the ladies can't get Red Carpet fancy? You sure do like to ruin our fun, boss!" xD
Story 1..doing that to an employee in front of customers is a giant no no.
Now feel the road rage of a road wrecked!
Yup! Spa day it is.
Coffee story -- you never sell coffee at a loss; coffee is cheap to make, the cup costs more than the coffee inside it (unless you are talking about fancy coffees from certain coffee shops or something).
STORY #2 if I OP I would hire a lawyer and get them to send a cease and desist letter to the company telling them that they can no longer use the billing protocol for the database because I developed it you can continue to use it but you have to pay me to do so/ STORY #3 HEY no one can get mad at OP he was doing what he was told and had a paper trail to prove it/ STORY #4 I myself would have done the same thing as OP but I really would have played it up limping sliding the other foot on the floor drooling and all that jazz just to see the face on the assistant managers face when I told the head manager what she did without his knowledge/ LAST STORY there is nothing else to say except NOW THAT WAS SOME GREAT MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE I MEAN COME ON THAT WAS AWESOME
The song "El Jefe" from Shakira is about this kind of people.
The saying goes, "People don't quit bad jobs. They quit bad bosses."
I did Work in a Bakery, doing the Work of 2-3 People and even doing Something that a better payed Job should do. For lesser Money than it should be payed. I don't Work there anymore.
Of course we can. The question is, can you afford it?
Employer: "you are replaceable!"
Employee: "replace me then." *leaves*
Definitely when I left the bad review of that restaurant if the manager did that in front of me. Making sure I named him in that.
Popcorn is a great side to maliciousness 😊
I would like to hear HOA stories from you like Ripe does.
oh don't worry... they don't sell coffee at a loss. A calculation was made one time about coffee sold in coffee shop or a capsule or whatever... the result was that they were "charging" up to 4000$ per kilo of coffee...
I cracked up over the last story! Talk about overkill WITH malicious compliance!
I have a question: Did this Reddit story happen in 2023? I'm asking because green formal gowns were worn by the mothers of the brides and the grooms this past year. In addition, I found a very pretty casual maxi dress in green and bought it. Green is a color for clothing that I hate; however, I found the shade of green of my maxi dress beautiful.
BIG Coffee Story: I don't know where in the world you might be (assuming US or Canada), but berating an employee in front of ANYONE, customers or peers, in certain parts of the world could be against local labor laws, and in most cases, Human Rights Legislation. It is considered Protected Grounds as a Harassment Violation and is also considered Discriminatory. Add some criminal charges to the malicious compliance and see how fast they change their tune.
I had a manager tell me that I'm replaceable once. I stared her down and didn't change how I worked, but immediately went job searching and got a much better job that pays nearly double. In the remaining time I was there I showed just how much I didn't care and it got to the point where she wouldn't even look me in the eye. Whenever she noticed me she looked down and walked away
For the last story
I'd have worn a Halloween costume lol
Comment reminders for people
1. Middle management are the serious ones. Upper management and CEO's, if they're the type to interact with people, tend to be way more chill. You can roast them by drunken musical number, if you want. So long as you're not interrupting their work, they probably won't care.
2. If you're in management, remember; saying anyone is expendable is practically a guarantee they'll quit, and your company is more expendable to them than they are to you.
3. People don't often understand things properly until they lay eyes on them. Assume a reasonable level of detachment from your perspective.
4. Get everything in writing.
If you do something to annoy or anger your employees, the first ones who will leave are the ones that are best at their job and have the most experience.
I love these DarkFluff videos!
The last story 😂
Hiiii dark fluff good day to you and please make sure you let Steve out sometimes 😂
fluff if you did say the word "balls" i can guarantee you that i'll be on the floor dying of laughter if you actually said it 😂
Get injured on the way to work? In Australia that is covered by Workers Comp. Fill out the forms etc and you can't return without medical clearance. If your boss tries to block your claim there are serious legal consequences. The usual trick to avoid a claim and therefore possible increase in insurance premiums, was to try and sack you and date it just before the incident.