47 Shocking Confessions From Employees Who Uncovered Their Bosses’ Darkest Secrets
Could’ve just given me the 15k raise I asked for. Instead he’s probably down 300k in lost contracts and hiring costs.
Sometimes the trash takes itself out I guess.
I would be lying if I tell y’all that I am not nervous of what just happened. It literally sent shivers down my spine and I’m just acting cool about it *crying*
So earlier at work, at the company-based one since I also have a remote one, We were in a team meeting, and my boss made a joke about how slow I was with my tasks. I rolled my eyes, muttered something like, “Maybe if you actually checked your own emails once in a while…” and oops! The room went quiet and that’s when I realize that everyone heard it. I could even feel my heart pounding coz of how the silence linger the very room.
Boss didn’t look happy, coz who would be? but honestly? His so like jokes was more insulting on my part and publicly embarrassing people isn’t leadership. After that, we took a break and my co-workers keep talking of how brave I was. I am not proud of it but their compliments are making me feel otherwise. It felt risky, but I’m done letting jokes be an excuse for disrespect. You don’t get to belittle people and call it management. Never.
“It often is a leadership failure,” author and executive coach Janet Harvey told SHRM. “Toxicity thrives in the blind spots of leadership.”
In December, I was laid off from a small family business. I’d been there four years. Mr. Boss hoped to hire me back “when business picks up”. Maybe.
I told him it was cool to reach out to me, but was clear I wouldn’t be waiting around.
I started a new job this week. It’s going incredibly well.
I’ve also gotten three very long panicked voicemails from Mr. Boss this week…
The only other employee, (his wife) left him and the business. She didn’t train him on how to do our jobs. She just packed up her stuff and left. She won’t answer his calls.
Not sure how this is my problem…
Now he expects me to come in and train him “As a favor to a friend”. Not being rehired, totally unpaid and out of the goodness of my heart.
Nope! He laid me off two weeks before Christmas!
Also… He’d love me to come in Saturday or Sunday, because that “works for him”.
NOPE… I don’t care what works for him, because I don’t work for him anymore!
We aren’t “friends” and it’s NOT my problem. The audacity is audaciting! It astounds me that a business owner would think this is an okay thing to do.
So our company “restructured” and now existing employees have to formally reapply for positions. Same job, same responsibilities. But here’s the kicker the posted salary is $8k less than what we’re currently making.
I’ve been there 6 years. Built entire systems, trained new staff, covered shifts constantly. Now I’m competing against external candidates and being told I need to “prove my value” at a rate that’s below what I was hired at.
They’re banking on people being too scared to leave or thinking this is normal. It’s not. This is wage theft with extra steps.
Update: Talked to two coworkers. Same situation. We’re all looking elsewhere now.
Boss meant to send me a different file but instead I got the master salary spreadsheet for our whole department.
Turns out I’m making 15k less than my coworker who does the exact same job. We were hired within months of each other and have similar experience. The new guy who started last year? He’s making more than me too.
I’ve been here 2 years and got “great reviews” every time. Apparently that translated to 2% raises while they’re bringing people in at way higher rates.
Not sure what to do with this info but I’m definitely not forgetting what I saw. Time to update the resume I guess.
“(Changing toxic cultures) doesn’t happen overnight,” she said. “And it may involve hiring external consultants to help through cultural change.”
Today something happened at work that honestly left me [angry] off. My team leader thought it would be funny to put nails on my chair. I didn’t notice until I sat down and felt this sharp pain. Luckily it didn’t pierce deep enough to cause serious injury but it still hurt like h**l and could’ve gone way worse. I just came from break where I won like 800 bucks on jackpot city and I was super happy about it and as soon as I came back to my office this pos decided to do this. He started laughing like it was just a harmless prank but I didn’t find it funny at all. This is supposed to be a professional environment and I don’t think anyone should have to deal with that kind of thing in their workplace. I’m sitting here wondering if I should escalate it or if that will just make me look like I can’t take a joke.
To me this feels less like a prank and more like crossing a serious line. Am I overreacting or is this something I should actually report?
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