Even when you don't like hanging around people, there are things you like to do and accomplish in your free time, and that is your life that is being stolen by shady practices. Also, its not good to mistreat a department whose skills allow the rest of the company to function. The next time your computer breaks down or the network goes out, they might just tell you where to stick it.
She's now on thin ice, so she better treat the IT people like gods because one more strike and it's over for her. Seriously, why people gotta act like they're power hungry and then try to screw others just because they're a bit higher in the corporate hierarchy? Don't they know that sometimes the shit they throw will hit them back?
Story 4: That is a bizarre loophole, but I'm glad that the boss was pretty chill about the accident and decided that even if corporate policy didn't think so, OP should be rewarded for being a star. Makes me wonder how long he waited for OP to do a single violation so he could pull off this loophole
Future employer: “So user here you were fired by one your jobs. Can you explain what happened?” OP: “uh, well, I was an hour late for work because my car broke down and my manager wanted to give me a raise.”
Story 2: Honestly, it feels like the Bad VP has something against the IT people with that comment. Like, it's 4th of July and pretty much everything is closed, what did she expect to happen? She might have not been fired, but at least she was badly reprimanded and put in her place
@@JadenYukifan28 It almost doesn't matter what she thought. Here's the thing. The party wasn't the most expensive hit to the business that day, having the shift at all was. You're literally paying people their wages to get no work done. That gets expensive REAL quick. The payout of a day's wage, especially if these guys are hourly, definitely cost the CEO more than the over-the-top party did.
@@hagamapama The total, yes. But individually, the party cost will poke the CEO eyes. Imagine him looking at the expense report, " ...., $700 here, $800 there, $6,000 for .. what?!? Who authorized it!?!"
She probably cried her mascara off in the car after that, too. I like to think that July 4th will now be less celebratory and more bitter as it's a nasty reminder of her bad behavior.
Don't mess with the IT department. Those guys can be your best friends or your worst nightmare. I always make sure the IT department knows how much I appreciate them.
Story 1 - OP started a chain reaction the second she quit that job which made everyone that quit think ‘If she’s quitting then so am I.’ And with that bosses tyrannical attitude… yeah chances are that the business went under.
Absolutely! When upper staff quits, the understaff take notice and say to themselves, crap, I am out! I worked in fast food, and that's precisely how it works.
A lot of ground Level managers are basically morale officers. If they say no more, the people moving to the beat of their drums tend to also say the same
I’m sure all the employees lived happily ever after in that fairy tale of a story. A 17 year old getting a bunch of adults to quit their job? Yeah. Sure.
Story 4: that boss definitely knew how to take care of his employees while sticking it to the higher ups. He sounds like a boss who had everyone’s loyalty at that location
First Story: I will say this until the day I day, companies need workers WAY more than workers need companies. Without workers, the company goes under. Don't let your boss treat you as less than you are. You are JUST as important as the CEO for giving them bodies to work the ground floor instead of them having to do CEO duties AND floor duties.
Story 2 - when that Bad VP told OP that they’re just ITs who don’t have lives my first thought was ‘Oooohhh she’s gonna pay for that.’ And then her giving OP the okay to have an office party and to go wild… yeah. Good thing OP had her good VP on her side and bad VP was torn a new one after what happened. Serves her right.
As an IT Guy for 24 years, and being a lifelong batchelor/childless, I often worked major holiday periods on the rare times someone needed to "man the fort". But I certainly "had a life" and family, so that boss's statement was very insulting. Glad she got her just karma in the end.
There are multiple sayings in the IT world, but I think this one is my favorite: When things are going smoothly, management asks, "What are we paying you for?" When things aren't going smoothly, management asks, "What are we paying you for?"
Office party story: Very well done OP! Bad VP was simply power tripping and apparently had the authority to override YOUR VP. Maybe she actually learned a lesson, but I wouldn't count on it. Casino story: I hope mother and grandmother told staff and customers alike exactly why they were dressed as they were.
Story 3: The icing on the cake would have been the mother and grandmother walking through the casino in just their underwear telling patrons of the casino that the casino will literally take the clothes off your back when you lose. Then see how many stick around to continue gambling! lol
I agree. I would have done that too, it would have made the casino look like the bloodsuckers that they are. I’m Australian however, and we do not have these issues here. And even though I worked for the police for a long time, even in private industry I have never had any boss anything like these scumbags. Our work life balance is expected and given here, no threats if you can’t do overtime, no denying days off, no working insane hours for little pay. It’s the way it should be in the US as well.
@@karenglenn6707 Sadly we have parasites in positions of power here so its not going to change for a while until the parasites oversap their chosen positions. I can say I haven't genuinely dealt with a bad boss at anything close to these teirs though. probably helps I don't work direct corprate i just work some nobody service job.
It's pretty fucked that a company can write you up for being late for work for reasons outside of your control and then companies take no responsibility in "force majeure" instances. Why is the employee on the hook for something like that, it's entirely unreasonable.
To be fair, underwear at that time mostly wasn't very hot, so that was not really offending for most people. But props to them for not letting this BS go through and let the managers look stupid. Nowadays if your employer doesn't pay you your last salary, there is an easy way to get a court order and a seizure of the business Account, so that problem doesn't exist anylonger in civilized countries.
