47 Shocking Confessions From Employees Who Uncovered Their Bosses’ Darkest Secrets

We had 10 1/2 hour shifts. But only got paid for 10. The boss took off 30 mins for our lunch breaks. However, we were required to work during lunch.

He forced us to to answer calls and wait on customers during our unpaid lunch, but this is illegal. He must have saved over 100k on payroll in the 5 years I worked there doing this. Anyway, when I became a shift manager I made sure we took 2 hour lunch breaks, an hour break in the morning, and an hour break in the afternoon. and on slow days we would stand around do nothing for hours at a time. – all the while the job was being done, mind you.

the owner never found out as he never worked alongside of us. he would drop in on fridays to pay the bills, and occasionally call us to check in on things.

In the last year alone I would sit in the breakroom on my phone for hours at a time, only answering calls and talking to customers as they came in. I reckon in the last year 15/40 hours a week were spent doing absolutely nothing. Accumulatively I must have racked up close to 2000 hours doing absolutely nothing in a 4 year period. I always showed up on time, stayed late if needed, made sure the job was done correctly, and always treated the customers with respect.

anyway, he promised me health insurance when I turned 26, but when it came time to do it he mysteriously couldn’t afford it, so I left.

the next job I worked at, a hospital billing department, we had our work queue laid out on our screen every morning. I would shred through the queue in the morning, and sit on my b**t the rest of the shift. I carry these lessons with me wherever I go 🙂

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