Exposed: The Shocking Corporate Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know—And Why You’re Somehow Not In Jail
I work for the department of labor in our state. Yeah, there’s quite a few corrupt employers who will not pay their workers, close up shop, then reopen under a different name, or fraudulently put all their assets under someone else’s name.
NotBradPitt90:
My old boss did this. Before running the restaurant I worked at he was a plasterer and he has over 10 plastering businesses under his name cause he would get payments up front and then just disappear, change business names and do it again.
Me and a bunch of people took his to court for loss of wages at the restaurant and he got forced to pay $300,00 in damages for both workers and suppliers who were owed money. Sadly I never got my $2k back and last I saw he was back plastering. Somehow not in jail.
I work in prison and see a lot of people sentenced for causing a death or serious injury while driving drunk who otherwise don’t have a remarkable criminal background. You think of prison and you think d***s, violent crimes, etc. but this is one of those crimes that can take you from being an average Joe to a felon in an instant. So, not a secret but don’t drink and drive. Or text and drive!
An Emergency Room doctor told me: “when the elevator doors are closing, let them close.”
edit: a number of people have pointed out that this is a great metaphor as well. Take it however you want. However, at the time the guy told me, he was telling me literally.
We all talk about what s****y parents you are (if you are) and how much your kids suck because you are raising them to be mirror image a******s.
Working-Tomato8395:
However much we hated the classroom brat, we hated the parents 10x more.
Former fast food manager. Believe it or not, nobody is intentionally trying to screw up your order. We are generally making thousands of orders a day, with constant pressure to be faster. Every once in a while, things go wrong or we miss something.
We’re happy to fix it if you bring it back, and even more so if you aren’t a complete a-hole about it.
Prescription d***s (in America) do not need to cost anywhere near what they do. Pharmaceutical companies waste money like nobody else. In most cases, the company is just charging the absolute maximum amount the market will bear. It’s a moral dilemma I struggle with daily.
Antibiotic resistance is a lot worse than most people know and could eventually result in an extinction-level event.
Librarian here – if you come in to talk to us about book damage or call to give us a head’s up that it’s being returned damage, we will be a lot more amenable to working with you about forgiving damage fines than if you return it and hope we don’t notice.
Maybe not so much of a secret, but I work retail. My section alone generates like 5 peoples worth of garbage for every restock. Which is pretty often.
So every time you’re trying to find a plastic free alternative at a store, remember that there’s probably someone in that store right now throwing out 40x more trash. Lol.
That being said, always strive to reduce your garbage load.
As an Architect, now retired: 50% of married couples who take on a major, like down to the studs, house remodel end up in divorce.
Worked IT outsourcing for 2 decades. If you knew the outdated programming, lax report security and general disdain for tech that the biggest financial institutions have for their data production, you’d stick your money in mattresses.
High school students are really, REALLY, behind on reading… it’s frightening.
No_Mirror_3867:
I’m a high school teacher in Australia. I really, really fear for our future. Kids’ attention spans are shot, they don’t read anything that takes more than one minute and when they are given an activity to complete, they just stare at you until you model the answer on the board. We are seriously in trouble.
The name brand eyewear like Gucci, Versace, and Coach are some of the worst quality. I would never ever recommend them to anyone. Total waste of money. You’re paying for the logo. That is it.
Also, sometimes if your glasses come back too quickly, we will hold onto them for a few days longer so you think the lab took their time making them. Too quick of a turnaround makes it feel rushed. Rarely seen as a good thing.
I don’t know if it’s really a secret, but when an animal shelter lists a dog as a certain breed + mix we are 100% guessing. We aren’t even sure the breed we listed is accurate.
A lot of doggy DNA doesn’t show physically and most breeds share their various physical features with other breeds, so it’s actually incredibly difficult to identify without a DNA test. And those are far too expensive and impractical for a dog shelter.