I so hope that the casino has gotten a bad reputation because of those two ladies. Like how the hell are you supposed to run a business if you can't sustain long-term employees? You'll never be able to have a fixed schedule with always having to be looking for a new hirers which causes a lot of money too because the time and training you have to put into them is more than the insurance is going to cost you.
@@gorilladisco9108 instead of losing your shirt you lose all of your clothes except your underwear at this casino. That'll be the reputation that they'll get lol
Wait, wait. She was injured on the job (allergic reaction ON THE JOB) and they called it a No Call, No Show?! I say it's time to get a lawyer and go for the gold!
Third Story: OP's mom can easily file an unlawful termination with the labor board as firing someone who has a medical emergency is highly unethical especially if no investigation was done to see if the emergency is real. Last Story: OP's boss just earn the best boss of the year award.
I got an angry tightness in my chest on listening to that first story. This is something which happens rarely when listening to Fluff. I can all too easily imagine your pain, smalljane! My former supervisor was the sneaky-abusive type. Nothing which a person can point at and say "they did THIS", but enough to make a person feel unwelcome, and even begin to question their own sanity and value. I told myself I'd stick it out through the end of the year, just long enough to get my annual bonus. A few weeks before this point, supervisor found a mistake I'd made, blew it out of proportion, and got the boss to present me with a "resign or be fired" option. Being fired could have cost me my career, not just my job, so I walked out on my own. The sense of betrayal is insane.
Last story: oh man, I’ve heard so many stories of awful bosses that I was half-expecting the boss to pull the rug out from underneath OP after he obtained OP’s “permission” to fire him and just leave him fired, even though that wouldn’t make sense given his track record. Glad to see that little bit of cynicism was proven wrong. I wish I had a boss like that at some point in my life.
Abusive Owner Story: Why didn't her staff call the State Department of Labor and File Formal Complaints against her? I would have in less than a heartbeat because most of what she's doing is Illegal as HELL and would have gotten her Crucified by the DoL with Fines...
Underwear Story: After they got home, OP's Mother and Grandmother should have called the State Department of Labor to file a Formal Wrongful Termination Complaint...
Story 1. Even if she owned the business, if it was a chain, she still has to answer to the franchise company. The last thing they want is bad publicity. If you're in that kind of situation, contact corporate and ask them if they want a bad video going viral about their business. They'll either straighten out the owner or cancel their contract. Corporate only cares about the money. Bad video equals no one buying their stuff.
In the USA, working on holidays is a 1.5 times base pay per hour or higher depending on your contract. That's a whole lot of money for people to watch tv and play games. Lmfao 😂
I was the entire IT department at a job with primarily US employees. I'm not in the States, but celebrate something similar on July 1st. I kept my cell phone on me but usually never had my holiday interrupted. The company was smart enough to never schedule any real work for that week.
My husband was leaving a job and was told he had to turn in his uniforms (that he had paid for). He cut them up in front of management since they were his. Now they can’t charge someone else for them. 🤣
Story 3: I'm a bit lost...OP said that the Mom has a severe allergic reaction while on shift...which means she was already at work...so it could not have been a no call/no show. Story 4: Now THIS is how you should manage your employees! OP's boss is an awesome person who really looks out for his workers. Way to go :)
Story 2... That sounds like an amazing party and a blessed workplace to have an owner with such good values. Hopefully they will vet their VP's better to make sure they fit the culture the owner wants to enforce, because I agree with the owner's values regarding balance.
I still crack up whenever I hear the 2nd story. "IT don't have lives" ... UGH! Sure.... because it's not like any of the IT people got married or became parents, Karen! 😑
Story 1: Idiot bosses need to learn that there are plenty of other restaurants to work at, and at least some of them will be hiring at any given moment. Maybe don't treat your staff like garbage and give them incentive to seek out work at one of those other restaurants.
unfortunately too many 'bosses' think the workers have no life outside the job.. I worked for a NYC lawyer who believed the whole world was waiting by the phone for his call to tell them what to do for him
I'm a manager and there is NO WAY I would treat my people the way the coffee manager treated her staff. Vacation is an earned perk of the job, and sometimes in my 1/1 meetings I need to practically order people to take it. Got a b-day party for your son? Please go, especially since you already have your absence covered! Need some medical time? I'll do my darnedest to see that you get what you need. Just don't try and take advantage is all I ask. Part of our job is to do overtime when needed, but I have a spreadsheet where I schedule guaranteed weekends off for select team members periodically, to allow them personal time no matter how much work is in the queue. And if you show a pattern of constantly trying to switch those guaranteed weekends with others to avoid working weekends at all, you can bet I'll come down hard on you!
I love hearing about great bosses, like the last one. They are a true treasure, because they are so rare. Most are just OK/mediocre/acceptable, quite a few (more than they should exist) are BAD in some way - power-tripping, incompetent, a "new boss" that won't listen, won't observe, won't learn, micromanagers, lazy, amoral, etc. But that few - those that are great at their jobs, are supportive of their good employees, keeps morale (and thus productivity) high, doesn't let bad employees get away with their shenanigans, has a spine and is good human being - absolutely deserve kudos.
Story 4: That's a situation waiting to backfire. All it takes is a student saying "yes, it's okay to fire me, no I cannot accept the new job, and my employment lawyer will be contacting you regarding your company's discriminatory policies". Manager was trying to evade the policy, but that only makes it worse for the good employees he hires down the road when someone blows the lid on the arrangement. People don't quit bad jobs. They quit bad management.
That sounds like where I work…, and there are nights that I don’t know why I stay there. That’s exactly what my manager says, and yes, she pays us pretty little, but expects a lot out of you, and still says you aren’t doing enough… She’s how the manager in the story is, although maybe not as bad… At my workplace, we have a signup sheet for days off, so a month out, she should’ve had time to put her name on the list. It sounds like the boss has the mentality that no one is supposed to have a life outside of work… In the year and a half that I’ve been at my job, I’ve seen 30-50 people come and go (fast food restaurant.)
Many moons ago I worked at a tavern, and never had days off. I needed the money so I put up with it, and then I got a bad flu. I was told to come to work anyway, so I went to work and infected EVERYONE. It got so bad they had to shut the place down for a week.
US Labor Law now requires a check be handed to you as you are fired. They can withhold any costs of uniforms and/or equipment until they are turned in.
I also returned my uniform in a similar manner 😂 thankfully my pants were my own, but the shirt and apron came off immediately. I ain't coming back. Take the uniform now.
LAST STORY OP'S BOSS REALLY DESERVES A HAND SHAKE FROM OP. OP SHOULD STORE THIS IN HIS MEMORY+ WHEN HE HAS ENOUGH MONEY HE SHOULD CALL+INVITE HIS BOSS OUT FOR A DRINK.
I wish more people would think about who's working for them. Like my job doesn't give a shit about me. They would fire me and not give it a second thought. But my boss, on the other hand, cares a lot about me. So I work my ass off for him.
My coworker /AM was told the same thing with the credit card. The food was amazing and the wonder learnt her lesson. There is now a strict budget that is allocated at the owners discretion 😂 🇦🇺
It's strange that so many business owners don't seem to realize that treating staff badly leads to staff treating customers badly and those customers taking their business elsewhere. One of the better ways ways to go out of business and then have a reputation following one that sends potential new hires to seek other employment. What? You don't think staff are going to warn newbies about working conditions?
Story 1: Two things. One, report her to the EEOC and state Labor department as well as reporting her to the franchiser. I understand the place went under, but reporting it early on is better
Story 3 got me. My Manager at my first job did that when he found out the owner wanted me reprimanded for not fighting off some drink guys who jumped the counter. The manager stepped in because I was 16, and he ended up in a fist fight the got the police called. The next day the owner said it was my fault and he took his uniform off and walked out of the restaurant half naked during the lunch rush.
As someone who has worked in a casino, I can assure you, someone could walk through, in their underwear, and 98% of the gamblers there wouldnt see, cause their eyes would be too glued to the machines.
Story 2: People who think "IT guys don't have lives" have little idea that, for the duration of their stay at the company, the IT guys HOLD THEIR LIVES.
Even medical emergency staff has off time periodically if only by lottery or rotating schedule. Hope they got rid of her! I’m glad his team had a great party 🎊
story 2: but the boss didn't actually care. if he cared, his office would not have said that this needs to wait until july 6th. he threw somebody else under the bus. if he cared, his staffmember would have known.
S3: Funny revenge, but wouldn’t you get into trouble with the police? That’s kinda “Public nudity” isn’t it? Also, I’m surprised OP’s mother didn’t walk around calling out “I GOT FIRED FOR HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION AT WORK AND HAD TO BE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL!”
Thank you for the wholesome story at the end, DH. After the last two Entitled People offerings, my blood was boiling. I needed a happy ending story. Thank you.
3:50 These are the people you meet who run businesses into the ground and claim "no one wants to work anymore." What's really happening is they are willing to close their doors if they can't take 60%-90% of the money, and for what they are willing to pay, people won't put up with their shit. Any business owner claiming "no one wants to work anymore" is telling on themselves.
I don't know if this is just an old joke or if there is any truth to my memory that it was a story from my family history.... here it goes. Grandma was watching over little Oliver, this was on her farm about 100+ years ago, she tells Oliver to go to the chicken coop and pick up dinner, "And don't lolly-gag around, be quick about it!" So Oliver goes right to the coop, he loves fried chicken and is really hungry. As he's away taking so long Grandma figured he's off playing and messing around so she shouts out "Oliver!!!! OLIVER!!!! OLIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A few minutes later Oliver shows up covered in dirt and dust, Grandma says, "You are such a naughty boy I told you to get a chicken for dinner and you were off playing!" Oliver says, "No Grandma, I was trying to catch a chicken and they kept getting away. I finally got one and you shouted out 'OH LEAVE HER, OH LEAVE HER' so I left her." Not really MC per say... but he did do as he was told.
Casino: I worked that industry for a decade, though not in the US. I can pretty much guarantee that place didn't last more than a decade and was probably circling the drain when this went down. Here's the thing, it's both a very high turnover industry (110% per annum in Vegas of front-line workers) and an industry where having experience makes a big difference. Someone who has been dealing Blackjack a year will be 2-3 times faster than a new employee. More hands per hour equals more money for the casino. Most casinos throw benefits at employees trying desperately to keep them as long as possible. Doing the opposite is how casinos go bankrupt. It doesn't save money to have to have your casino run by inexperienced staff.
In my former world (state government) IT were gods and goddesses, and were treated like the deities they were. You did not mouth off to IT in any way, shape or form.. Story #2 was Pro Malicious Compliance.
Story 1 yes it’s illegal for owners/managers to take a share of the tips and they can’t force a letter of resignation once you say I quit and walk out that’s it
Story 4: I wish I had a boss remotely like that, vs a boss that was huffing me to refuse sick medical leave when I needed it. He is such a cheapskate that he refuses to hire someone above the bare minimum wage and he has the cash. For the record, in the two years I've been working, he has spent more than a quarter million in machinery alone without loans.
Story 3 reminds me of PE in high-school, the teacher saw a pair of shoes on the field and asked me to give them to the owner 13 yr old girl. I said she is in the changing room and should I wait till she gets out, teacher yells at me just give them to her now. Best day of my 13 yr old boys life, no screams but a few shocked looks and a lot covering up when I walked In there. Why are girls changing rooms so much better than boys!?? The teacher had to give an apology speech to our class for his inappropriate behaviour.
I remember a rule change around a Xmas party I went to with my wife at the bank she worked at in New Zealand. We were allowed to hold it in the top floor big wigs dining rooms and it was all silver service..... except for the bar the night. That night, we were allowed to serve ourselves. That was a mistake they never made with anyone again, ever. Bottles of $2000 Brandy were drunk, 100 year old ports and sherry's went west, I did my best to deal significant death to the EXTENSIVE Scotch collection and the wine was flowing as well. Like I said, they never made that mistake again.
Story 2: It's a great story and all, but I really don't understand: Why didn't the VP who is actually in charge of IT (who clearly was on their side) just say "ignore what the other VP says, you work for me, so I decide who will be working and from where on the 4th."? In any company I've ever worked for, that would be entirely his prerogative (and even probably expected). By the sound of things, the two VPs are on an equal level in the company, so the one who is actually the direct report for the department should have the final say on how that department is run. If a different VP wants something unusual from the department, they should be *going to the VP of that department* and requesting it, not giving orders to them directly anyway. As someone who has actually worked in IT managerial positions, and worked with many VPs in my time, I have to say if I were in the IT VP's position, particularly if I believed that the President/CEO would also be sympathetic, the moment this came to my attention, I would be emailing the other VP, telling them that their behavior was incredibly inappropriate, I am overruling their orders, that they do not get to give my team staffing instructions without consulting me first, and that I have informed my team to ignore any instructions they receive from them about this matter going forward. They almost certainly already have some sort of on-call rotation, which should be plenty of coverage. If there is actually a legitimate need for more than that (which I would want the other VP to justify), then I would probably just ask OP if they were willing to actually work the 4th, and handle all calls, etc, that it's fine if they work from home, and possibly that I'd like to have one other person on call in case they need them, but that that person doesn't actually have to work unless they're called in (by OP). For a company holiday where almost nobody else will be working, I cannot imagine any scenario that would justify a need for anything more than that. Everybody else can have the day off.
I've also walked out of a job half-naked! It was a Wendy's, I am a male so my topless visage wasn't as shocking, and it was because the store manager ordered me to serve a raw burger, which I was very vocal about in the lobby.
Bad VP: "You guys don't have lives."
And now you don't have a future.
Wicked Uno Reverse card.
This is why you should have a good work relationship with your coworkers and Boss.
Even when you don't like hanging around people, there are things you like to do and accomplish in your free time, and that is your life that is being stolen by shady practices. Also, its not good to mistreat a department whose skills allow the rest of the company to function. The next time your computer breaks down or the network goes out, they might just tell you where to stick it.
@@JadenYukifan28 this is also why you don't fuck with IT. We are either the ones who save your ass or let the fires you light burn it
She's now on thin ice, so she better treat the IT people like gods because one more strike and it's over for her.
Seriously, why people gotta act like they're power hungry and then try to screw others just because they're a bit higher in the corporate hierarchy?
Don't they know that sometimes the shit they throw will hit them back?
Story 4: That is a bizarre loophole, but I'm glad that the boss was pretty chill about the accident and decided that even if corporate policy didn't think so, OP should be rewarded for being a star.
Makes me wonder how long he waited for OP to do a single violation so he could pull off this loophole
Definitely one way to make your employees actually wanna work too, if they didn't already, anyway
Story 2: OP and the VP are the reason their workers are so loyal to them/company and why the bad VP is being remove.
The CEO deserve some credit too
Future employer: “So user here you were fired by one your jobs. Can you explain what happened?”
OP: “uh, well, I was an hour late for work because my car broke down and my manager wanted to give me a raise.”
Story 2: Honestly, it feels like the Bad VP has something against the IT people with that comment. Like, it's 4th of July and pretty much everything is closed, what did she expect to happen?
She might have not been fired, but at least she was badly reprimanded and put in her place
You want to know what I think? Maybe she thinks that the people in the IT Department might not have families.
@@JadenYukifan28 It almost doesn't matter what she thought. Here's the thing. The party wasn't the most expensive hit to the business that day, having the shift at all was. You're literally paying people their wages to get no work done. That gets expensive REAL quick. The payout of a day's wage, especially if these guys are hourly, definitely cost the CEO more than the over-the-top party did.
@@hagamapama The total, yes. But individually, the party cost will poke the CEO eyes.
Imagine him looking at the expense report, " ...., $700 here, $800 there, $6,000 for .. what?!? Who authorized it!?!"
@@gorilladisco9108 sure, but if the CEO has a single braincell in his head, and he didn't sound stupid, he'll be seeing it my way.
She probably cried her mascara off in the car after that, too. I like to think that July 4th will now be less celebratory and more bitter as it's a nasty reminder of her bad behavior.
Don't mess with the IT department. Those guys can be your best friends or your worst nightmare. I always make sure the IT department knows how much I appreciate them.
Story 1 - OP started a chain reaction the second she quit that job which made everyone that quit think ‘If she’s quitting then so am I.’ And with that bosses tyrannical attitude… yeah chances are that the business went under.
Also tip pool is legal but only if the SLA allows it, and it's discussed prior to your employment
Absolutely! When upper staff quits, the understaff take notice and say to themselves, crap, I am out! I worked in fast food, and that's precisely how it works.
A lot of ground Level managers are basically morale officers. If they say no more, the people moving to the beat of their drums tend to also say the same
I’m sure all the employees lived happily ever after in that fairy tale of a story. A 17 year old getting a bunch of adults to quit their job? Yeah. Sure.
@sheridan891 some people prefer to be homeless than work for a terrible company
Story 4: that boss definitely knew how to take care of his employees while sticking it to the higher ups. He sounds like a boss who had everyone’s loyalty at that location
First Story: I will say this until the day I day, companies need workers WAY more than workers need companies. Without workers, the company goes under. Don't let your boss treat you as less than you are. You are JUST as important as the CEO for giving them bodies to work the ground floor instead of them having to do CEO duties AND floor duties.
My malicious compliance actually cost my boss his $15,000 quarterly bonus. That taught him not to screw with his employees.
Okay, but you can't just say that and then not tell us the story. 😂
@@EmilyPersephoneThey probably did something to back up work causing them to miss the quota.
With the last one. Yeah thats the smartest boss where youre able to keep a good employee and give them a raise without it blowing up in their face.
Story 2 - when that Bad VP told OP that they’re just ITs who don’t have lives my first thought was ‘Oooohhh she’s gonna pay for that.’ And then her giving OP the okay to have an office party and to go wild… yeah. Good thing OP had her good VP on her side and bad VP was torn a new one after what happened. Serves her right.
As an IT Guy for 24 years, and being a lifelong batchelor/childless, I often worked major holiday periods on the rare times someone needed to "man the fort". But I certainly "had a life" and family, so that boss's statement was very insulting. Glad she got her just karma in the end.
Last boss was a real one for that.
There are multiple sayings in the IT world, but I think this one is my favorite:
When things are going smoothly, management asks, "What are we paying you for?"
When things aren't going smoothly, management asks, "What are we paying you for?"
Office party story: Very well done OP! Bad VP was simply power tripping and apparently had the authority to override YOUR VP. Maybe she actually learned a lesson, but I wouldn't count on it.
Casino story: I hope mother and grandmother told staff and customers alike exactly why they were dressed as they were.
Story 3: The icing on the cake would have been the mother and grandmother walking through the casino in just their underwear telling patrons of the casino that the casino will literally take the clothes off your back when you lose. Then see how many stick around to continue gambling! lol
I agree. I would have done that too, it would have made the casino look like the bloodsuckers that they are. I’m Australian however, and we do not have these issues here. And even though I worked for the police for a long time, even in private industry I have never had any boss anything like these scumbags. Our work life balance is expected and given here, no threats if you can’t do overtime, no denying days off, no working insane hours for little pay. It’s the way it should be in the US as well.
@@karenglenn6707 Sadly we have parasites in positions of power here so its not going to change for a while until the parasites oversap their chosen positions. I can say I haven't genuinely dealt with a bad boss at anything close to these teirs though. probably helps I don't work direct corprate i just work some nobody service job.
It's pretty fucked that a company can write you up for being late for work for reasons outside of your control and then companies take no responsibility in "force majeure" instances. Why is the employee on the hook for something like that, it's entirely unreasonable.
Story 3 - To OP’s mom and grandma… Respect ✊
To be fair, underwear at that time mostly wasn't very hot, so that was not really offending for most people. But props to them for not letting this BS go through and let the managers look stupid.
Nowadays if your employer doesn't pay you your last salary, there is an easy way to get a court order and a seizure of the business Account, so that problem doesn't exist anylonger in civilized countries.
That boss in the last story is awesome😂😂
I so hope that the casino has gotten a bad reputation because of those two ladies. Like how the hell are you supposed to run a business if you can't sustain long-term employees? You'll never be able to have a fixed schedule with always having to be looking for a new hirers which causes a lot of money too because the time and training you have to put into them is more than the insurance is going to cost you.
Bad reputation for someone walks in underwear at casino? I think that will bump up their reviews. 😅
@@gorilladisco9108 instead of losing your shirt you lose all of your clothes except your underwear at this casino. That'll be the reputation that they'll get lol
Wait, wait. She was injured on the job (allergic reaction ON THE JOB) and they called it a No Call, No Show?!
I say it's time to get a lawyer and go for the gold!
Third Story: OP's mom can easily file an unlawful termination with the labor board as firing someone who has a medical emergency is highly unethical especially if no investigation was done to see if the emergency is real.
Last Story: OP's boss just earn the best boss of the year award.
I'll bet the slot machines are rigged to 'tilt' or 'error' any time someone wins a decent jackpot!
Thinking this was a Reservation Casino if story was in the US,
I got an angry tightness in my chest on listening to that first story. This is something which happens rarely when listening to Fluff. I can all too easily imagine your pain, smalljane!
My former supervisor was the sneaky-abusive type. Nothing which a person can point at and say "they did THIS", but enough to make a person feel unwelcome, and even begin to question their own sanity and value. I told myself I'd stick it out through the end of the year, just long enough to get my annual bonus.
A few weeks before this point, supervisor found a mistake I'd made, blew it out of proportion, and got the boss to present me with a "resign or be fired" option. Being fired could have cost me my career, not just my job, so I walked out on my own. The sense of betrayal is insane.
Karens if you want to teach someone a lesson don't give them ideas to make you pay in the long run.
Last story: oh man, I’ve heard so many stories of awful bosses that I was half-expecting the boss to pull the rug out from underneath OP after he obtained OP’s “permission” to fire him and just leave him fired, even though that wouldn’t make sense given his track record. Glad to see that little bit of cynicism was proven wrong. I wish I had a boss like that at some point in my life.
The boss in the last story was awesome
The last story got me joyful! That boss is an mvp for that fire and rehire move!
17:14: They can't fire you for a no call/no show if its for a medical emergency, I'd be seeing a lawyer if I where OP's mother.
A "wholesome" Malicious Compliance" story... my brain just broke.
The fact is that bad management will wipe out a business faster than a tax audit.
Abusive Owner Story: Why didn't her staff call the State Department of Labor and File Formal Complaints against her?
I would have in less than a heartbeat because most of what she's doing is Illegal as HELL and would have gotten her Crucified by the DoL with Fines...
Underwear Story: After they got home, OP's Mother and Grandmother should have called the State Department of Labor to file a Formal Wrongful Termination Complaint...
Last story: They had me in the first half, not gonna lie
Story 1. Even if she owned the business, if it was a chain, she still has to answer to the franchise company. The last thing they want is bad publicity. If you're in that kind of situation, contact corporate and ask them if they want a bad video going viral about their business. They'll either straighten out the owner or cancel their contract. Corporate only cares about the money. Bad video equals no one buying their stuff.
That last boss was brilliant!!!🤣🤣🤣
17:27 “Not all heroes wear clothes.”
Take Captain Underpants for example. That guy flies around in his underwear and a cape.
Or The Flesh, he is super strong and super naked.
In the USA, working on holidays is a 1.5 times base pay per hour or higher depending on your contract. That's a whole lot of money for people to watch tv and play games. Lmfao 😂
There are no contracts in the US. Also, the extra pay for working holiday does not apply if you are given another day off as comp time
I was the entire IT department at a job with primarily US employees. I'm not in the States, but celebrate something similar on July 1st. I kept my cell phone on me but usually never had my holiday interrupted. The company was smart enough to never schedule any real work for that week.
My husband was leaving a job and was told he had to turn in his uniforms (that he had paid for). He cut them up in front of management since they were his. Now they can’t charge someone else for them. 🤣
Story 3: I'm a bit lost...OP said that the Mom has a severe allergic reaction while on shift...which means she was already at work...so it could not have been a no call/no show.
Story 4: Now THIS is how you should manage your employees! OP's boss is an awesome person who really looks out for his workers. Way to go :)
Last story: great to hear there are some good bosses looking out for their employees.
Great stories Fluff!
Story 2... That sounds like an amazing party and a blessed workplace to have an owner with such good values.
Hopefully they will vet their VP's better to make sure they fit the culture the owner wants to enforce, because I agree with the owner's values regarding balance.
I still crack up whenever I hear the 2nd story.
"IT don't have lives" ... UGH! Sure.... because it's not like any of the IT people got married or became parents, Karen! 😑
Story 3: the OP’s mom is a G, public indecency be damned.
Half the company: Hey, Um...can we transfer to IT for Christmas?
after the fire rehire I strained my neck for the first time watching dark fluff but not from shaking my head but nodding yes an how awesome that was
Story 1: Idiot bosses need to learn that there are plenty of other restaurants to work at, and at least some of them will be hiring at any given moment. Maybe don't treat your staff like garbage and give them incentive to seek out work at one of those other restaurants.
unfortunately too many 'bosses' think the workers have no life outside the job.. I worked for a NYC lawyer who believed the whole world was waiting by the phone for his call to tell them what to do for him
I'm a manager and there is NO WAY I would treat my people the way the coffee manager treated her staff. Vacation is an earned perk of the job, and sometimes in my 1/1 meetings I need to practically order people to take it. Got a b-day party for your son? Please go, especially since you already have your absence covered! Need some medical time? I'll do my darnedest to see that you get what you need. Just don't try and take advantage is all I ask. Part of our job is to do overtime when needed, but I have a spreadsheet where I schedule guaranteed weekends off for select team members periodically, to allow them personal time no matter how much work is in the queue. And if you show a pattern of constantly trying to switch those guaranteed weekends with others to avoid working weekends at all, you can bet I'll come down hard on you!
Worked for over 40 years at my university, retired and given a retirement party, accolades and comradery. The best place ever.
Would be ironic if the last story, OP never did anything that could give his boss any excuse to fire him.
I love hearing about great bosses, like the last one. They are a true treasure, because they are so rare. Most are just OK/mediocre/acceptable, quite a few (more than they should exist) are BAD in some way - power-tripping, incompetent, a "new boss" that won't listen, won't observe, won't learn, micromanagers, lazy, amoral, etc. But that few - those that are great at their jobs, are supportive of their good employees, keeps morale (and thus productivity) high, doesn't let bad employees get away with their shenanigans, has a spine and is good human being - absolutely deserve kudos.
Word to the wise, don’t piss off or insult IT crew’s because they are the ones that will help keep your business or company running smoothly.
These were some good stories. I like hearing stories involving bosses that care about their staff.
Story 4: That boss is a *_real one._*
👏☺️👏☺️👏
*Last story*
*I wish EVERYONE had a boss like that! You would actually like going to work every day!*
😜
Story 4: That's a situation waiting to backfire. All it takes is a student saying "yes, it's okay to fire me, no I cannot accept the new job, and my employment lawyer will be contacting you regarding your company's discriminatory policies". Manager was trying to evade the policy, but that only makes it worse for the good employees he hires down the road when someone blows the lid on the arrangement.
People don't quit bad jobs. They quit bad management.
First story: p.o.s. owner is still whining "Nobody wants to work..." 🤬
That sounds like where I work…, and there are nights that I don’t know why I stay there. That’s exactly what my manager says, and yes, she pays us pretty little, but expects a lot out of you, and still says you aren’t doing enough… She’s how the manager in the story is, although maybe not as bad… At my workplace, we have a signup sheet for days off, so a month out, she should’ve had time to put her name on the list. It sounds like the boss has the mentality that no one is supposed to have a life outside of work… In the year and a half that I’ve been at my job, I’ve seen 30-50 people come and go (fast food restaurant.)
Story 1: Boss be like: WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS? I MEAN, WHAT *SPECIFICALLY* ?
Love that movie.
“Brought water balloons for the kids…and the man children”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Many moons ago I worked at a tavern, and never had days off. I needed the money so I put up with it, and then I got a bad flu. I was told to come to work anyway, so I went to work and infected EVERYONE. It got so bad they had to shut the place down for a week.
US Labor Law now requires a check be handed to you as you are fired. They can withhold any costs of uniforms and/or equipment until they are turned in.
Story 2: "Both kinds of Potato Salad"
So Disgusting and Inedible
I also returned my uniform in a similar manner 😂 thankfully my pants were my own, but the shirt and apron came off immediately. I ain't coming back. Take the uniform now.
LAST STORY
OP'S BOSS REALLY DESERVES A
HAND SHAKE FROM OP.
OP SHOULD
STORE THIS IN
HIS MEMORY+
WHEN HE HAS
ENOUGH
MONEY HE SHOULD CALL+INVITE
HIS BOSS OUT
FOR A DRINK.
I wish more people would think about who's working for them. Like my job doesn't give a shit about me. They would fire me and not give it a second thought. But my boss, on the other hand, cares a lot about me. So I work my ass off for him.
Story 2--I just ate, but now I'm HUNGRY again! What a swell party!
Story 2: I wish I had been working there when that happened.
My coworker /AM was told the same thing with the credit card. The food was amazing and the wonder learnt her lesson. There is now a strict budget that is allocated at the owners discretion 😂 🇦🇺
It's strange that so many business owners don't seem to realize that treating staff badly leads to staff treating customers badly and those customers taking their business elsewhere. One of the better ways ways to go out of business and then have a reputation following one that sends potential new hires to seek other employment. What? You don't think staff are going to warn newbies about working conditions?
Story 1: Two things. One, report her to the EEOC and state Labor department as well as reporting her to the franchiser.
I understand the place went under, but reporting it early on is better
Story 3 got me. My Manager at my first job did that when he found out the owner wanted me reprimanded for not fighting off some drink guys who jumped the counter. The manager stepped in because I was 16, and he ended up in a fist fight the got the police called. The next day the owner said it was my fault and he took his uniform off and walked out of the restaurant half naked during the lunch rush.
Would’ve been even better if op also started working there and stripped down when they got fired
As someone who has worked in a casino, I can assure you, someone could walk through, in their underwear, and 98% of the gamblers there wouldnt see, cause their eyes would be too glued to the machines.
Story 2: People who think "IT guys don't have lives" have little idea that, for the duration of their stay at the company, the IT guys HOLD THEIR LIVES.
Remember folks: People don't leave bad jobs - they leave bad bosses.
Story 3: I hope the casino closed down
Even medical emergency staff has off time periodically if only by lottery or rotating schedule. Hope they got rid of her! I’m glad his team had a great party 🎊
Story 2: OP must be a legend in their department
story 2: but the boss didn't actually care. if he cared, his office would not have said that this needs to wait until july 6th.
he threw somebody else under the bus.
if he cared, his staffmember would have known.
S3: Funny revenge, but wouldn’t you get into trouble with the police? That’s kinda “Public nudity” isn’t it? Also, I’m surprised OP’s mother didn’t walk around calling out “I GOT FIRED FOR HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION AT WORK AND HAD TO BE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL!”
Thank you for the wholesome story at the end, DH. After the last two Entitled People offerings, my blood was boiling. I needed a happy ending story. Thank you.
3:50 These are the people you meet who run businesses into the ground and claim "no one wants to work anymore." What's really happening is they are willing to close their doors if they can't take 60%-90% of the money, and for what they are willing to pay, people won't put up with their shit.
Any business owner claiming "no one wants to work anymore" is telling on themselves.
I don't know if this is just an old joke or if there is any truth to my memory that it was a story from my family history.... here it goes.
Grandma was watching over little Oliver, this was on her farm about 100+ years ago, she tells Oliver to go to the chicken coop and pick up dinner, "And don't lolly-gag around, be quick about it!"
So Oliver goes right to the coop, he loves fried chicken and is really hungry. As he's away taking so long Grandma figured he's off playing and messing around so she shouts out "Oliver!!!! OLIVER!!!! OLIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A few minutes later Oliver shows up covered in dirt and dust, Grandma says, "You are such a naughty boy I told you to get a chicken for dinner and you were off playing!"
Oliver says, "No Grandma, I was trying to catch a chicken and they kept getting away. I finally got one and you shouted out 'OH LEAVE HER, OH LEAVE HER' so I left her."
Not really MC per say... but he did do as he was told.
On the last story, that is a cool boss.
Casino: I worked that industry for a decade, though not in the US. I can pretty much guarantee that place didn't last more than a decade and was probably circling the drain when this went down. Here's the thing, it's both a very high turnover industry (110% per annum in Vegas of front-line workers) and an industry where having experience makes a big difference. Someone who has been dealing Blackjack a year will be 2-3 times faster than a new employee. More hands per hour equals more money for the casino. Most casinos throw benefits at employees trying desperately to keep them as long as possible. Doing the opposite is how casinos go bankrupt. It doesn't save money to have to have your casino run by inexperienced staff.
They are in that position for 5:21 a reason. Never mess with the IT guy
Story #2,that wasn't just malicious compliance,that was global thermo nuclear compliance!😂😂😂
In my former world (state government) IT were gods and goddesses, and were treated like the deities they were. You did not mouth off to IT in any way, shape or form.. Story #2 was Pro Malicious Compliance.
Story 1 yes it’s illegal for owners/managers to take a share of the tips and they can’t force a letter of resignation once you say I quit and walk out that’s it
Story 4: I wish I had a boss remotely like that, vs a boss that was huffing me to refuse sick medical leave when I needed it. He is such a cheapskate that he refuses to hire someone above the bare minimum wage and he has the cash. For the record, in the two years I've been working, he has spent more than a quarter million in machinery alone without loans.
Story 3 reminds me of PE in high-school, the teacher saw a pair of shoes on the field and asked me to give them to the owner 13 yr old girl. I said she is in the changing room and should I wait till she gets out, teacher yells at me just give them to her now. Best day of my 13 yr old boys life, no screams but a few shocked looks and a lot covering up when I walked In there. Why are girls changing rooms so much better than boys!?? The teacher had to give an apology speech to our class for his inappropriate behaviour.
IT department ftw!!
I remember a rule change around a Xmas party I went to with my wife at the bank she worked at in New Zealand. We were allowed to hold it in the top floor big wigs dining rooms and it was all silver service..... except for the bar the night. That night, we were allowed to serve ourselves. That was a mistake they never made with anyone again, ever. Bottles of $2000 Brandy were drunk, 100 year old ports and sherry's went west, I did my best to deal significant death to the EXTENSIVE Scotch collection and the wine was flowing as well. Like I said, they never made that mistake again.
Story 2: As rSlash always says: never mess with the IT guy.
Don't forget the, are you sure.
Story 2 was so satisfying 😂 I was giggling the during the whole walk through of the party haha
To the IT party person... THAT WAS EPIC {Picture Wayne and Garth "We're not Worthy!"}
Story 2: It's a great story and all, but I really don't understand: Why didn't the VP who is actually in charge of IT (who clearly was on their side) just say "ignore what the other VP says, you work for me, so I decide who will be working and from where on the 4th."? In any company I've ever worked for, that would be entirely his prerogative (and even probably expected).
By the sound of things, the two VPs are on an equal level in the company, so the one who is actually the direct report for the department should have the final say on how that department is run. If a different VP wants something unusual from the department, they should be *going to the VP of that department* and requesting it, not giving orders to them directly anyway.
As someone who has actually worked in IT managerial positions, and worked with many VPs in my time, I have to say if I were in the IT VP's position, particularly if I believed that the President/CEO would also be sympathetic, the moment this came to my attention, I would be emailing the other VP, telling them that their behavior was incredibly inappropriate, I am overruling their orders, that they do not get to give my team staffing instructions without consulting me first, and that I have informed my team to ignore any instructions they receive from them about this matter going forward.
They almost certainly already have some sort of on-call rotation, which should be plenty of coverage. If there is actually a legitimate need for more than that (which I would want the other VP to justify), then I would probably just ask OP if they were willing to actually work the 4th, and handle all calls, etc, that it's fine if they work from home, and possibly that I'd like to have one other person on call in case they need them, but that that person doesn't actually have to work unless they're called in (by OP). For a company holiday where almost nobody else will be working, I cannot imagine any scenario that would justify a need for anything more than that. Everybody else can have the day off.
I've also walked out of a job half-naked! It was a Wendy's, I am a male so my topless visage wasn't as shocking, and it was because the store manager ordered me to serve a raw burger, which I was very vocal about in the lobby.